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Taco Salad Made Over

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  • Serves 4
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Average (114 Ratings): 4 out of 5 stars

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1. Ingredients

  1. 4 (8 inch) flour tortillas
  2. 3/4 pound extra lean ground beef
  3. 1 tablespoon chili powder
  4. 1/2 cup TACO BELL HOME ORIGINALS Thick 'N Chunky Salsa
  5. 1 cup drained canned kidney beans, rinsed
  6. 4 cups torn spring or mixed salad greens
  7. 1/2 cup KRAFT 2% Milk Reduced Fat Sharp Cheddar Cheese
  8. 1 large tomato, chopped
  9. 2 tablespoons KRAFT LIGHT DONE RIGHT! Ranch Reduced Fat Dressing

2. Cooking Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Crumple 4 large sheets of foil to form 3-inch balls; place on baking sheet. Arrange 1 tortilla over each ball; spray with cooking spray. Bake 6 to 8 min. or until tortillas are golden brown. (Tortillas will drape over balls as they bake.)
  2. Meanwhile, cook meat with chili powder in nonstick skillet until browned, stirring occasionally. Add salsa and beans; cook until heated through, stirring occasionally.
  3. Place 1tortilla shell on each of four serving plates. Fill evenly with salad greens, meat mixture, cheese and tomatoes. Top with dressing.

Yield: 4 servings

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Notes:

Make-Over Savings

This recipe saves 190 calories and 19 grams of fat per serving by baking the tortillas instead of frying them and preparing the recipe with extra lean ground beef, KRAFT 2% Milk Shredded Reduced Fat Sharp Cheddar Cheese and KRAFT LIGHT DONE RIGHT! Ranch Reduced Fat Dressing.

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Average (114 Ratings): 4 out of 5 stars

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  • Very tasty

    Don - April 16, 2007 02:02:19 PM PST
    I altered the recipe to make it healthier and tastier.

    reduced Fat cheese is not good for you and tastes nasty. I replace it with real cheese, but used 1/4c instead of 1/2 cup.
    the same with reduced fat dressing - used only 1 tablespoon of the real thing....much better.

    I also used fresh salsa....

    18 of 26 found this review helpful.

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  • good but...

    dbsj12310 - April 18, 2007 05:39:03 PM PST
    make sure to use room-temperature tortillas (not ones straight from the fridge) or it is too hard to balance them on the foil balls and they take longer to cook.

    8 of 9 found this review helpful.

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  • WHO CARES if its healthy? It tastes GREAT!

    Cooking Mom of 3 - April 19, 2007 06:45:05 AM PST
    I turned this in to a left over meal. We had left over pork chops so I chopped up the pork chops and used canned pinto beans instead (I didn\'t know if kidney beans would go with pork well) The family ate it up!

    6 of 7 found this review helpful.

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  • Alternative to oven baking tortillas

    jsalleoh - September 10, 2007 01:54:20 PM PST
    I have been making this similar recipe for about 18 years. Instead of heating up the oven for a few flour tortillas I use a bowl (corning ware preferably but any cereal size bowl will work). Turn it upside down, coat with a little cooking oil spray and lay the tortilla on top. Put in microwave. Set for 2 minutes and turn on but watch tortilla as it cooks for the first time as microwaves have different cooking times. It will eventually begin to brown slightly and become crispy. Note time it takes to cook properly, then set micorwave for same time for the rest. They come out crispy, slightly brown, doesn\'t heat up the kitchen and even when cooking many at a time take less than 2 minutes each. Hope you enjoy!

    4 of 4 found this review helpful.

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  • Hmmm.....Could be healthier.

    SevenCostanza - April 16, 2007 12:27:20 PM PST
    To make is healther use whole wheat tortillas, fresh salsa, no meat (or ground turkey) and better, higher quality cheese.

    14 of 25 found this review helpful.

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