My first new recipe..

Was a success! It is definitely going to be something I make more often.
I'm proud of myself for actually doing this, and I am going to keep doing it.

So I made this thing called taco bake. I am not usually a beef eater. I usually make my tacos with chicken or just beans, but I decided I would try it because Chris and Grace both like beef.

This is the recipe:

Ingredients:


1 4 oz. can crescent rolls

1/2 pound ground beef

1/2 pkg taco seasoning mix

1/2 cup sour cream

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

1 cup chopped lettuce

1 large tomato, chopped

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- Preheat oven to 375º. Spray 9" square baking pan with cooking spray.

- Unroll dough carefully (do not separate into triangles). Press seams together so dough is one piece. Place dough in pan. Bake about 5 minutes. - Remove from oven.

- Brown ground beef; drain fat. Add taco seasoning and stir well. Cook for about 5 minutes over low heat.

- Spread meat evenly over baked crust. Spread sour cream over meat.

- Sprinkle with shredded cheese.

- Bake 15 - 20 minutes or until crust is browned and cheese is melted. Top with lettuce and tomato.



Now, I did make a few changes to it. On one half I put lots of beef and a little sour cream (Chris' half), and on the other half I put a little beef and more sour cream (mine and Grace's half).
The next thing I changed was that I put a lot more cheese! We are cheese lovers and 1 cup of cheese was not going to cut it for us lol, but that really all depends on how much you and your family like cheese.
Then I only baked it for 10 minutes. I really don't think it should be cooked any longer than that. It would have burnt for sure if I left it for 20, and it would have been really crispy if I left it for 15, so I recommend 10 minutes.
The next thing I did, that I also recommend, is instead of actually putting the topping on I left them on the side. That way if everyone doesn't like the same toppings they can put on what they want after they have their portion. I also had more than just lettuce and tomato. I also had onions and taco sauce. You could do anything really though.. like peppers or beans.
On mine I put all the toppings. Chris only had tomatos and taco sauce on his. And Grace had hers plain.
But I really thought this was great because it's quick and easy to make, and if you do it the way I did it everyone can have it the way they want it.

This was definitely a successful recipe, and will remain in my recipe book, which I worked on today and already have 26 recipes in! :) Feel free to try it out if it sounds like something your family would like.