Bake For The Cure Baking Contest!

Hi neighbors! It's a lovely Autumn afternoon, and I'm stopping by to ask for your help.  I am participating in the ACH Foods Bake For The Cure baking contest that starts today.  This contest supports Susan G Komen for the Cure. Today and the next 2 Mondays,  I will be posting recipes (and pictures of our family trying them out). There are 19 other bloggers participating in this, so here's where you come in-I need comments! Easy, I know, but if I get the most amount of comments on my recipe posts, then we win a $500.00 gift card to a cooking store! So please, feel free to blog, tweet, or email your friends and family about this. Every comment helps!

So, without further ado, here's our first recipe:

One-Dish Taco Bake

This recipe is in the Bake For The Cure cookbook I was sent in my baking kit, and I was supposed to add a personal twist to it. I'll give you the original recipe first:


Taco Meat Filling
1 lb. Ground Beef
1 Package French's Original Taco Seasoning

Batter
3/4 cup All-Purpose Flour
1/2 cup Masa Corn Flour or Corn Meal
2 envelopes Fleischmann's Rapid Rise Yeast
1 tablespoon Sugar
1/2 teaspoon Salt
3/4 cup very warm Milk
3 tablespoons Mazola Corn Oil
1 Egg

Toppings
1 cup Chunky Salsa
1 cup Shredded Mexican Style Cheese
1 cup Corn Chips, partially crushed

Brown ground beef and drain. Add taco seasoning and mix well.
Mix batter ingredients together in a greased 9 1/2-inch greased deep dish pie plate.
Top batter with taco meat filling. Pour salsa evenly over meat; sprinkle with cheese and corn chips.
Bake by placing in a cold oven; set to 350 degrees. Bake for 30 minutes or until done.


My experience/thoughts on the recipe:

For a personal twist on this recipe, we changed out the ground beef for ground turkey. It makes for a healthier meal, and our family has really started using ground turkey a lot in our normal tacos. So, I thought this would be a great chance to try it in another meal!

Cooking the ground turkey!

Add the taco seasoning!

Corn oil and Yeast!

Taco meat over the corn meal crust

In the oven...the crust overflowed our pan a little!

The finished Taco Casserole

My serving suggestion-some sour cream on the side!

So there's the step-by-step of baking this Taco Casserole. I found that this is a very quick, easy recipe that I will definitely be making again! The family loves it! We added sour cream on the side for dipping (what is Mexican food without sour cream?!), which really adds to the flavor!  I like that the recipe calls for basic pantry staples too, so we don't have to go shopping for exotic ingredients!

Our family vote: We give this recipe a 5-star rating! Fast and easy to prepare, basic ingredients, and delicious taste-We like it! We love it! We want more of it!

So, now I'm asking you, my wonderful neighbors, to help us out here! Please, leave a comment! Tell us one of your favorite recipes, share a twist on this recipe you think would taste good, anything! And please, help spread the word!