I have been a very bad girl! Soooo very bad! I hate to say it, but I have not been on plan in over a week since I went out of town and the scale was definitely not nice to me when I came back. It reminded me of all the horrible foods I ate that week. Not that I need much reminding of my binge. Going out of town has always been a challenge for me and I plan on going out of town next weekend as well for Mother's Day! But I assure you that next week will be different. I will stay on plan! I can not afford to fall off plan again. Not with hubby coming home so soon and my desire to surprise him! Today is my official back on plan day and I have to say it went very well. It could be because I had this very yummy dish I found on the Medifast recipe forum from Rosalu. With a few adaptions, it came out very yummy! Perfect for Cinco de Mayo! I wanted to add more meat and less cheese than what the recipe called for because of the sodium content plus it is a lot of cheese! The crust has a ton of cheese in it already so I reduced the cheese on top by half. I also wanted more sauce with my meat which is why I added more tomato puree. To make the tomato puree, all you need to do is chop some tomatoes and put them in a blender. That's it! Pretty simple, huh? I didn't add any salt because of the taco seasoning. I cut the recipe below in half so that I only made 4 servings because 8 servings is a bit much for just me. This allowed me to have a serving today, a serving tomorrow and 2 servings for the freezer. I just put a serving of the taco bake in a disposable Ziploc container and placed it in the freezer for another day. This makes it wonderful for those days you just don't feel like cooking. Enjoy!
This is definitely pure comfort food! A taco meat mixture topped with cheese and baked over a cream cheese and cheddar or Mexican cheese crust!
The crust before it is placed in the oven.
Ground taco meat mixture spread over the baked crust and then sprinkled with cheese.
Nice and hot out of the oven!
Taco Bake
Slightly adapted from Rosalu from the Medifast Forums
Ingredients:
Crust
8 tbsp or 1/2 cup reduced fat cream cheese, softened (8 Condiments)
1/4 cup egg beaters (0.125 Lean)
5 tbsp Fat free half and half (5 Condiments)
5 tbsp Fat free half and half (5 Condiments)
1/2 teaspoon taco seasoning (.25 Condiment)
8 ounces low fat Mexican cheese blend, shredded (2 Lean)
Topping
24.37 ounces 93% fat free Jennie-O ground turkey, cooked (4.875 Lean)
4 teaspoons taco seasoning (2 Condiments)
1 cup tomato puree - tomatoes chopped then pureed to equal 1 cup (4 Greens)
4 ounces chopped green chilies (8 Condiments)
4 ounces Mexican cheese blend, shredded (1 Lean)
Directions:
For the crust, beat the cream cheese and eggs until smooth. Add the cream and seasoning. Grease a 9"x13" baking dish; spread the cheese over the bottom. Pour in the egg mixture as evenly as possible. Bake at 375ºF, 25-30 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before adding the topping.
For the topping, brown the hamburger; drain fat. Stir in the seasoning, tomato sauce and chilies. Spread over the crust. Top with cheese. Reduce oven to 350ºF and bake another 20 minutes or so until hot and bubbly.
Serve with your favorite veggies!
8 servings with 1 Lean, 3 Condiments, and 1/2 Green per serving (You will need 2 1/2 more greens per serving)
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37 comments:
I'm gonna put this in my menu for next week. I looks wonderful! I am gonna be putting some new recipes up soon so you will have to keep checking my blog!!! Congrats on getting back on plan!!! This is a lifestyle change for me not a diet and I will not get down on myself for going off plan every now and again! Soon your hubby will be hugging his skinny wife!!!
Thanks Gerri! I will definitely be checking out your blog regularly. Actually, I already check your blog out a lot lol. It is just that I have been off plan the past week that I haven't really made anything. There are quite a few recipes I want to try on your blog. You are doing awesome so far. I need to get my butt in gear like you :)
My hubby and I made this tonight and we LOVED it! Its like a great mix between a taco and a lasagna bake!!!! We will absolutely be making this again!~
Sandy, I made this for my Lean and Green last night. It was so yummy and easy to make. I'm not a big fan of ground turkey, but you couldn't tell it wasn't hamburger. I froze the other single servings for another day. Thanks so much for all your tasty recipes!
I am glad you liked it! I like this one too! I did the same thing as you by freezing their other for another day.
has anyone ever tried using the Medifast eggs in place of the egg beaters? Just curious if they would work.
I have never tried it but I don't see why it wouldn't work.
I am going to add this to my plan for next week. Please excuse this newbie for my next question: how many ounces count as a serving? I am so new at this. Hope that's not silly...
Hope there are no silly questions :) What I did was only made 1/2 of this recipe so I divided every ingredient in half. This gave me 4 portions. Just divide into 4 equal portions and place them in separate containers. I ate two portions two days ina row and froze the other two portions. They freeze and reheat very well. I know 8 servings is a lot!!! I definitely do not want to eat this 8 days in a row :)
YUM!!! Made this tonight - thanks for all the recipes Sandy!!
This is so tasty! I'm eating it right now. After my first bite I declared I could eat it every day :). I'm a vegetarian so I made it with chopped up Quorn Chick'n breasts instead. Thank you so much for all of you delicious recipes!
Made this for hubs and I last night and YUMMY! Thank you Sandy an Rosalu!!!
Thanks for such a great site! I tried this tonight on 2 C of shredded lettuce with 1T of greek yogurt on top. YUM! My hubby even declared it a keeper. I really appreciate finding different things to cook. It makes it easier when I have something to look forward to as my lean and green. I can't wait to try the buffalo chicken salad and cauliflower pizza!
Betsy
Oh my gosh! Just tried this for the first time! I had to quickly put the extras in the freezer -- so I wouldn't eat more than my portion! SOOOO yummy! Thank you so much for posting this! My husband ate it too (he's not on MF with me) and he said "we could do THIS even when you're not on the diet!" LOL Two thumbs up!! Definitely making this again!
Yes we loved it too! Had it on Super Bowl eve so it was perfect. Was wondering what else u make to use up the fat-free 1/2 & 1/2 & cream cheese that is left over. I tried to click on the shrimp Alfredo recipe but it says the page is not there or available. Seems like that would need those ingredients. Thanks for all your recipes, looking forward to trying more!
Debbie, the shrimp alfredo wasn't really a recipe. It was just a review of the Walden Farms Alfredo sauce. I had just used the sauce with the shrimp and that was it. I didn't really care for the sauce as much so I went ahead and deleted from the list of recipes :)
Oh my gosh I couldn't believe this is MF approved, it was SOO good!!
Yummm.. thanx so much for sharing this. :)
Sandy--how much cooked turkey goes into this dish? Is the suggested amount the cooked weight and if not...what should be the cooked weight amount or volume.
Thanks for your help---I REALLY want to make this today!!
Holly
Sandy--I cooked a bunch of ground turkey to have on hand for recipes. How much--weight or volume--goes into this dish? Is the 24.37 ounces the cooked weight? Thanks so much for your help I really want to make this today!
The 24.37 oz of ground turkey is the cooked weight. So just cook the turkey meat and then weigh afterwards :)
Very new to MF and wondering if I could use ground chicken instead of ground turkey? I cannot stand the even the smell of the ground turkey unfortunately. I'm assuming it wouldn't make much difference. Thanks for such a great site!
Sure! Feel free to use ground chicken instead.
eff I had to use a larger pan and it got WAY done around the edges but I'm sure it will stll be good
burd edges taste like lasagna
Any idea what the calorie/fat content is per serving? I use this recipe very frequently and would like to continue making it after transition.
I am not sure what the calorie or fat content is. There are various websites out there that can help you configure the info. I have used www.caloriecount.about.com before. You just input the ingredients and serving size and it calculates it for you. Hope that helps!
So silly question. About how much ground turkey before cooking? So I know how much to buy. Thanks
Hi Sandy Your recipes are awesome!! Super excited to try them! I was wondering if you make an individual portion each time or make the whole four. If you do make the whole four how do you portion it? Also could onions be substituted for green chilies and have the same count?
Again thanks so much for your recipes and your willingness to share your food genius!!
I make the entire 4 portions together. Then I put them in 4 seperate containers You could always weigh them on a food scale to see if they are divided accurately. I usually put two portions in the freezer and the other two in the fridge. 1 tbsp of chopped onions would be counted as 1 condiment so you could put as muxh as a 1/2 cup and have the same condiment count as green chilies. Hope that helps :)
Sandy thank you do much! I use your site every time I cook. I make only a few changes and double most recipes since my husband and I are doing Medifast together. This is my favorite staple food. I make it once a week to help out with those busy nights that I have church choir or another rehearsal. Taco bake and spaghetti squash are the best meal in our house. Thanks again!
Hi. Thanks for the many MF options and laying out what it count as and what I still need to make it a complete meal. That helps me so much. I have a quick question. Can I use a 1 cup of Rotel instead of tomatoes & chilies separately. Thanks in advance.
~Q
You can use rotel tomatoes with chiles. Then you can save on the condiments since the chilies are already mixed in with the tomatoes and rotel is considered a veggie. Good idea!
Made this tonight, tasted absolutely wonderful. It was hard to only have one serving, but now I'm extra excited about tomorrow's lunch. Thank you so much.
Oh. My. Gosh. This was a most excellent meal!!!! My 8YO son declared that it's "better than candy! It's delish!!" Even though it's just the two of us for dinner, I made the entire recipe so we can have it again tomorrow night and I can freeze some. I'm really going to have to work hard to keep myself to one serving tonight. Thank you for your awesome recipes!!!
I'm new but can't see how the taco seasoning (4.5 tsp) = 2.25 condiments. Anything I've seen from NS says taco seasoning is 1 condiment per 1/2 tsp which would mean 9 condiments on the spice alone.
Sandy, how many servings does this recipe make? I wasn't sure if it was 4 or 8 like the original recipe? Just want to make sure so I don't make a mistake! Thank you!!
This is 8 servings. I love this recipe! Hope you enjoy!
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