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Meatless Zucchini Enchilada Sauce Casserole is a delicious meatless dinner and one of our family favorites. All the ingredients combine for a fantastic flavor. However, the key ingredient is Classico Family Favorites Traditional Sauce. Surprised? With just a couple of additional spices, it makes a great enchilada sauce.
With Mr. Flavor Mosaic starting his own business, we are trying to save money by eating at home more often. In addition, we are trying to eat more meatless meals to save money and calories and try to eat healthier .
However, one of the benefits is not only saving money but is sharing family time together and creating family memories around the dinner table. Classico Family Favorites Traditional Sauce helps create a delicious, wholesome, budget friendly meal that the whole family loves.
To prepare for our “Meatless Monday” dinner, I went to Walmart to pick up all the ingredients, including the Classico Family Favorites Traditional Sauce, which was easy to find on the aisle with the spaghetti sauce. With an abundance of fresh zucchini, I wanted to use zucchini slices instead of tortillas in a vegetarian enchilada casserole.
With fresh zucchini, corn, black beans, cheese, Classico Family Favorites Traditional Sauce, and chili powder, cumin, oregano, and garlic, this Meatless Zucchini Enchilada Sauce Casserole is delicious and can feed a crowd, or have leftovers for future meals. For another vegetarian casserole, try my Chile Relleno Casserole.
The end result is a happy family around the dinner table enjoying one of their family favorites for dinner.
For more zucchini recipes, be sure to check out Zucchini Noodles With Pesto, Corn And Zucchini Salsa, and Stir Dried Zucchini.
Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 zucchini sliced lengthwise with each slice about 1/8" wide
- 1 (15-ounce) can black beans drained and rinsed
- 1½ cups fresh or frozen corn kernels thawed
- 4-5 green onions chopped
- ½ cup fresh chopped cilantro plus more for garnish
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1-1/2 teaspoons cumin
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 (28-ounce) jar Pasta Sauce
- 8 oz. shredded Mexican blend cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400˚ F. Spray a 9 x 13-inch baking dish. In a large bowl, combine the black beans, corn, green onions, cilantro, oregano, garlic powder, 1/2 of the chili powder, and 1/2 of the cumin. In another bowl, mix together the pasta sauce, chili powder, and cumin. Spread a thin layer of over the bottom of the baking dish (approximately one fifth of the total amount). Layer with a 3-4 zucchini slices, covering the bottom of the pan. On top of the layer of zucchini, spread about one third of the bean mixture. Layer evenly with about one quarter of the remaining pasta sauce. Sprinkle with one quarter of the cheese.
- Repeat the layering process two times more (zucchini, beans, pasta sauce, cheese, zucchini, beans, pasta sauce, cheese). The last layer will be zucchini, pasta sauce, and cheese. Cover the pan tightly with aluminum foil. Bake 35-45 minutes, or until the zucchini are tender and cooked through. Remove the foil from the top and bake 5 minutes more, until the cheese is melted. Remove from the oven and let stand at least 10 minutes before slicing and serving.
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Renee's Kitchen Adventures says
This sounds healthy and delicious and I really love the taste of the Classico sauce! I love that it’s so economical too!
Michele says
Thanks Renee! It is healthy, delicious and economical.
Marion@Life Tastes Good says
I love that you made this meatless! It looks and sounds delicious! Nice to see the Mr. enjoying it too! Great post!
Michele says
Thanks Marion!
shelby says
Great post Michele! Recipe sounds delicious too!
Michele says
Thanks Shelby!
Sandra Shaffer says
This looks like such a delicious meatless enchilada dish, Michele! Perfect use of zucchini too and I really like the convenience of using pre-made sauce.
Michele says
Thanks Sandra. The sauce is delicious and very convenient.
Theresa @DearCreatives says
Looks delicious! It’s nice to have a few good meatless dishes.
Michele says
Thanks Theresa! I agree.
Amy says
When I first looked at the photo, I thought what a great lasagna, now I know it is even better.
Michele says
Thanks Amy!
Ana says
Que rico sin carne. Se ve delicioso!
Rebecca Daniels says
Have you ever had a problem with this getting watery because of the zucchini? Seems I’ve had trouble with watery zucchini in past dishes. I was wondering because the directions say to cover it tightly with aluminum foil. 🙂 Thanks in advance.
Michele says
Yes. That is a possibility. Be sure to drain and pat dry the zucchini. Also salt it. Cover with Aluminum foil part way through and remove it for the second half. I hope that helps.
Marie says
I am not sure if you checked the instructions. It reads: Repeat the layering process two times more (zucchini, beans, pasta sauce, cheese, noodles, beans, etc. I don’t see that there is noodles in the recipe. Did you forget to mention the noodles or is this a type-0?
Michele says
Hi Marie, Thanks for bringing that to my attention and the instructions were corrected to read zucchini instead of noodles.
Nicole says
Can this be frozen or will it be too watery when it defrosts?