Favorite Recipes- Spiralbound Cookbook #43

This cookbook was created by Church of St. Timothy in Escondido, California in August of 2003.  I purchased it in 2004 at an AWESOME booth at the Iowa State Fair called Jumbo Jack's Cookbooks.  Jumbo Jacks brings all of their "overstock" each year to the fair, and you can get some really GREAT cookbooks for a very low price!

Here's the cookbook:

Here's a drawing of the church:

The cookbook has many lovely illustrations on each of the chapter dividers...like this:

The recipe I've chosen to feature from this cookbook is for AWE-SOME BUNCO BAKE, attributed to Patty Miller.  I have NO IDEA what BUNCO is, but it looks tasty:

AWE-Some Bunco Bake

1 lb. ground beef or meat substitute (St. Ives ground round)
2 (8 oz.) cans tomato sauce
1 (14 1/2 oz.) can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 (8 3/4 oz.) can whole kernel corn, undrained
1 (4 1/2 oz.) can chopped green chilies, undrained
2 T. chili powder
2 T. dried minced onion
1 tsp. ground cumin
1 tsp. garlic salt
1/2 tsp. oregano leaves
6 to 8 flour tortillas, divided
2 c. shredded Cheddar cheese, divided

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  In a large skillet, brown the ground beef over medium-high heat; drain.  Add tomato sauce, beans, corn and green chilies.  Stir in chili powder, minced onion, cumin, garlic salt and organo.  Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes.  In a 2-qt. baking dish coated with cooking spray, place 3 tortillas to cover bottom; overlap as needed.  Layer with 1/2 of the meat mixture and 1/2 of the cheese.  Top with remaining tortillas, meat mixture and cheese.  Bake 30 minutes.  Yield:  8 servings.

Enjoy!