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Easy Vegetarian Taco Casserole Recipe

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A Quick Easy Microwavable Vegetarian Recipe

This is a quick, easy and delicious Taco Casserole Recipe. You can start fixing dinner 1/2 hour or less before you're ready to sit down and eat it, because it takes 15 minutes or less to prepare, and 15 minutes in the microwave on high to cook. Cooking in the microwave means that your kitchen doesn't get heated up on hot summer days. It also saves time any other time of year.

Taco Casserole is a favorite with my family. Like so many of the recipes I use, this one evolved over time into what it is today, and is not copied from any other recipe, any similarity is coincidental.

All photos are my own

I'm going to share this Taco Salad Casserole recipe in printable form and with large pictures and instructions.



Claudia a/k/a happynutritionist
Updated 6/3/12

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I didn't at one time

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It was my Colorado husband who converted this gal into a Mexican Food lover. No, that's not him on the cover pictured above:-)

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Here's a Picture of my Ingredients

One important item is missing, the can of red kidney beans

Ingredients include:

- 6-8 corn tortillas
- 2-3 eggs
- Salsa as hot or mild as you like it
- 1 small can chopped green chilies
- Fresh or dried cilantro (I use dried organic)
- Chili powder
- 1 can of red kidney beans (not pictured)
- Shredded taco blend cheese or sharp shredded cheddar
- About 1/4 Cup of Milk
- Optional: Can of Organic Corn, drained

Tear corn tortillas into pieces, put in casserole dish sprayed w/ non-stick spray

6-8 Tortillas for this recipe for 3-4, depending upon portion size

Add 2 eggs/egg whites, salsa, chopped green chilis

Egg whites w/out yokes decrease cholesterol significantly

Add 1 T. Cilantro and 1 T. Chili Powder

You can adjust this to taste if you like

Rinse and add 15 oz. can of Red Kidney Beans + 1/2 c. shredded cheese + 1/4 cup milk, stir

It's that easy...just one more step

Are you Lactose Intolerant like me? Use Organic Soy Milk instead of Milk.

Optional: Can of Organic Corn

Why I choose Organic

If you add a can of organic corn, it will add more fiber, moisture, and will increase quantity so it should make 4 moderate portions. I am making this recipe tonight at this typing and will be adding corn, 1 can, drained.

I make a special effort to get corn and products that contain corn in organic form because it is one of the foods that is highly likely, unless organic, to be Genetically Modified - a GMO Food.

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Top with remaining shredded cheese and sprinkle lightly with chili powder and chopped cilantro

Microwave on high about 15 minutes until top looks something like this 

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Almost all of the following ingredients used in our Taco Casserole are case, bulk, or more than one item for the price. I just purchased some food online today, and the price was better than my supermarket. If the products are fulfilled by Amazon, and your order is $25 or more, then shipping is free, whether you are a Prime Member or not.

Compare prices with your supermarket and see if this works for you. We keep several things in our Amazon cart that we like to buy in bulk, and watch for the prices to be where we like them when we order. They go up and down. For example, I just put in an order for something that usually runs $9.95 a bag at our store. Amazon had it at the same price until about a week ago, it went down $2, so I ordered 4 bags saving myself $8 because shipping was free and the item was marked down.

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Taco Casserole - Printable Recipe

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  • DevBlue May 13, 2012 @ 5:43 am | delete
    Not really. I am VEGAN and I don't take eggs and cheese.
  • happynutritionist May 16, 2012 @ 3:20 pm | delete
    Oh yes there are different levels of vegetarian eating...I can understand that. Thanks for stopping by anyway:-)
  • LoKackl Apr 27, 2012 @ 4:14 pm | delete
    Love Mexican food and this looks terrific!! Thanks!
  • happynutritionist May 1, 2012 @ 3:45 pm | delete
    Thank you, and thanks for blessing this page. It is good, in fact I'm thinking of making it for dinner tonight...it's been a while since we've had it and perhaps I'll capture a better picture for the intro:-)
  • davespeed Apr 25, 2012 @ 5:46 pm | delete
    Yes, it sounds delicious. I love your photos.
  • happynutritionist May 1, 2012 @ 3:45 pm | delete
    Thanks...most them came out okay, am hoping for a better one for the intro sometime soon:-)
  • Mickie_G Apr 21, 2012 @ 6:09 pm | delete
    Will try it tonight, perhaps. Definitely on Cinqo de Mayo!
  • thesuccess Jan 29, 2012 @ 1:01 pm | delete
    Gorgeous photos
  • greenearthy Oct 3, 2011 @ 6:50 pm | delete
    yes I love Mexican food
  • hamshi5433 Oct 3, 2011 @ 1:14 am | delete
    7.15am here, I was just wondering around the house looking for something to eat and now this lens just made me more hungry! I actually have tasted some yummy Mexican dishes before but have no clue what their names are :D...So I definitely will love this one, I can tell by the look of it and the ingredients are also yummy!
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Table of Contents

  1. Poll: Do you like Mexican Food?
  2. Here's a Picture of my Ingredients
  3. Tear corn tortillas into pieces, put in casserole dish sprayed w/ non-stick spray
  4. Add 2 eggs/egg whites, salsa, chopped green chilis
  5. Add 1 T. Cilantro and 1 T. Chili Powder
  6. Rinse and add 15 oz. can of Red Kidney Beans + 1/2 c. shredded cheese + 1/4 cup milk, stir
  7. Optional: Can of Organic Corn
  8. Top with remaining shredded cheese and sprinkle lightly with chili powder and chopped cilantro
  9. Microwave on high about 15 minutes until top looks something like this
  10. Many foods can be purchased online for less
  12. Taco Casserole - Printable Recipe
  13. More Mexican Recipes - 1000 of them!
  14. % Donated to Food for Everyone
  15. Searching for Mexican Food
  16. This is a Squid Angel Blessed Page
  17. "Thumbs up", Pins, Facebook and Tweets
  19. Do you think this is a recipe you might try?
  21. Add your Mexican or Tex-Mex Recipe Link
  22. Random unrelated pages you might like
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