Friday, May 29, 2009

What's For Dinner Mom ?!!!!!!!

Most days around 4 in the afternoon it hits me like a freight train:
OMG dinner!
What the heck? So the scramble starts.
This recipe is one of those panic meals.


3 pounds of hamburger I should have cooked yesterday, grab it, rummage through the cabinets,ah Mexican.....not enough tacos...too little time...

1 box of taco dinner

1 extra package taco seasoning mix

1 can beans, any kind, liquid drained

1 can black olives

1 can green chilies

1 can stewed tomatoes, or diced tomatoes

2 8 ounce packages shredded cheese-- mozzarella or cheddar

1 cup lettuce chopped

1 med onion chopped

1 package taco sauce


Brown the ground beef, drain the excess, add one can of beans (I used butter beans), 1can green chilies, two package taco seasoning mix.....(one came in the taco dinner package).


add 1 can stewed tomatoes or diced tomatoes..red peppers flakes to taste.
Put mixture in a large casserole dish...


Cover mixture with shredded mozzarella and Cheddar cheese and , pop in preheated 350 degree oven for 30minutes or until cheese is melted and dish is bubbly.



Cut up lettuce,onions and black olives...




Remove dish from the oven and cover with the cut up veggies.
Pour taco sauce over top and serve with tortilla chips or soft tacos.

This meal is quick and works well.
No muss, no fuss,
works for me and of course the kids, well,

THEY LOVED IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



2 comments:

The Parks Family said...

We are SO on the same wavelength. We have been eating a low fat (shhh, don't tell Chris) version of this over salad all week.
Well that and the fourteen pounds of flank steak left over from your visit.
If you ladies ever need to get creative with that particular cut of meat, I'm your gal!

The Parks Family said...

Oh and I'm a litte afraid little brother is going to drip that on his clean white shirt.
MC will be wearing a bib and eating all drippy things on the deck until she.... well for as long as she will listen to me.