Potato and cheese Perogies? Quesadillas? Perogadillas? Someone in one of my cooking groups posted something like this and I had to try it. It blended my need for Mexican with my wife’s need for perogies. San Diego meets Pennsylvania.
Made a Mexican lime slaw and bought a can of charro beans. Made some guajillo sauce too.
I have no idea how much this cost per person because there are so many parts but other than that can of fancy beans for $2 and a head of cabbage that I only used a quarter of every part of this was stuff I already keep on hand as staples. I can make the mashed potatoes in advance and freeze them. The mashed potatoes need to be a little on the dry side like you are making a bubble and squeak which works better for freezing anyway. The guajillo can also be made ahead of time to shorten cooking day time. I can can my own charro beans for way cheaper.
It’s been decided to put this into regular rotation.
Salvadorean food comes with a similar side, curtido, excellent on pupusas. Baja style fish tacos use cabbage. Mexican-American style dorado tacos (hard-shelled) sometimes have shredded lettuce, especially back in the day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupusa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtido