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Southwest Summer Squash Bake - Dump and Go Dinner

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Southwest Summer Squash Bake - Dump and Go Dinner

Lisa
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4 Servings
12 Ingredients
1 Comments

Chunks of tender squash and onion coupled with zesty chilies and ground beef all blanketed in salsa verde and cheese make this Southwest Summer Squash Bake an irresistible dinnertime dish.

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4 Servings
12 Ingredients
1 Comments

Ingredients

  • ¾ cups cook Ground Beef
  • 5 cups dice Squash, Yellow
  • ⅓ cups dice Onion, Red
  • 4 ounces drain Mild Green Chiles, Diced, Canned
  • 2 tablespoons seed and dice Jalapeño
  • ⅛ teaspoons Salt
  • ½ cups Cheddar Cheese #1
  • 2 tablespoons Flour, All-Purpose
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin
  • 1 teaspoon Paprika
  • 1 cup Salsa Verde
Serving Day Ingredients
  • ½ cups Cheddar Cheese #2

Containers

  • 1 8x8 Baking Pan
  • 1 Pint Freezer Bag

Supplies

  • Foils
  • Labels

Cooking Instructions

Freeze For Later Cooking Day Directions

Easy Assembly/Dump and Go

These directions help you cook or prepare this meal PRIOR to being frozen for serving later (see Serving Day Directions when you are ready to prepare it to eat).

Why would I want to freeze this?

  1. Combine ground beef, squash, onion, chiles, jalapeno, salt, and cheddar cheese #1 in a bowl. Sprinkle with flour, cumin, and paprika.
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Make From Frozen Serving Day Directions

Bake

These directions help you cook or reheat this meal AFTER it's been frozen for when you are ready to eat it.

  1. Thaw: In fridge
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Make It Now Cooking Directions

These directions are for cooking this recipe to serve immediately and NOT to freeze for later.

  1. Combine ground beef, squash, onion, chiles, jalapeno, salt, and cheddar cheese #1 in a bowl. Sprinkle with flour, cumin, and paprika.
  2. Spread into a greased 8 x8 baking pan.
  3. Bake covered at 400F for 30 minutes.
  4. Remove foil and spread salsa verde over the top. Sprinkle with cheese #2.
  5. Continue to bake uncovered for 15 minutes.

Categories

traditional, nut-free, summer, fall, egg-free, spring, all-in-one-meal, soy-free, fish-free, shellfish-free

Categories

traditional, nut-free, summer, fall, egg-free, spring, all-in-one-meal, soy-free, fish-free, shellfish-free

  1. My Nephew ( a quiet teenager who rarely speaks?) loved this casserole and couldn’t help but ask me where I got it. Some changes I made or would make: more squash, add a little taco seasoning mix?? And use part turkey sausage.

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