Southwest Lasagna
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
-
1
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 lbs lean ground beef
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground red pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 (16 ounce) can chpd tomatoes, drained
- 10 -12 corn tortillas
- 2 cups small curd cottage cheese, well drained
- 1 cup grated monterey jack cheese
- 1 egg
- 1⁄2 cup grated chedddar cheese
- 2 cups shredded lettuce
- 1⁄2 cup finely chopped tomatoes
- 1⁄4 cup sliced black olives
- 3 green onions, chopped
directions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- In a large skillet brown ground beef and drain.
- To meat, add cumin and next 6 ingredients; heat throughly.
- Cover the bottom and the sides of a 9x13 inch greased baking dish with part of the tortillas.
- Pour in beef mixture, and layer top with remaining tortillas.
- In separate bowl, combine cottage cheese, Monterey Jack and egg; Pour over second tortilla layer.
- Bake for 30 minutes.
- Make a diagonal strip across the center of the casserole with the grated Cheddar cheese.
- Working from the cheese to outer corners, make diagonal strips of lettuce, tomatoes, olives and end in corners with chopped green onions.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Crabbycakes
Grand Lake O the Cherokees, OK
I enjoy oil painting, travel and of course, cooking. One of my hobbies is collecting cookbooks.
I used to working in the restaurant industry and enjoy International cooking especially.
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