Mexican Lasagna

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Registered: 04-01-2004
Mexican Lasagna
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Tue, 05-22-2007 - 6:53am
Mexican Lasagna

Serves: 6

A tasty cultural crossover with layer after layer of delicious surprises.

INGREDIENTS
1 lb. ground turkey
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 onions, chopped
2 (10 oz. each) cans black beans, drained and slightly mashed
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 tablespoon ground cumin
2 cups tomato sauce
1 (10 oz.) can stewed tomatoes, coarsely chopped
6 medium whole wheat tortillas
1 cup low fat shredded cheddar cheese

DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven 350° F.
2. Sauté meat, 1 onion, and 1 garlic clove on high heat while breaking up meat. Cook until meat is no longer pink. Stir in black beans. Set sauté pan aside.
3. Heat oil in another sauté pan over medium heat. Sauté remaining onion, until soft. Add remaining garlic, chili powder and cumin, sauté for 30 seconds. Add tomato sauce and tomatoes with juice. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, simmer partially covered for 20 minutes or until sauce is slightly thickened. Transfer all but 1/2 cup sauce to meat and beans; Mix well.
4. Dip half the tortillas, one at a time, in the hot tomato sauce. Lay tortillas in the bottom of an 8.5 x 11 casserole dish. Spread half meat and bean mixture over tortillas. Sprinkle half the cheese over meat and beans.
5. Add another layer of tortillas and meat & beans mixture. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake 35 minutes or until bubbly and cheese is melted. Let stand 5 minutes.

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Registered: 01-04-2005
Wed, 05-23-2007 - 11:37pm
This sounds so good. I'm definitely going to try a version of it. I've made enchiladas or burritos by baking beans etc in WW wraps. soooo good.
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Registered: 04-01-2004
Thu, 05-24-2007 - 7:04am

Here's another version that I've tried and really liked.

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Registered: 02-25-2007
Thu, 05-24-2007 - 9:26am
This is the one I use from the SBD cookbook. It is soooo good!

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Registered: 06-12-2003
Fri, 05-25-2007 - 8:04pm

I made this tonight. Usually we grill all weekend, but it's raining tonight, so I was looking for something kind of fun and different. This one is incredible! Don't get me wrong, there's a lot of recipes that I really like, but for so few ingredients, this had a great flavor! (BTW, instead of mashing the black beans before adding, I put them in the turkey and used my potato masher - which hasn't seen much use lately, lol - and it worked great!)

Thanks!

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Registered: 04-01-2004
Fri, 05-25-2007 - 9:59pm

Oh, great.

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