Healthy Mexican Casserole

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5 from 22 votes

This Healthy Mexican Casserole is healthy, delicious and will be ready in 30 minutes!

Cook Time30

Total Time30

Course: brunch, dinner, Main Course, main dish

Cuisine: Mexican

Diet: Gluten Free

Servings: servings

Calories: 250kcal

Author: Lauren Kelly

Ingredients

1 pound lean ground turkey
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
¼ teaspoon cumin
¼ teaspoon chili powder ⅛ tsp if you don’t like it too spicy
¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
⅛ teaspoon coriander
15 ounces black beans rinsed thoroughly and drained
15 ounces 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
½ cup frozen corn
¼ cup reduced fat mexican blend cheese
¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro for topping optional

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put ground turkey in large
sauce pan
with oil and cook until no longer pink.
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.
Place in a 9 x 13 casserole dish and add ¼ cup of reduced fat mexican cheese blend on top. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes until cheese is melted.
For my kids, I crumble whole grain tortillas on top.
I like diced cilantro sprinkled on top. This is great the next for leftovers in a wrap too. ENJOY!

Notes

You can also customize the spiciness of this casserole too. I usually omit the chili powder for my one sone and take out the chili peppers.
I promise it tastes just as delicious! And to the opposite end of that, if you like spice, go ahead and add more!
Add some jalalpeno peppers (with the seeds) while you're at it!

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