| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 42 min |
| Prep: | 20 min |
| Cook: | 22 min |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
- 2 1/2 pounds ground turkey or ground sirloin
- 1 zucchini
- 2 carrots, peeled
- 1 onion, peeled
- 3 cloves garlic, peeled
- 3 tablespoons chili powder, 3 palm fulls
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin, 2/3 palm full
- 1 tablespoon coriander, a palm full
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup beef stock
- 6 (8-inch) flour tortillas
- 3 cups shredded Chihuahua cheese or Monterey Jack
- 4 scallions, chopped
- 2 hearts romaine lettuce, chopped
- 3 plum tomatoes, seeded and chopped
- 3 cups prepared cheesecake filling (recommended: Philly brand)
- 2 very ripe bananas with spotty skins
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 6 individual graham cracker crusts
- Whipped cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Heat a large high sided skillet over medium-high heat with 2 tablespoons vegetable oil. Add the meat and brown, 5 minutes. While meat browns, grate the zucchini and carrots with a box grater. Add the vegetables to the meat and grate in the onion and garlic. Season the meat with chili, cumin, coriander, salt and pepper and cook 7 to 8 minutes more to soften vegetables. Stir in beef stock. Grease a 8 by 13-inch baking pan with vegetable oil. Layer in 3 overlapping flour tortillas and top with 1/3 meat, 1/3 cheese. Repeat the layers twice and bake 10 to 12 minutes to brown cheese. Top with scallions, lettuce and tomatoes, cut into squares and serve.
- While Tacosagna cooks, make dessert. Place cheesecake filling in bowl and mash in 2 really ripe bananas, season with cinnamon and stir in honey. Fill the crust tins and when you are ready to serve top with a swirl of whipped cream.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 6 servings |
| Calories | 1875 |
| Total Fat | 98 g |
| Saturated Fat | 29 g |
| Carbohydrates | 185 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 12 g |
| Sugar | 62 g |
| Protein | 69 g |
| Cholesterol | 212 mg |
| Sodium | 2083 mg |
| Serving Size | 1 of 6 servings |
| Calories | 1875 |
| Total Fat | 98 g |
| Saturated Fat | 29 g |
| Carbohydrates | 185 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 12 g |
| Sugar | 62 g |
| Protein | 69 g |
| Cholesterol | 212 mg |
| Sodium | 2083 mg |
Reviews
Why is this listed as a single recipe when it is obviously a turkey dish for dinner and a cheesecake?
This is another of my favorite recipes. This is a good, lower-calorie meal if you use turkey and less cheese. It is great for kids as the flavors hide the vegetables.
Whenever either of my kids have a friend spend the night, we make this dish and put the kids to work grating the veggies and cheese. They love eating something they helped make. More than once, I have been asked for the recipe by parents because it was all their kids talked about.
I loved having the carrot and zucchini grated in because you (and your kids get extra veggies without tasting them. I just think the seasoning needs to be tweaked a bit, as I found it to be bland. Plus it was a bit soggy for my taste.
Yum! I only use 2 lbs of ground turkey and you could put more veg into the meat mixture if you want to. The idea of adding black beans to the meat mixture is also a great one…less meat, more fiber is super! I sprayed the pan with oil from my Misto sprayer instead of the amount of oil called for here to cut down on fat and calories as well.
Wonderfull! My son has called it his new favorite! I used a can of rotel tomatoes and mixed some ground pork with the beef. Thanks Rachel!
My son actually gags and gets sick when I try to force him to eat veggies. He happily ate this dish up and had NO IDEA he was eating a couple of veggies. I watched him take each bite just thrilling inside. This recipe will be a keeper for my family for sure.
Yummy! Used the enchilada sauce as another reviewer suggested. It was so moist and tasty. If you are going to serve this to kids though, I would cut down on the chili powder. I also added some taco seasoning and more salt after tasting the meat mixture. Even better the next day!
OMG this is unbelieveable. I am on weight watchers so I used ground turkey and fat free cheese. Will make again and again. :
What a great meal! I wish I’d dug out my food processor, because it would have saved some prep time. I made the time back up when I saw this cooked in only 12 minutes. I put sour cream and salsa on the table with this, but they weren’t needed. The lettuce, tomatoes and green onions provided bright flavor. Very satisfying, and I’ll make it again. CAS