Easy Mexican Casserole | High Protein & Fiber Meal Prep

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: canned lentils

Ground turkey reduces fat while lentils are a budget-friendly protein.

cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: low-fat cheese

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Low-fat cheese cuts calories, while processed cheese is often less expensive.

salsa

🥗Healthier: fresh pico de gallo

💰Cheaper: canned tomato sauce

Pico de gallo is fresher and healthier, while canned sauce is budget-friendly.

sour cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: cream cheese

Greek yogurt offers creaminess with fewer calories, while cream cheese is often cheaper.

Add your Oil into a large stovetop pan over medium heat.

Once it heats up, add in your Ground Meat and break it up.

Add in your Bell Peppers, Onion, and Garlic.

Keep everything moving until your Ground Meat has browned (usually 5-8 minutes).

Turn your heat to low.

Mix in your Chili Powder, Ground Cumin, Diced Tomatoes, Black Beans, Corn, and 1/2 your Enchilada Sauce.

Add the other 1/2 of your Enchilada sauce into the bottom of at least a 9x13 oven safe dish.

Spread your Refried Beans evenly over your Mini Tortillas.

Place your Mini Tortillas into your oven safe dish over the top of your Enchilada Sauce (they may overlap).

Pour in the mix you made.

You can optionally layer it by pouring in 1/2 of your mix and adding in another 6 Mini Tortillas.

Top it with some optionally crushed up Tortillas Chips and your Mexican Blend Cheese.

Put it into the oven on 350F/176C for around 30-35 minutes or until your cheese has melted and your sides have started to bubble.

If you're worried about your cheese burning you can cover your dish with aluminum foil.

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