This is my absolute favorite recipe from my cookbook, and it thrills me every time someone makes it and tags me in the photo. In third grade I used to spend all my Scholastic money on Garfield books. It bummed my mom out, but those books taught me two important life lessons: lasagna is awesome and Mondays suck. I don’t know Garfield’s opinion on taco lasagna, but something tells me the layers of mushrooms, corn and spicy Nacho Chee-Zee Sauce would earn this dish a furry orange thumbs-up.

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Vegan Taco Lasagna

Make sure you make the Nacho Chee-Zee Sauce ahead of time!

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Cook Time30 minutes mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cassarole, vegan, vegan cheese

Servings: 8

Ingredients

• 1 jar chunky salsa
• 1 batch Nacho Chee-Zee Sauce link above
• 2 15 oz cans black beans rinsed & drained
• 3 ¼ cups corn kernels fresh or frozen
• ¾ lbs button or baby bella mushrooms stemmed and quartered
• 2 tsp oil for pan
• 1 clove garlic minced
• ½ tsp salt
• black pepper to taste
• 8 tortillas corn or flour
• sliced black olives optional
• diced avocado optional
• freshly squeezed lime

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat, add mushrooms and cook, stirring often, for about 7 minutes or until browned. Add garlic, salt and black pepper to taste. Remove from heat. In a medium bowl, mix beans, corn, mushrooms with Nacho Chee-Zee Sauce.
• Pour 1/3 of salsa into bottom of a 10” round or 9 x13” oven-safe dish. Top with a layer of overlapping tortillas, similar to lasagna noodles.
• Top with 1/3 of bean and Chee-Zee mixture, then 1/4 of remaining salsa and another layer of overlapping tortillas.
• Repeat with another layer of Chee-Zee mixture and more salsa, and top with more tortillas.
• Finally, add the last of the Chee-Zee mixture and 1/2 the remaining salsa, and top with tortillas.
• Pour the remaining salsa on top and bake 30 minutes. Cool 10-15 minutes.
• Toss avocado with lime juice, then top baked lasagna with avocado mixture and olives. Slice and eat!