Reviewed: Jun. 30, 2009

meh--not that great. For it to be a good recipe you'd basically have to alter the whole thing. First, sub something else for the tomato sauce-then add some more spices to the meat, and that's just a start!

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reenyroo

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Living In: Greensboro, North Carolina, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 10, 2009

I've made this casserole for years and years but we've always made it with cottage cheese instead of the ricotta cheese. Ricotta cheese tends to have a stronger flavor which a lot of people shy away from. Try it with cottage cheese! It's great!

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Shirleygirl

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Reviewed: Feb. 13, 2009

Very good recipe. I especially liked using cottage cheese rather than the ricotta. Enjoyed by the whole family.

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Reviewed: Jan. 15, 2009

This was awesome! My husband was so excited to eat it again for left overs. I used 1/2 c. of fresh onion instead of minced and made it a little healthier by using ground turkey, fat free sour cream and fat free cottage cheese instead of ricotta. I will most definitely be making this again!

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Jeni Bransford

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Reviewed: May 7, 2008

Oh my goodness; I ate this all the time growing up ;)

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Elecid

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Reviewed: Apr. 8, 2008

HEY this is pretty good! My husband and I loved it immensely. We didnt have any jack cheese, so we didnt add any cheese at all (aside from the ricotta). There is no need to butter the casserole dish. Just add the ingredients.

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Home Town: San Jose, California, USA

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Reviewed: Feb. 26, 2008

This was pretty good. I changed the recipe a little and added 1/2 diced tomatoes and 1/2 tomato sauce instead of all tomato sauce. I also used a little less olives and split the monteray jack cheese with some pizza cheese. However, next time I am going to remember to put TACO SEASONING on the meat as that seemed to be the worst part, bland and dry. And for a little extra kick I am switching one of the green peppers for jalepeno's. I think with those few little tweeks this could be a very good dinner. Very close to other taco casserole's I have had in the past, but I like that the sour cream is right in it. Also, this is VERY easy to prepare with a 7 year old, 2 year old and 1 year old at foot, I still managed to not burn myself and have dinner come out good.

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Reviewed: Dec. 28, 2007

I added a can of refried beans to the bottom layer, and took out the tomato sauce and ricotta. What's left.....it is a giant taco. That's right all this effor just leads to a giant baked taco. It tasted fine, but tacos are fast and easy this was ridiculous. Who wants tomato sauce and ricotta cheese on their taco.....ewwww.

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Reviewed: Aug. 20, 2007

This has always been a family favorite in my house. We have a few variations you can try to kick it up a notch. Use crushed Doritos (Nacho cheese or Fiery Habenero) as your base layer. Substitute cottage cheese for the ricotta. I like my dishes meaty so you can up the amount of beef to 1 1/2 lbs. We only use 1 can of diced green chiles and we don't use onions. We also add 1 tsp of chili powder to flavor the meat along with the garlic salt. It's always an easy dish for company. I never seem to use the entire cream mix because it can make it soupy at times. Serve with Mexican Rice!

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Lindsey

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Reviewed: Jul. 28, 2007

The Riccotta Cheese just didn't work with the Mexican ingredients. But I had to give it a try. Sorry...

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Marie

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Reviewed: Apr. 15, 2007

I thought this dish was average. My husband thought this tasted similar to an enchilada because of the corn taste from the tortilla chips. I wonder if using enchilada sauce instead of tomato sauce would make this dish more interesting.

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Julie

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Reviewed: Feb. 21, 2007

I would have given it 3 stars, because I thought it was pretty good, but not great. But everyone else really liked it. The only things I did differently is used fresh onions (more than what was called for), and about half of the olives. Thanks for sharing.

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Reviewed: Feb. 16, 2007

The flavor was ok, but the texture was weird and when you cut into it, it did not look very appetizing either.

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J

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Reviewed: Jan. 29, 2007

This is pretty good. I did add taco seasoning (recipe from this site) to give it more favor.

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jennak

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Home Town: Waterford, Michigan, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 20, 2006

My 20 month old and my husband loved this. I omitted the olives and it still turned out great. A definite keeper.

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Reviewed: Aug. 2, 2006

My 15 month old twins, my 4 year old, and my husband all loved it!! I used protein crumbles to cut the fat and fat free sour cream and cheese. Next time, I am not going to put the chips on it b/c I don't like the way they baked on top.

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