First of all, I have to give credit to the people who gave
me this recipe. Courtney and Dave! Court is my bestie and a few years ago her
and Dave (her hubby) had us over for dinner and made us this yummy yummy easy
but yummy meal. I think the taco roll falls into the comfort food category
because of the crescent rolls that are used in the recipe. Its not a super healthy meal, but its
not terrible either.
Nick asked me to make this
last week (he even wrote it in on my meal planner for the week) because I had
not made it in forever. And it was worth it! We got 2 meals out of it and I
think Nick had it for lunch one day too.
Taco Roll Ingredients
- 2 Pkgs of Crescent Rolls (I use Great Value Reduced Fat
Brand)
- Ground Beef 1 lb or a little less (use lean)
- 1 small onion (optional)
- Mexican Cheese or Cheddar about 1 cup
- Taco Seasoning (if you don’t have taco seasoning, use
cumin, paprika, chili powder, season salt, season pepper)
- Can Black Beans (rinsed and drained)
- Can or Frozen Corn (if you use frozen corn, you will need
to cook it first, I can a bag of frozen steamable corn, so I popped it in the
microwave for a few minutes)
- Can diced mild chilis (optional)
- Cilantro (optional)
For Serving – sour cream, salsa and/or hot sauce (my preference
is Tapatio)
Directions –
Preheat oven to temperature directed on crescent rolls
package.
Cook onions and ground beef together with taco seasoning on
skillet until almost cooked thoroughly (it will cook more in the oven).
While ground beef is cooking, cover a cookie sheet in foil,
spray with non-stick cooking spray and start to lay out the crescent rolls into
a big sunburst. Use your fingers to push the pieces together.
Once the meat is almost done, remove from the skillet and
put in a bowl, add beans, corn, diced mild chilis and cilantro. Mix all
ingredients together and then place in the center of the dough. See, this is
how it should look–
Then add cheese and wrap the dough up and around the meat.
Top with a little cheese, now it is ready to go in the oven and it will look
like this –
Cook for 14 minutes or more depending on your oven. It will
need to be golden and if you do not like doughy crescent rolls like my husband,
then cook until really golden. It will look pretty like this –
Mmmmm…Now cut like a pie and serve with sour cream and
tapatio.
This would be really great followed with a dessert such as
the Weightwatcher’s Lemon Cream Pie that Corynne posted a few weeks ago.
Enjoy! YUM!
~Court
