Quick Taco Casserole from @TinaKashian1

Hello from TINA KASHIAN! Mexican food is a favorite in our house. Now that school is back in session and our evenings are full watching high school volleyball and tennis games, I need to cook quick, healthy meals. This taco casserole is an easy one dish dinner, fast to prepare, and pleases a crowd. 

 

Ingredients:

1 pound lean ground beef

8 oz cottage cheese (I used 2 % milkfat)

1 Tbsp taco seasoning

½ cup salsa

1 cup shredded Mexican style cheese

Sour cream (optional)

 

 

Directions:

Preheat over to 375 degrees. I use a cast iron skillet to make this a one dish dinner. Cook the ground beef on medium heat until brown. Drain the grease. 

 

 

Add the cottage cheese, taco seasoning, salsa, and ½ cup of the cheese.

 

Mix everything well. Sprinkle with the remaining ½ cup of cheese. 

 

Bake for 15-20 minutes until hot and the cheese melts. Top with sour cream if you prefer. You can also serve this in a flour tortilla. Enjoy!

 

What is your favorite Mexican dish? Please share!

 

Hummus and Homicide is the first book in my Kebab Kitchen mystery series.

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 When Lucy Berberian quits her Philadelphia law firm and heads home to Ocean Crest, she knows what she’s getting—the scent of funnel cake, the sight of the wooden roller coaster, and the tastes of her family’s Mediterranean restaurant. But murder wasn’t on the menu…

Things are slow in the off-season in this Jersey Shore town, but Lucy doesn’t mind. She doesn’t even mind waitressing at the Kebab Kitchen. Her parents have put in a new hummus bar, with every flavor from lemon to roasted red pepper. It’s fun to see their calico cat again, and to catch up with her old BFF, who’s married to a cop now.

She could do without Heather Banks, though. The Gucci-toting ex-cheerleader is still as nasty as she was back in high school…and unfortunately, she’s just taken over as the local health inspector. Just minutes after eating at the Kebab Kitchen—where she’s tallied up a whole list of bogus violations—she falls down dead in the street. Word on the grapevine is it’s homicide, and Lucy’s the number one suspect…

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Tina Kashian is an attorney and a former mechanical engineer whose love of reading for pleasure helped her get through years of academia. Tina spent her childhood summers at the Jersey shore building sandcastles, boogie boarding, and riding the boardwalk Ferris wheel. She also grew up in the restaurant business, as her Armenian parents owned a restaurant for thirty years. Tina still lives in New Jersey with her supportive husband and two daughters.

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