In my cabinet I have an unopened jar of salsa and taco sauce and wondering when I would use them. I had an idea that maybe I can take a recipe that I like and kind of doctor it up to suit what I have in my pantry. The recipe is taco stuffed shells. I don't have shells, or lasagna noodles but I thought I could use mafalda (mini lasagna) noodles and layer it (and sort of follow the ingredients in the taco shells I like). The recipe calls for taco seasoning (which I have or can make), ground turkey and cream cheese (I have a little bit of spreadable) and taco sauce and cheese. Think it also calls for salsa but I thought if I put all that together and layer it like a lasagna, it might work out. Has anyone ever made anything like this before? Not sure if I should add more wet ingredients so it won't dry out. Thought I would ask opinions before I ruin perfectly good food. :)
You can probably also add corn, black beans, olives, onions, jalapenos, and anthing else you can picture as the hot ingredients on a nacho platter. these would all hold up well to baking.
Good luck to you and yours,
F. B.
I think the recipe you are talking about is the recipe I LOVE for stuffed shells.
In my recipe, you our the salsa in the bottom of the baking dish, set the stuffed noodles (in your case, the layers of taco meat/cream cheese mix and cooked noodles...) then pour the taco sauce over it. Then it's supposed to be covered with foil, which i imagine would help with the dryness.
Are the noodles no boil? I am sure it will work if you like the taste of Tex Mex favors with noodles. I make taco casseroles all the time with tortilla chips. Do you have any of those! They are great because you don't have to prep them and they stay crispy in the casserole.
I have made it before using shells, lasagna noodles, or elbow noodles if I'm really feeling lazy. It all tastes BASICALLY the same.
Oh, and I add a can of black beans and a can of corn in to my meat/cream cheese mixture. It's AMAZING!
Sounds like a good plan, and sounds pretty dang yummy!
