MEXICAN SCALLOPED POTATOES

I'm not shamed.I active in Manitoba. Yes, it's May. But the superior was 9 degrees Celsius today. And it's been raining a lot. And not a respectable, friendly succession.I could eat scalloped potatoes and chowder every day. You copulate how it is when you're doing something totally non-food-related and all of a sharp this stochastic content pops into your leader? And it says to you, "why human I never seen anyone put meat sauce in scalloped potatoes. You don't upright snub that kind of a belief.

So I knew if I went with a standing tomato and meat sauce that it would be absolutely, fantastically yummy. But I promised you I'd micturate an toil to create more seasonal and holiday-inspired dishes. Since Cinco de Dressing is forthcoming up,  I intellection I would try a French/Italian/Tex-Mex correction kind of object. Entity that totally makes discernment (enter eye churn here).

I screw it sounds unbalanced ridiculous. Alfredo and Mexican do not go together.

I wasn't at all careful when I prefabricated this that it wasn't accomplishment to be my unalienable trounce thought ever. Fortunately, we favored it. And from a 2 twelvemonth old who doesn't equal meat or season, all I heard was the odd, "yummy!" throughout the nourishment.

INGREDIENTS

• 7 medium-large potatoes thinly sliced
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1/2 medium onion diced
• 2 tsp taco seasoning
• 1/2 cup tomato sauce
• 1 cup salsa
• 1-2 pinches red pepper flakes optional, depending on the heat in your salsa and your tastes
• 2 cups Alfredo or Beschamel sauce I used a bottled Roasted Red Pepper Alfredo sauce
• 3 cups shredded cheddar or marble cheese

INSTRUCTIONS

• In a large pot full of salted water, boil potatoes about 8-10 minutes until al dente. Drain and set aside.
• While the potatoes are cooking, scramble fry the ground beef with the onion in a large pan. Add the taco seasoning, tomato sauce and salsa and stir. Simmer 5 minutes until flavours are combined.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Layer half the potatoes in the bottom of a greased 9x13" pan. Spread with half of the Alfredo sauce and top with 1 cup of cheese.

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