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Our entire family loves Mexican and Spanish foods. We have it weekly in our meal plan and I’m always looking for new and creative ways to make it fun for us. Recently, I put together a meal train for my best friend before her son was going in for surgery and another mom made her a casserole that smelled amazeballs. I believe she wrote beef and cheese casserole on the top, but it smelled like tacos, so I knew that I needed to have it.
I asked her for the recipe and she laughed and basically said she threw a bunch of stuff together. I was determined to recreate it and took her list and came up with a plan. The first time I made it, Andrew was blown away. He said that I needed to immediately write it down in our recipe book and that it needed to be put into the rotation. I made it again for a get together we had here and it was a hit by both my mom friends and the kids. I decided that that I must blog it because everyone else needed to know about it too!
I got our Mini Chef into the kitchen for this one with me. It was a great exercise at teaching her all about measurement sizes with making the homemade taco seasoning. I also let her have some control of the cooking process. We haven’t let her do much on the stove yet, but we talked about the heat and making sure she didn’t get to close, especially because we have a gas stove, so there’s an actual fire. She did so well. My mom had given her kid’s sized utensils when she was here last and the little spatula was perfect for this recipe together.
This is definitely in our rotation now and whether you are looking for new dinner inspiration, something insanely easy to put together for your next get togethers (this is perfect for football/sports parties), or just a healthy dish, make sure you pin this so you have it to make too! Looking for a great casserole dish? We love this one!
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 cup green pepper diced
- 1 medium onion diced
- 5 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tbsp taco seasoning
- 1 can black beans rinsed and drained
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt can sub sour cream
- 1 cup salsa
- 2 cups brown rice cooked
- 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup cheddar cheese
- Tortilla Chips
- Optional: Green Onions Cilantro, additional greek yogurt
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large skillet, brown ground beef over medium heat for 4 minutes.
- Drain any excess grease.
- Add in the diced peppers, onions garlic, and taco seasoning. Cook for an additional 4 minutes.
- Add in black beans, yogurt, and salsa. Stir to combine. Continue to cook for an additional 3-4 minutes until heated through.
- In a 9x13 casserole dish, spread the cooked rice evenly along the bottom of the dish.
- Transfer meat mixture and spread evenly on top of the rice.
- Top with cheese.
- Put into the oven for 20-25 minutes or until heated through.
- Top with an optional ingredients and serve with tortilla chips.
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Megan S says
January 18, 2016 at 1:43 pmYummy! This looks delicious! I pinned it and added my recipe to the linky 🙂
Larisha says
May 19, 2016 at 9:16 pmyay!