Taco Lasagna

When both my daughters are home we have a new tradition that we always try a Pinterest project.  The first time we tried the crayon art.  Let's just say crafts is NOT our strong suite.  So this time I said lets try cooking.  So we picked a recipe off of Pinterest and tried it.  Boy was it good. 

1 lb ground beef

1/4 cup onion, chopped
1 packet taco seasoning
Water as called for on back of seasoning packet
1/2 cup con queso*
3 large flour tortillas (8 inch size)
1 1/2 cups Monterrey Jack Cheese
Lettuce
Tomato
Sour Cream
Salsa

Brown hamburger along with onion.  Add taco seasoning and water.  Cook until thickened. Add Queso. 

Place flour tortilla in a 9 inch cake pan or a spring foam pan, or even a pie plate.

Spread 1/3 meat mixture, top with 1/3 of the cheese.  Repeat layers ending with cheese on top.

Bake in oven at 350 for 15-20 minutes until it is warmed thru.

Cut into pie triangles.  Top with lettuce, tomato, sour cream or salsa.

Enjoy!

* We use Carlos O'Kelly's queso but any store bought would be good too.

Taco Ring

If you are looking for a quick supper, with few ingredients this is it.  This was one of my families favorite meal when the kids were growing up.  It is fast and delicious.  This is an old Pampered Chef recipe that has been around for a long time.  Sometimes the classics are the best.  Enjoy!!

Ingredients:

1 lb lean ground beef

1 (1 1/4 ounce) package taco seasoning mix

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (4 ounces)

2 tablespoons water

2 (8 ounce) packages refrigerated crescent dinner rolls

1 medium bell pepper

1 cup salsa

3 cups lettuce, shredded

1 medium tomato

1/4 cup onion, chopped (optional)

1/2 cup pitted ripe black olives (optional)

sour cream (optional)

Directions:
 

1. Preheat oven to 375°.

2. Brown ground beef, add taco seasoning and 2 Tbsp water.  Add cheese.  
3. Unroll the crescent dough; separate into triangles. Spray pizza pan with cooking spray. Arrange triangles in a circle on a pizza pan with the wide ends toward the center of the pan, overlapping each other. It should look like a sun, with a large opening in the center. Spoon the meat mixture evenly onto widest end of each triangle. Bring points of triangles up over filling and tuck under wide ends of dough. (There should be gaps where filling is showing). Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
4. Fill center with the optional toppings or, leave empty. A cute idea is to cut off the top of the pepper and hollow it out, then use the pepper as a salsa bowl.