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Jeanie's Taco Bake




Source of Recipe


Joanna Lund






Recipe Introduction


Serves 4





List of Ingredients



• 8 ounces ground 90% lean turkey or beef
  
• 1 cup chunky salsa (mild, medium, or hot)
  
• 1 tablespoon Brown Sugar Twin
  
• 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
  
• 1 (10 3/4 ounce) Healthy Request Tomato Soup
  
• 1/3 cup Carnation Nonfat Dry Milk Powder
  
• 1/2 cup water
  
• 4 (6-inch) corn tortillas, cut into 1" strips
  
• 3/4 cup (3 ounces) shredded Kraft reduced fat cheddar cheese
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray an 8x8 baking dish with butter flavored cooking spray. In a large skillet sprayed with butter flavored cooking spray, brown meat. Stir in salsa, Brown Sugar Twin, and parsley flakes. In a small bowl combine tomato soup, dry milk powder, and water. Add soup mixture to meat mixture. Mix well to combine. Stir in tortilla strips and 1/2 cup cheddar cheese. Pour mixture into prepared baking dish. Bake for 25 minutes. Evenly sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup cheddar cheese over top. Continue baking for 5 minutes or until cheese starts to melt. Place baking dish on a wire rack and let set for 5 minutes. Divide into 4 servings. (This freezes well.)
   






Final Comments


Each serving equals:
HE: 2 1/2 Pr, 1 Br, 1/2 Ve, 1/4 SM, 1/2 Sl, 6 OC
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253 Calories, 9 gm Fa, 19 gm Pr, 24 gm Ca, 715 mg So, 338 mg Cl, 1 gm Fi
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Diabetic: 2 Mt, 1 1/2 St/Ca, 1/2 Ve

"Healthy Exchanges Food Newsletter, April 1998"