Easy Taco Casserole

Quick, easy, 5 ingredient Taco Casserole

Ingredients:

• 1-2lbs Stew meat 
• Taco Seasoning packet
• 1 cup Salsa
• 16oz Cottage Cheese
• 8 oz Shredded Cheddar Cheese

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400.
2. Mix the stew meat and taco seasoning in a large casserole dish. Mine is 11 x 13. Bake for 20 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, mix together the cottage cheese, salsa, and 1 cup of the cheese. Set aside.
4. Remove the casserole dish from the oven and carefully drain the cooking liquid from the meat.  Spread the cottage cheese and salsa mixture on top of the meat. Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.
5. Return the casserole to the oven and bake for an additional 15-20 minutes until the meat is cooked thoroughly and the cheese is hot and bubbly.

I love the flexibility of this recipe!  I've used Stew Meat or Ground Beef, Salsa Verde, Picante Sauce, Enchilada Sauce, Mexi Blend shredded cheese, Colby Jack shredded cheese; and it is always a hit, even my picky 4 year old loves is!

Fall in Love with beef!!

Most people think of Spring as the time for babies and all the fun that they bring, but this year because of timing with when we bought our young bull we have fall babies. We had a June baby, but that is before we purchased our bull and before the fence between us the neighboring dairy was fixed. Their bull decided to visit our herd, thankfully he only bred one of our girls and of the 4 available, luckily it was our half jersey girl (luckily they got a new bull prior to this as their previous bull was our SweetPea's daddy because her momma was a fence jumper).

So far this year we have SplitPea (1/4 Charbray/3/4 Jersey steer calf destined for the freezer, don't get too attached), 

SplitPea

Starla (Angus heifer born the Tuesday before Thanksgiving) 

Betty, Starla, and Batman

and Darla (Angus born on Thanksgiving).

BABs and Darla

 We still have Bonnie left to calve, but she seems to be a month or so behind her older sisters (all three of our Angus girls are half sisters - same dad, different mom; and if Bonnie has a heifer all three babies will be half sisters like their mommas).

Starla, Gracie, and Darla