Taco Bake - Phase I

bertinecranston · 11-17-2008, 06:00 PM

we made this and enjoyed it, but I wasnt keen on the taste of turkey. Next time I make it (and I will!) I will definitely use ground beef and maybe sneak some red peppers in there somehow....

emmiesix · 01-09-2009, 11:15 AM

THIS WAS AWESOME!!

I am not vegetarian, but I am poor and I try not to eat too much meat, so I used TVP (1 cup + 1 cup boiling water and about 1 tsp of better-than-bullion chicken flavor).

It still tasted great! The most hilarious part? My meat-loving, Tofu-hating boyfriend said it was his favorite thing I ever made... BECAUSE IT HAD MEAT IN IT. hahahahahaha.

It was so hard not to tell him. I figure I'll let him know after the 2nd or 3rd time I've made it so he can't claimn it was a fluke.

262mom2three · 02-08-2009, 09:15 PM

I finally made this today using the "FAST" microwave version. It was very good. DH has requested it again and two out my three kids ate it, the picky one and the youngest one!

Loved the mushrooms in here. I also added a can of Rotel Original & ground turkey. OP, if oyu see this, thanks for the recipe.

misspiggy408 · 04-29-2009, 12:48 AM

Oh YUMMY!!!! I made this last nite and it was sooooooo good. My boyfriend and his friends LOVED it!

destiny's mom · 06-05-2009, 05:36 PM

This was great! I made this the first week on Phase 1!

lorijds · 08-15-2009, 08:21 PM

Thank you for this recipe! It as GREAT, everyone liked it.

I add more spices, 'cause we like things spicy around here.

I also cook with ground buffalo, which is much leaner than ground beef. With the ground buffalo, you don't even need to drain off the fat, because there isn't enough to that. In fact, I usually have to spray the skillet with cooking spray before I cook ground buffalo, otherwise it sticks. It takes like ground beef, maybe just a little "fuller" for lack of a better word. We live in a rural state, and my father buys a buffalo every year. We pretty much exclusively eat buffalo as our ground meat and soup meat, and when I serve it to friends, they can't tell the difference.

So if you're looking for a low fat option to ground beef, consider ground buffalo. Availability varies, but if 2-4 families go together and buy a buffalo directly from a rancher, you will have enough meat for a year.

ValRock · 08-16-2009, 10:00 PM

This was great, thanks OP!

My kids dipped tortilla chips in it... they're both big on dipping

. DH and I made lettuce leaf tacos with it.

Yummy stuff! VERY filling, too!

glowchick · 08-20-2009, 09:55 AM

This sounds really good, I know I've been craving Mexican since I start SB. I'm going to give it a try, thanks for sharing!

pinkmoon · 08-26-2009, 08:59 PM

I made this for dinner and it's crazy delicious!
And messy too when using lettuce leaves as tacos

Niki1081 · 09-21-2009, 06:28 PM

So I made this with refried beans, not realizing we couldn't have them on Phase 1! I just assumed since they were in the recipe they were ok...of course I made sure to check if there was any sugar, and since there isn't I thought they were ok. I ate it tonight and was reading further and realized you guys don't actually use regular refried beans in a can....oops! Just wondering how terrible this is? Should I toss the rest of the pan? It made a ton (and it's just me) so I had planned on making quite a few more meals out of this.
Any suggestions? I actually feel really bad that I inadvertently cheated!! I thought I was doing so well!!

CyndiM · 09-21-2009, 06:44 PM

There's no reason I know of that you can't have the refried beans. Is anything in them that isn't Phase 1 friendly?

Niki1081 · 09-21-2009, 06:54 PM

well, maybe i should clarify...they weren't ff refried beans. that's where i think the problem is. i didn't even see any ff on the shelf!

CyndiM · 09-21-2009, 07:07 PM

What kind of fat do they contain? It would have to be pretty awful to convince me to toss it out since the beans are just part of the dish.

Okay, found a discussion about this here: Can't find non fat refried beans ...

Niki1081 · 09-21-2009, 07:13 PM

Ok, from the can:
130 calories, 4gm fat, 1.5gm sat fat per serving.

And a serving is 1/2 cup, which I don't think I got in one serving of the taco bake because it's spread out so far on the casserole dish.
So what do you think? I will defer to the expert opinions on here that have been doing this much longer than me.

Is it too bad to keep eating in my phase 1? Should I toss the whole pan? I don't want to sabatoge myself so early on. Thanks for ALL the help!!

CyndiM: I looked at that site and that definitely helped. The can I picked did have lard though, which is a "bad fat". So I will definitely not make that mistake again, just not sure what to do with the pan I made already.

murphmitch · 09-21-2009, 07:19 PM

Niki, it's not about the calories so much, but about the ingredients listed on the label. On SB you'll become an avid label reader, so much more important than what the calories state. Look for bad fats (trans fats and saturated fats), added sugars (not the natural sugars like lactose and fructose in the food) and overly processed ingredients. I wouldn't sweat it. 4.5Gms of fat is equal to only about 40 calories per serving. I would go ahead and eat it, but watch what you buy next time & start reading labels a lot.