Mexican Lasagna

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb lean ground beef or 1 lb ground turkey
• 1/2 large onion
• 1 large garlic clove, minced
• 1 1/2 cups low fat cottage cheese
• 1 cup nonfat sour cream
• 1 (4 ounce) jar green chili peppers, chopped
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped (optional)
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 cups salsa
• 4 (6 inch) wheat flour tortillas (halved)
• 1 1/4 cups reduced-fat monterey jack cheese, shredded

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 coat a large non-stick skillet with cooking spray. over medium heat, saute onion and garlic until lightly brown.
• 3 crumble in ground beef and cook until no longer pink. remove to bowl with slotted spoon.
• 4 in another bowl, combine cottage cheese, sour cream, peppers, cilantro, cumin and salt.
• 5 coat a 13" x 9" baking dish with cooking spray.
• 6 spread 1 cup salsa across bottom of baking dish.
• 7 arrange 1/2 tortillas evenly over salsa.
• 8 spread 1/2 cottage cheese mixture over tortillas.
• 9 top with 1/2 ground beef mixture.
• 10 top with 1 cup salsa, and 1/2 cup shredded cheese.
• 11 layer remaining tortillas, cottage cheese mixture, and remaining ground beef.
• 12 sprinkle with remaining salsa and 3/4 cup shredded cheese.
• 13 bake for 30 minutes or until heated through. loosely cover with foil if cheese browns too quickly.