Thursday, March 21, 2013

What's For Dinner At Your House ?!?! Oven Tacos . . .

I'm always trying to find new and easy recipes for dinner . .. I like something thats fast and that can be on the table when John gets home from work. . . So I found this recipe on Pinterest and thought " hey I'm gonna give this a whirl"

This is my first recipe/dinner blog so I hope you all enjoy and I would love to hear feedback if you try these out in your home for dinner one night!!

Oven Tacos

1 lb ground beef (or turkey/chicken)
1 small onion diced
1 small can diced green chilies
1 pkg of taco seasoning ( I used reduced sodium)
1 (8 ounce) can low sodium tomato sauce 
1 (16 ounce) can fat free refried beans 
2 cups shredded reduced fat Colby-jack cheese 
Hard taco shells 

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

In a large skillet brown ground beef and onion over medium-high heat. 





Drain off any excess liquid. 


Return to pan, add chilies, refried beans, tomato sauce, and taco seasoning. Mix well and cook for a few minutes if mixture seems runny.




Spoon the taco meat mixture into the taco shells and place into a 9 x 13 inch baking dish, standing up. 

Since there is only 3 of us instead of using a 9x13 I just used a square 8x8 pan



Sprinkle cheese over the top of the taco meat in each shell. Place into the oven and bake at 400 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until the cheese has melted and the tacos are heated through.



Remove from the oven and top with any optional condiments for serving. 

Optional Condiments-
Lettuce (shredded)
Tomato (diced)
Salsa
Guacamole
Sour Cream
Olives, sliced  

I have a picky family so we opted for salsa, shredded cheese, sour cream, and lettuce. . . 


AND TADA!!!
Dinner is served
They were hit... Even Lillie liked them and I know I'm winning when she asks for seconds :) :) 


** I had ton and tons of leftovers of the meat soo family of 3's you might want to cut recipe in half. . . but for a family of 6 I think you'll be safe with with this receipt**



2 comments:

  1. I am going to try this recipe..I love your step by step directions :) I'm making chicken nachos for dinner tonight!

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  2. Thanks my love !!! I wanna try your chicken nachos :)

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