One of the difficulties of having a kid who doesn't do well with food that had gluten in it or food that has dairy products in them is keeping some kind of variety. One of the best and easiest meals we had last week was worth sharing here.
Stupid Easy Tostadas
Ingredients:
tostadas or corn tortillas cooked to stiffness in oil
canned black or pinto beans
rice, white or spanish
cooked ground beef or chopped sausage or pepperoni or other meat
salsa, if wanted
Heat up a can of black beans or pintos or whatever kind of beans you like, we use the organic beans from Trader Joe's. Add some spices to give it some personality. Mash them up.
Spread a dollop of mashed beans onto a tostada, trying not to crack it. Once spread, add warmed up white or spanish rice. Top with browned ground beef, chopped sausages or whatever other meaty protein you like. If you like you can put a spoonful of salsa and a splash of hot sauce too but my kids aren't into salsa or hot sauce.
And if you can swing cheese then this is just begging for a layer of cheese and then a melting before adding the rice, beef and salsa on top. Other things you could swap in, corn, avocado, guacamole, tomato, grilled/sauteed onions, fried rice. Whatever you think might taste good just might taste good.
Its pretty easy to whip out six or eight of these in a quick period of time though you'll need a second can of beans. They are fast, pretty healthy, pretty easy and surprisingly awesome tasting. And you can enlist the help of your kids to assemble these too!
