I'm bored so I've gotten motivated enough to share one of my favorite recipes, stolen straight from a cookbook (no way am I this original). It's vegetarian and don't be scared off by the spinach...the salsa kills all spinach-y flavor enough that my kids (both sworn to fight the evil enemy spinach at all costs) devour this stuff. It's amazing...

BLACK BEAN CHILAQUILE

1 med/large onion
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup chopped tomatoes
1 1/2 cup corn kernels (frozen is fine)
15-oz can black beans
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 pkg frozen spinach
2 cups crushed tortilla chips
8 oz grated cheddar (fat-free works fine)
2 cups salsa

--preheat oven to 350 degrees
--saute onions in the oil for a few minutes.
--stir in tomatoes, corn, beans, and lime juice and saute for 5-10 min
--cook the spinach for 3 min in the microwave (just enough to melt it and barely cook it a little)
--Spray an 8 x 8 pan with cooking spray and spread half the crushed chips on the bottom
--Layer the rest in this order: next the tomato/corn/bean thing that's in the skillet, then 2/3 of the cheddar, then the spinach, then half the salsa, then the rest of the chips, then the rest of the salsa, then the rest of cheddar.
--Bake it for 35 min in the oven at 350.

You can always fire this thing up a lot with some jalapenos/serranos/whatever too, but if you use hot salsa, it gets fairly hot anyway. In fact I'll sometimes cut the amount of salsa in half so I don't spontaneously combust my kids.

Steve Kirsch katahdin@juno.com