The easy route

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I decided to take the easy route tonight.  Both with this post and with dinner.  I don’t really have much to tell you about today (so its gonna be easy to recap!) and sometimes I really don’t feel like dealing with dinnertime drama (hence, an easy meal).  Today was full of the same old – school, errands, cleaning, and watching Eric put up the LAST of the siding!  That’s really the only interesting tidbit about today.  And no, I didn’t take a picture of the finished product yet.  I have plans to spruce up the entry area, so it will have to wait!

 

Dinner was an old Wikoff Family favorite!  This is practically a delicacy of Grandma Kim’s.  And one of her son’s favorites.  AND (and this is big) BOTH children actually eat this without complaining.  Truth be told though – Dylan declares that he doesn’t like Taco Hot Dish every time we have it, but then eats it just fine.    So behold – the Taco Hot Dish.  (I know – don’t you love it’s Minnesotan name?  Hot Dish is totallllly Minnesotan speak.  I’d know – I’m from South Dakota.  There’s a difference.)

What you need:

-a tube of crescent dough
-1 pound lean ground beef or lean ground turkey
-a package of taco seasoning, or if you are wanting to control your amt of sodium – use 1 tsp (or more) of cumin, 1 tsp chili powder, 1 tsp onion powder, 1 tsp garlic powder

-refried beans of some sort – I like black beans
-sour cream (8 ounce container is fine; can use light sour cream)
-shredded cheese
-diced olives (optional)

-salsa (optional)

-diced tomatoes (optional)

-shredded lettuce (optional)

-guacamole (optional)
-crushed taco chips (optional)

First, press your crescent dough into a glass dish and bake according to directions. 

Brown up your beef or turkey. (ditch the grease cuz that’s gross)

  Add spices.  Next, drop a dollop of sour cream in.  Grandma Kim does an entire 8 ounce container, and while that’s very good tasting – not so good on the old waistline!  So I usually only do a big spoonful or two.  Mix in the olives (unless you don’t want olives, then don’t). Oh!  Your crescent rolls are done!   Spread the refried beans on top of the crescent rolls. Then put the meat, sour cream and olive mixture on top of that. Top with some cheese (however much you want, really). Bake for 12 minutes (at the temp you already had it at) and then turn the broil on for a couple of minutes to brown up the top.

Then all that’s left to do is put on your toppings – salsa, guac, chips, etc.  Tasty, tasty!   Yeah, like I really only had two slices!  Ha!   Well, that’s all for now.  Chuck is on tonight, so I’ve got a hot date with my husband!  See ya tomorrow!