A fresh take on a squash dish is this recipe for roasted squash and onions! made four hours in advance.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 25 mins |
| Total Time: | 35 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 1 casserole |
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 (1 ounce) package taco seasoning
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 3 medium yellow squash, sliced
- 1 small onion, sliced
- 1 clove garlic, minced, or to taste
- 1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes and green chiles (such as RO*TEL®)
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 1 cup shredded Mexican cheese blend
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in the hot skillet, mixing in taco seasoning as directed on the package, until meat is browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease. Set beef aside on a plate.
- Heat oil in the skillet over medium heat. Mix in squash, onion, and garlic; saute until tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Add beef and diced tomatoes to the skillet. Season with cumin, chili powder, paprika, salt, and pepper. Transfer mixture to an oven-proof casserole dish. Top with Mexican cheese.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes.
- You can use ground turkey instead of beef, regular diced tomatoes instead of Rotel, and shredded Cheddar cheese instead of a Mexican blend.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 294 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 11 g |
| Cholesterol | 69 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 19 g |
| Saturated Fat | 9 g |
| Sodium | 782 mg |
| Sugars | 1 g |
| Fat | 19 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This tasted good. It was easy to prepare and a tasty way to use yellow squash. I thought there was a bit too much liquid. Maybe leave out the water that the taco packet calls for when preparing the ground beef. Also, you do not need to bake for 15 minutes at 400 degrees. At 10 minutes, my cheese was starting to get crispy and burn. I would only leave in the oven for 5 to 10 minutes.