Tostalada Project

(Some Assembly Required)

Used to, when the mood struck me, I'd have a can of those Hormel beef tamales. Since I started this whole diet thingy, I have only had tamales one time and I will never again have them. (Nasty!) Oh, I meant to say that we diet on Thursday and up until Sunday night at midnight. That is when the power eating starts. I don't really end up eating much, though and have since the beginning of this, really learned to control my portions and simply not eat like I used to. Furthermore, I simply cannot eat as much as I used to because my stomach has shrunk. So I go hog wild on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and I haven't had tamales but one time?! Here's why...





When I found this out, I got a sickening feeling. I felt like some kind of fiend. Sick, sick, sick. This is bad for me. Soooo... Jennifer and I came up with something new. We call it:

TOSTALADA (Tos-ta-la-da)

What you need:




Item A: 2 Tostada shells. Because I am being very specific here, take a look at the picture below so you know exactly what product I am talking about. If you can only find the yellow bag and not the red bag of the same product, it is okay. It will work just fine. To be honest, we still have not figured out what the difference is between the red bag(pictured below) and the yellow bag.

Item B: "B" is for beans! You can use whatever brand of refried beans you want to use. You really can't go wrong as far as I am concerned. Keep in mind that the beans are completely optional. You can get real crazy with toppin's but beans are where I draw the line here, but Jennifer does not like the whole refried beans thing, so she doesn't get any of them. I get whatever brand I see first so long as it is not "Fat Free". Why? My personal little statement, but more on that later. Much later.







Item C: "C" is for cheese.  Slice (single) inside.  I've tried Borden 2% cheese before with positive results.  Shredded on top.  We always get the "4 cheese Mexican" blended cheese.





Item D: I have very strong feelings about enchilada sauce for some reason and have tried many different brands and short of just making our own enchilada sauce, we have settled on one. Keep in mind I am being VERY specific here and you might as well just forget it if you cannot find this brand. Unless you make your own enchilada sauce. See the below picture!!!

Item E: Sour Cream. You can do the whole Dollop of daisy or whatever.





Item F: "F" is for black olives!

How to make a tostalada

Take Item A and sandwich Item B(Item B should be pre-heated up so as to not be disgusting!) and C. Top it with some more of C and bake in the preheated oven (350 degrees) for like 10 minutes or so. Watch the Item A to make sure it doesn't burn or catch fire because It can really catch fire big time! When the edges of the Item A's are slightly browned, the Tostaladas are finished. Take them (it) out and put on a plate. You should have been like heating up Item D on the top of the stove or with a lighter or something and keep in mind this stuff can stain pretty good so be careful with your doilies! Pour the Item D all over the top of the Tostalada and make sure to put some extra on the plate so that when you get on into that tostalada, you have some more Item D for it. But before you sink your teeth into that delicious tostalada, don't forget to top it off with some o' that ole' "E" and "F". It's so freakin' good, I'd give you a video of me eating it, but I have issues with that. Oh yeah. Issues. I have no idea how many flex points this has in it and I don't care. I could not think of life without these delicious treats. I usually have 2 of them too. Sometimes without item "B", "E" or "F". Below is a diagram of the Tostalada construction.