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Healthy Mexican Casserole

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This is one of my favorites and I have been making this for YEARS!  It is super easy and healthy, and most importantly DELICIOUS!  It’s also a great dish for entertaining because it’s simple to prepare and pretty.  I like when food looks good too 🙂

This Healthy Mexican Casserole is my favorite, easy meal. It's gluten free, delicious and is ready in 30 minutes!

The best thing about this recipe is how versatile it is! You can wrap it up in a tortilla, eat it over a bed of lettuce or crush tortilla chips on top (my kids love that!) Any way you eat it, it is delicious!

Check out my video to show you just how easy it is to make…

 

This Healthy Mexican Casserole is my favorite, easy meal. It's gluten free, delicious and is ready in 30 minutes!
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Healthy Mexican Casserole

Servings 6 -8 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 pound lean ground turkey
  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/4 teaspoon cumin
  • 1/4 teaspoon chili powder 1/8 tsp if you don’t like it too spicy
  • 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 1/8 teaspoon coriander
  • 1 15 ounce can organic black beans rinsed thoroughly and drained
  • 1 15 ounce can organic pinto beans rinsed thoroughly and drained
  • 4-5 plum tomatoes chopped and seeds removed
  • 1 teaspoon chopped chili peppers add more or like to your taste
  • 1/2 cup frozen corn
  • 1/4 cup reduced fat mexican blend cheese
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro for topping optional

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put turkey in large sauce pan with oil and cook until no longer pink.
  2. Add cumin, chili powder, red pepper flakes, coriander and a little water until seasoned. Add pinto & black beans, diced tomatoes, thinly sliced chilis, corn and mix it all together in sauce pan.
  3. Place in a 9 x 13 casserole dish and add 1/4 cup of reduced fat mexican cheese blend on top. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes until cheese is melted.
  4. For my kids, I crumble whole grain tortillas on top.
  5. I like diced cilantro sprinkled on top. This is great the next for leftovers in a wrap too. ENJOY!

 

This Healthy Mexican Casserole is my favorite, easy meal. It's gluten free, delicious and is ready in 30 minutes!

This is one of those meals that the whole family likes!  Sometimes when my nights are busier than usual I will prepare it in the morning, wrap it up and place it in the refrigerator until later.  Then, I just pop it in the oven for 20 minutes and it’s done!

This Healthy Mexican Casserole is my favorite, easy meal. It's gluten free, delicious and is ready in 30 minutes!

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    • Thanks Erin 🙂 Ground turkey and ground chicken are pretty comparable in calories, fat and protein. If you are looking to save calories (which you clearly do NOT need to do) then look for the leanest one which is the breast. It should say 97 or 99% lean. Hope that helps Erin. I know you are going to LOVE this!!

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    • Hi Diane! 🙂
      Here is the info from http://www.calriecount.count:
      Nutrition Facts
      Serving Size 197 g
      Amount Per Serving
      Calories 295Calories from Fat 52
      % Daily Value*
      Total Fat 5.8g9%
      Saturated Fat 2.0g10%
      Cholesterol 43mg14%
      Sodium 96mg4%
      Total Carbohydrates 37.7g13%
      Dietary Fiber 8.9g36%
      Sugars 3.1g
      Protein 24.1g

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  12. This looks delicious. Planning on making tonight. What type of chili did you use and was it fresh or pickled? Thanks!

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  16. This looks like a wonderful supper meal later this week …How can I print this recipe ??? Am I overlooking the ‘print ‘ option??? Thanks so much !

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