This is a dish I made for a Chistmas potluck at my office. On the potluck sign up sheet, I’d seen most everyone signed up to bring something sweet or meaty. While they all sounded absolutely delicious, I decided I’d make & bring something veggie, yet still savory to do something different. Also, who doesn’t love nachos?!
This recipe uses tostada shells as the “chips”, and once assembled, are baked in an oven rather than the ingredients cooked and added on top of a bed of tortilla chips. This way, they are less messy.
The key players in this are Morningstar farms Veggie Grillers Crumbles & Shredded White Cheddar Cheese
Something to know about White Cheddar Cheese – as it melts, it will melt transparent. Don’t leave it in the oven for too long. My original plan for this dish was to make the tostada nachos in the shape of a snowman, but saw that the white cheddar on top didn’t stay white as it melted, showing the toppings underneath
Does this have to be served immediately after cooking? Or can this dish be kept & keep warm to serve after cooking?
These are best served warm, right after cooking. Otherwise, they’ll start to cool. However, than can be re heated in the oven very easily.Can any of this be prepped ahead of time?
To save time, you can cook the Veggie Griller Crumbles & shred the White Cheddar Cheese the day before. That way, when you’re ready to bake the nachos, you can simply pull out the ingredients, assemble, and bake!
Christmas Tree Vegetarian Nachos (Merry Christmas!)
Ingredients
Grocery Ingredients Needed
Kitchen Tools Needed
Instructions
Getting Started
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Use the grating tool to grate the white cheddar cheese into shreds
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Add 1 tablespoon of Olive Oil to the skillet and heat up the Veggie Crumbles
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Add water to the mix and add taco seasoning, chili powder & paprika. Allow the water to come to a boil.
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Turn down the heat to let simmer for 3 minutes
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Next, remove the skillet from the stove, and pour the crumbles into the strainer, to drain out the water
Assembling the Nachos
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Begin by laying out the tostadas on the parchment paper
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Next, add the veggie crumbles on top of the tostadas
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Next, add the diced tomatoes & diced green onion
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Next, add the white cheddar cheese shreds
Baking The Nachos
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Place the nachos in the oven and bake for 5 minues
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After 5 minutes, pull the baking sheet out of the oven, and let cool for 2 minutes
Arranging the Nachos
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Use the cutting wheel to cut the tostadas into 4 pieces. Arrange the pieces to be in the shape of a Christmas Tree. Enjoy!
