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Christmas Tree Vegetarian Nachos (Merry Christmas!)

holiday nachos on large sheet, in the shape of a christmas tree

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!

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Difficulty Intermediate
Time
Prep Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Rest Time: 2 mins Total Time: 27 mins
Servings 10
Best Season
Ingredients
    Grocery Ingredients Needed
  • 6 Tostadas
  • 1 Bag Morning Star Farms Veggie Grillers Crumbles
  • 3 tablespoons Taco Seasoning
  • 1 tablespoon Chili Powder
  • 1 tablespoon Paprika
  • 8 ounces White Cheddar Cheese
  • 3 Roma Tomato (diced)
  • 1 Green Onion (diced)
    • Kitchen Tools Needed
  • Skillet
  • Strainer
  • Cheese Grating Tool
  • Large Baking Sheet
  • Parchment Paper
  • Slicing Wheel
Instructions
    Getting Started
  1. Use the grating tool to grate the white cheddar cheese into shreds
  2. Add 1 tablespoon of Olive Oil to the skillet and heat up the Veggie Crumbles
  3. Add water to the mix and add taco seasoning, chili powder & paprika. Allow the water to come to a boil.
  4. Turn down the heat to let simmer for 3 minutes
  5. Next, remove the skillet from the stove, and pour the crumbles into the strainer, to drain out the water
    6. Assembling the Nachos
  6. Begin by laying out the tostadas on the parchment papertostadas on baking sheet
  7. Next, add the veggie crumbles on top of the tostadasplant based griller crumbles on tostadas
  8. Next, add the diced tomatoes & diced green oniondiced tomatoes, diced green onions and plant based griller crumbles on tostadas
  9. Next, add the white cheddar cheese shredstostadas on baking sheet, with all toppings on them
    10. Baking The Nachos
  10. Place the nachos in the oven and bake for 5 minuesholiday nachos baking in an oven
  11. After 5 minutes, pull the baking sheet out of the oven, and let cool for 2 minutesholiday tostada nachos pulled out of oven
    12. Arranging the Nachos
  12. Use the cutting wheel to cut the tostadas into 4 pieces. Arrange the pieces to be in the shape of a Christmas Tree. Enjoy!holiday nachos on large sheet, in the shape of a christmas tree
Keywords: holiday nachos, baked nachos, tostada nachos, vegetarian, plant based
Read it online: https://runnerwhocooks.com/recipe/christmas-tree-vegetarian-nachos-merry-christmas/