Monday, February 1, 2010

Day 1 cooking challenge - Tater Tot Casserole

This was a fun one to make. I searched http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/home.asp for a recipe that would let me pick and choose ingredients I already had in the house. I also love this site, because I can see comments other SparkPeople have made about making the recipes. Since I'm very new to cooking, the feedback gives good suggestions I wouldn't intuitively know just by seeing a recipe. I'm also a new fan of white onions. I like the crunchy texture it gives to food, and it's an easy way to sneak in some extra nutrition. :) Here's the recipe!


    1 pound lean ground turkey (I use the 16 oz lean Jennie-O tubes) 1 10.75 ounce can of 98% Fat Free Cream of Mushroom Soup Approx. 45 Frozen Tater Tots (used a bag of Ore Ida) 1 cup 2% shredded cheese of your choice .25 cup chopped green onions About 1 Tbsp. Tony Chachere's creole seasoning
    1/2 C. chopped white onion

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray an 11x7-inch glass baking dish.

Cook ground turkey until done; drain fat (if any).

In a medium bowl, mix Cream of Mushroom Soup together with the cooked ground turkey, 1/2 Tbsp of Tony's seasoning and chopped white onion. Spread ground turkey mixture into bottom of baking dish evenly.

Arrange frozen tater tots across top of ground turkey mixture until covered. Sprinkle remaining Tony's seasoning on top of tater tots. Sprinkle cheese evenly across top of tater tots. Sprinkle chopped green onions on top of cheese.

Bake casserole in a 350 degree oven for approximately 30-32 minutes or until tater tots are cooked and cheese is melted. 

Enjoy!


2 comments:

  1. Yummmmmmmy! I am a sucker for anything covered in cheese and onions. This looks kid-friendly too -- was it well-received?

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  2. Very kid friendly. She did ask twice "what is this?" while holding up minute bits of mushroom. My response: "your dinner. Eat it."

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