Thursday, October 9, 2008

Mexican Lasagna

I found this recipe on Pioneer Woman's blog (awesome pictures!) and thought it looked fantastic, BUUUT, it called for a ridiculous amount of ingredients. 3 lb of ground beef, to be exact. No offense, I do love the PW recipes, but 3 lbs! That's easily 3 weeks of meat for us! lol ! So, I had to make a few downsizings... We went to Trader Joe's this weekend which was not only FUN, but we got lots of fresh ingredients for this meal and I must say, it tasted really fresh and wonderful. :)

Mexican Lasagna

2 packages of Steamfresh Whole Grain Rice
4 tomatoes, diced
2 onions, chopped finely
4-6 garlic cloves chopped finely
1 lb lean ground turkey
Cheese (we used Cheddar & shredded it ourselves...mmmm. Mexican blend cheese would also be great.)
1 c frozen corn, microwaved.
1 jar salsa verde
1 can enchilada sauce
chili powder, paprika & cumin (to taste)
Flour tortillas

Directions:
1. Prepare rice in microwave.
2. Chop tomatoes, onions & garlic. Saute in pan. Add chili powder, cumin and paprika to taste (this is "taco seasoning"... fun fact)
3. Mix with rice & set aside.
4. Brown turkey and add taco seasoning stuff to taste, and add 4-6 oz water.
5. Assemble the lasagna in a 9x13 casserole dish. Here's how the layers go:

1/2 salsa verde
layer of tortillas
1/2 of rice mixture
1/2 of grated cheese
layer of tortillas
enchilada sauce
meat
corn
tortillas
rest of salsa verde
rest of rice
cheese

Bake at 375 for 25-35 min. Serve w/ Sour Cream and say "mmmmm" a lot.

1 comment:

katie said...

yum!! I have a recipe for mexican lasagna, but yours looks a lot better :) I'll have to try it sometime!

p.s. ground turkey is my new love