November 14, 2005
Burrito Bake ~ Easy and tasty
Here's some simple, homey food. I made this tonight and it was a hit AND pretty. I should've taken a picture, but didn't think of it until now. You probably don't want a picture of the empty, dirty dishes proving it was a hit. LOL!!
Burrito Bake
1 can refrigerated breadsticks*
1 can (16 ounces) refried beans
1 pound ground beef, browned and drained**
1/2 cup dried onions
1 cup salsa
1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese or Mexican blend cheese
Optional Garnishes
sour cream
sliced green onions
chopped fresh tomato
Lightly grease 9x13 pan***.
Brown ground beef and onions ~ **I used the extra lean ground sirloin, the kind that's only 4 g of fat per serving; spread in prepared pan.
Scoop refried beans over the top, relatively evenly. I used fat free canned refried beans.
Pour salsa over top. I think i used more than 1 cup of salsa, but I didn't measure. Surprised?
Sprinkle cheese over top.
Unroll breadsticks and either cut into little chunks and scatter evenly or go to the trouble to make a cute lattice. It'll impress the kids.
Bake for ~15 minutes at 375°.
Serve with sour cream and chopped green onions and tomatoes, if desired.
* The original recipe called for a Bisquick mixture. I was thinking I could make my own, homemade whole wheat bread recipe and make it into "worms" for a lattice. Think that would work?
*** The original recipe also called for all this to be in a pie plate! That would be one filling serving. I spread this across a 9x13 and I think it was a reasonable amount. But you could double it if you were concerned. We won't have any leftovers, and maybe could've eaten more (okay, I for sure could've) but I didn't NEED more, I'm quite full. I served the adults' servings over a bed of shredded lettuce with extra salsa (HOT!) on the side, and sour cream on the side. I would've added red onions but apparently I'm out. And it's really not the season to buy fresh tomatoes in Michigan. Bummer.
Oh, and Leslie, this is the kind of thing I'm cooking these days, we're really not doing the low fat vegan at all ... It's NICE to be a good cook again, LOL!!! But I'm still trying to lean towards "healthy" versions ~ with the very lean ground beef, fat free refried beans, and thought about making a healthy topping. LOL!
Posted by Kim at November 14, 2005 6:16 PMThat sounds yummy! Can you give me the Bisquick instructions, pretty please? :-D
Posted by: Rosanne at November 14, 2005 8:55 PMWell, yes and no, Rosanne. I can give it to you, but I don't want you to try it, ha ha ha!!!
What the original recipe said was to mix 1 c. Bisquick with 1/4 cup water and the refried beans and spread it on the bottom like a crust.
If *I* had used bisquick (which I almost did), I would've done it more like the Bisquick pot pie type recipe, where it's poured on top. So from the Bisquick Recipe Site:
the Bisquick Chicken Pot Pie topping is:
1 cup Original Bisquick® mix
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
blended and poured over top, baked 30 min at 400 degrees, or until golden brown
The Bisquick Impossibly Easy Cheeseburger Pie calls for:
1/2 cup Original Bisquick® mix
1 cup milk
2 eggs
blended together and poured on top, baked 25 minutes at 400 degrees. That's an eggier, less biscuit-y crust.
Hope that helps! :)
So I could make a homemade biscuit mix and then do it as the recipe says? Would you mind sharing the recipe as it orginally is? It sounds really yummy and like a good Sunday night easy meal!
Posted by: Michelle at November 15, 2005 7:26 AMThis actually sounds very good Kim! I'm surprised! *wink* I may certainly try this recipe out. So post some more of what you are doing in the kitchen! And if you ever need to trim food costs, you can use meat with more fat in it, then drain and wash off in a colander. Supposedly that gets rid of most of the fat.
Posted by: Leslie at November 15, 2005 8:51 AMWell, I don't like beans at all but without the meat I think this would be something that I could fix on fasting days.
And without the beans something we could have other days.
:-)
Sounds delicious! I'm going to have to try it out.
Posted by: Janne at November 15, 2005 9:40 AMThere! My e-mail addy is as it should be. ;-)
Posted by: Rosanne at November 15, 2005 9:56 AMsounds yummy!!!! I may try in in triplicate this week :)
Posted by: Kerri at November 15, 2005 1:59 PMTriplicate!!! Wow! LOL!
Leslie, there's a category link for recipes, you can see the others I've posted. I only do the good stuff, LOL. Not the lame meals.
It sounds like something we would like! I made something similar w/out beans and using cornbread. Thanks for blogging the recipe! Up until now I didn't know about this blog! Were you hiding it from me? ;)
Posted by: Julie in MI at November 15, 2005 8:19 PMKim, first time to you blog. LOVE your blog, recipes and boy they sound yummy! Going to cut & paste and try some of these. Do you remember me? I joined the haven right before you left :(
come see my blog~
blessings,
Teena
Hey, this was such a good recipe that it brought Kerri out of the woodwork! ;-) LOL
Hi, Kerri! We miss you!
Posted by: Rosanne at November 16, 2005 11:42 AM
