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Plan Z Phase: This is a Z3.5 (ZReboot 3.5) recipe. This taco casserole uses just 2 small flour tortillas. That said, that’s 50 grams of carbs just from the tortillas.  Divide that by six and it’s not so bad but this also has beans in it. So keep your portion small and see how the scale looks the next day. I ate this and got away unscathed, but for each of us it will be different.

This is a throw it together FAST meal for any weeknight. Depending on how many you have at the dinner table the leftovers reheat well and taste yummy even a couple of days later.

This is not a spicy dish but you can add hot sauce at the table for zing.

Servings: Serves 6

Ingredients:

• a 10 oz jar of enchilada sauce. I try to find an authentic one with nothing on the label I can’t pronounce and no sugar.
• 1-1/2 pounds of ground sirloin
• 1 tsp of garlic salt
• 1 tsp of onion powder
• 1 16 oz can of refried beans. Again, find the good, authentic ones.
• 2, 8” flour tortillas. Read the labels. I found some with only 25 grams of carbs. They rank all over the place. And you only need the small ones; not the burrito size.
• 2 – 3 cups of shredded Mexican cheese mixture
• Sour cream (optional)

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Take out your large sauté pan. Spray some olive oil. Add the ground sirloin and break it up as it cooks. Add the garlic salt and onion powder. Cook until no pink remains.

Take out a 9″ x 9″ ovenproof pan. Pour 2 Tbl of enchilada sauce in the bottom and spread it around. Then place in one of the tortillas to give it a bottom ‘crust’. Into the meat mixture add ½ of the remaining enchilada sauce and the refried beans. Mix them together but leave lumps so you can tell sections of beans and sections of meat. Transfer half of that to your 9″ x 9″ pan now. Sprinkle with half of the cheese. Place another tortilla on. Add the second half of the meat mixture. Sprinkle with the second half of the cheese. Then drizzle on the remaining enchilada sauce.

Bake at 375 degrees for 20 – 30 minutes til heated through. Let rest for 10 minutes before cutting. This gives the casserole time to firm up so it cuts more evenly but it also gives time so you don’t sear your mouth.

Serve with a dollop of cold sour cream. I love the hot casserole with the cold sour cream.

Enjoy!

Cheers,