Mexican Lasagna

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure to meet cookbook author Pam Anderson and her daughter Maggy. Pam talked about her newest book and her career. It was inspiring to listen to her talk about taking a job at Cook’s Illustrated with a salary of about 14k a year and working hard to get where she is today. Equally interesting was my chat with her during which she suggested that on Fridays I post a recipe that would be make a great Sunday dinner. I must say that I rather liked that idea. I liked it because I think its very easy for dinners to become a quick meal in between TV commercial breaks. But I think it’s important to take at least one day a week to gather around the table to enjoy eachothers company and delicious, comforting meal.  And when I say delicious and comforting, I mean something like this super cheesy lasagna with a Mexican twist.

There are a couple things that make this different than your traditional lasagna. First instead of your traditional ground beef and tomato sauce, I kick things up a bit with a chorizo and fire roasted tomato sauce. Instead of mozzarella I use pepper jack and cojita cheese. Then instead of pasta noodles, the layers of meaty cheesy goodness are separated by corn tortillas. Hungry yet?