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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat oil in large pan - add onions and garlic. | 2. Cook on low heat for 2-3 minutes, until soft. | 3. Add the seasoning mix, cumin and paprika. | 4. Mix well; add the ground mince, stir until brown. | 5. Stir in chopped bell pepper, blended tomatoes and tomato paste,. | 6. Simmer for about an hour uncovered, until it has thickened. | 7. Make cheese sauce as follows: | 8. Melt butter in medium pan; remove from heat stir on flour after it has cooled. | 9. Gradually add milk; stir over heat until mixture boils (or do in microwave, where it is less likely to go lumpy) until it starts to boil. Stir in cream and cheese. | 10. Place 5 lasagna sheets over oiled shallow ovenproof dish (12 cup) 3 liter size, top with half the mince mixture and a 1/3 of the creamy cheese sauce. | 11. Repeat layers, and then top with remaining lasagna sheets and creamy cheese sauce. | 12. Bake in moderate oven covered in foil for 1/2 an hour then uncover and continue cooking for another 10 minutes. | 13. Serve with tossed green salad, Italian bread - delicious. | 14. Can be prepared 24 hours ahead, store, covered in refrigerator. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	1	tablespoon		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
meat	2	lbs	minced	1034.208	0.0	203.0314	18.4162
red onion	1		chopped	44.0	10.274000000000001	1.21	0.11
garlic	2	teaspoons	crushed	8.344	1.8514	0.3562	0.027999999999999997
taco seasoning mix	1	packet		-	-	-	-
cumin	1	tablespoon	ground	22.5	2.6544	1.0686	1.3362
paprika	1	teaspoon	sweet	6.486000000000001	1.2418	0.3252	0.2965
oregano	1	teaspoon	dried	2.65	0.6892	0.09	0.0428
green pepper	1			23.8	5.5216	1.0234	0.2023
tomato	2	cans	blended	124.1379	27.5262	6.4768	1.0795
tomato paste	1/2	cup		108.24	24.9612	5.7024	0.6204
lasagna noodle	15	sheets		-	-	-	-
parmesan cheese	1/2	cup	grated	148.0	16.0	16.0	2.0
cheddar cheese	1/2	cup	grated	-	-	-	-
butter	2	ounces		323.19	14.8497	10.0983	27.215999999999998
plain flour	1/3	cup		-	-	-	-
milk	2 1/2	cups		372.1	29.158	19.215	19.947
cream	1/3	cup	sour	151.8	3.5497	1.8707	14.835
cheddar cheese	1/2	cup	grated	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.