Taco Ring Bake...and it's sooo good and fast!

Well if this isn't one of the simplest and super yummy recipes around the internet than I don't know what is. I made this last night and needless to say there are no leftovers (OK maybe 2 slices but hubby took that to work tonight).

Now to cut back on the fat and sodium like always do or try to do...I will say this I recommend using reduced fat crescent rolls. Why do that the sodium is actually lower in this can than the regular version ( by about 100-150 mg less than normal version). I also use 7% fat extra lean hamburger (same reason the fat content is way too high and there is usually so much grease to be drained from the ground beef). You can use other types of meat such a ground turkey or chicken to cut the fat down even more! I also used my own taco seasoning which btw is lower in sodium than them nasty packets which can have up wards to 1000+ mg of sodium in it (which medically speaking is way more than your daily intake; bottom line make your own).

I also use reduce fat cheese if I can...sometimes it's a pain finding it and I tend to notice that a block of it is cheaper and I get more, bonus cheese is freezable so make count by grating it and using what you need and freeze the rest of it if your not big cheese eaters and it won't get eaten in a week.

ok so here goes for the recipe!

1 lb ground beef
1 pkg taco seasoning mix (if homemade than it's 1 Tbsp)
1 cup (4 oz) cheddar cheese
2 Tbsp water
2 8 oz refrigerated crescent rolls (reduced fat for this momma)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Brown ground beef and drain grease.
3. Stir in taco seasoning, water and cheese. (I sprinkled the cheese evenly on top of meat)
4. Unroll crescent rolls and separate. Arrange triangles in a circle on a round baking stone/pizza pan with wide ends overlapping in center and points toward the outside. There should be about a 5 inch diameter in the center.
5. Scoop meat mixture evenly onto widest ends of dough at center of ring. Bring points in and over and tuck underneath the wide end.
6. Bake 13-15 minutes or until golden brown.

You can garnish with bell pepper, lettuce, salsa, tomatoes, onion, sour cream, olives, etc. See simple easy and yummy!