Soft Taco Lasagna

I could not for the life of me think of a name other than the old stand by "Taco Bake" to call this! But when my family tasted it and said it looked and tasted like lasagna the name "Taco Lasagna" stuck in my mind. It really does have the look and texture of a fabulous lasagna! Tired of the same ole taco night? Change it up and make a few variations of taco lasagna. My family is pretty simple, for my lasagna I used meat, taco seasoning, rice and cheese. You can top your lasagna when it is finished baking with diced tomatoes, olives, sour cream or anything else you would normally put on your tacos!

What you'll need:
Makes 1 10" lasagna

1pkg 10" soft tortilla shells
Large Pkg of your favorite taco cheese
1lb lean ground beef (or whatever hamburger you prefer)
1pkg of your favorite taco seasoning
3tbl olive oil
and any toppings that you want on your taco lasagna

While we are working the lasagna, go ahead and preheat that oven to 350F! 

Fry the hamburger and mix in taco seasoning per directions of the package. While the hamburger is frying, lightly oil the bottom of a round baking dish (preferably 10" or the same size of your tortillas). Lay one tortilla on the bottom of the dish. When the hamburger is finished frying and chopped small layer the tortillas, cheese and meat in the dish. Depending on the depth of your pan you should be able to get 6-7 shells into the dish. You can go over the top of the dish as well, because it does melt down. For the next to top layer add the remainder of the meat and top with the tortilla. Rub/Dab/Mop over 1-2Tbl of olive oil and sprinkle liberality the remainder of the taco cheese.

Bake in 350F oven for 20 minutes or until cheese on top is throughly melted. Cut pie style and enjoy!

Serves 4 comfortably.

Until Next Time...

Lady Bea

Stuffed Crust Pizza

So a while back I shared a recipe to make homemade pizza. So I wanted to share a little alteration I made to that recipe a few days ago. I made it stuffed crust pizza! I have always loved stuffed crust pizza when ordering out but never knew that with a little extra effort I could have a homemade version that taste even better! How do they get the cheese into the crust you ask? String Cheese! Yep, simple as that! I bought Sargentos Provolone/Mozzarella mix cheese and simply folded and pressed the crust over the string cheese before adding any sauce or toppings. I did have to break some in half and you're going to have to constantly reshape the dough because it is so soft and elastic. BUT, the end result is delicious homemade stuffed crust pizza at a fraction of the price of delivery. Kids will love helping with this!

Sorry for the bad quality picture! Kids literally could not wait to dig into this homemade deliciousness! Next time I promise to get much better pictures!

Until next time...
Lady Bea

"Jimmy Dean" Style Breakfast Bowl

If you're anything like me you love breakfast bowls. Specifically Jimmy Dean brand ones. I just find sometimes I want the same general thing but a little more hardy. So I decided to embark (If you wanna call it that) and make my own. This is definitely something I would only make if I had the extra time and it made a wonderful breakfast for dinner dish. It's super easy and delish too!

What you'll need:
Eggs (I served 3 people with 7 eggs)
Cheddar Cheese
Sausage, cooked and crumbled
7-8 red potatoes - Diced small, I leave my skins on
White gravy mix (Easy - just buy the country time packages in the gravy mix section!)
Milk, for gravy
Salt, pepper to taste

Basically, cook it all up and mix it! See how simple it is?? I promise it tastes 100x better than store bought and you can serve everyone with it. You can even fry up some peppers and throw them in! Change up the cheese for American! Jim and the kids don't like gravy so they omitted it from theirs but me...I love gravy! Anyways try it out..make it your own. It's so easy..like even a caveman can do it...has that been used somewhere before? lol

Enjoy and until next time...

Lady Bea