Tostadas!

One thing that I can remember eating since I was a little kid is tostadas. Well, it's not so much that I remember as much as there are pictures of me with sour cream all over my face while enjoying the simple deliciousness.

The first thing to do is cook up the ground beef. Throw some onions and garlic down first, then add the meat. To add more flavor throw in some garlic salt - or regular kosher salt - with some pepper as well. Break the meat up as you're cooking it so that it's in small chunks that will be easy to spoon onto the tostada later.

While the meat is browning you can prep some of the other things that you want to put on the tostada. At home it's always the same: lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, refried beans, sour cream, and olives. The beans are the only ones that need stove time from this list, clearly. Usually we just buy a can of Rosarita's, but occasionally we'll have the homemade stuff. For the beans just throw a little oil down before the beans and heat them up. Keep an eye on them to make sure they don't bubble too much because then you'll have way more clean up to do.

Once everything is ready we put it all into bowls and place them on the table where everyone will make their own however they want. My tostada is usually made in this order: beans on bottom, sour cream, meat, lettuce, tomatoes, olives, and cheese. YUM. To top it off I'll put some chile and, if we have it, avocado.

This is something that would be extremely easy to make in the dorms, and it would be relatively cheap to make. It's super yummy and tastes just as good if you heat up the leftover meat and beans the next day for lunch. Also, we've done this with chicken before so if beef isn't your thing try out some shredded chicken or ground turkey. Both would be just as delicious!