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ENCHILADA CASSEROLE

2 dozen flour tortillas, cut into quarters
3 cups grated mild cheddar cheese
3 cups grated Jack cheese
1 cup finely chopped green onions
3 cups diced chicken or browned ground beef (optional)
8 cups enchilada sauce

Preheat oven to 375.  Lightly grease two pans.  In a bowl, combine the cheese, onion, chicken and 1 cup enchilada sauce.  Mix well.  Pour 1 cup of sauce into each prepared pan.  Spread 1/6 of the flour tortilla pieces over the sauce in each pan.  Spread ¼ of the cheese mixture over the tortillas in each pan.  Repeat again.  Top with remaining tortillas.  Pour 2 ½ cups remaining enchilada sauce over each casserole.  Baked in preheated oven 35 minutes until bubbly.

TACO PIE

3 pounds ground beef (5 cups cooked)
1 large onion, finely chopped (1 cup)
½ envelope taco seasoning mix (mild)
2 cups milk
2 cups biscuit mix
4 eggs
1 pound cheddar cheese, shredded (2 cups)
2 cups sour cream
2 tomatoes, chopped
1 lettuce, shredded

In a large skillet, cook and stir ground beef and onion until beef is brown; drain.  Combine beef with taco seasoning mix, and spread in a baking dish.  Beat milk, baking mix and eggs until smooth, 15 seconds on high in a blender or 1 minute with a hand beater.  Pour milk over beef in dish.  Cover dish with foil, and freeze.  Keep bag of grated cheese with pie.

To prepare for serving, thaw pie.  Bake uncovered in a preheated 400 oven for 35 minutes.  Top with sliced tomatoes; sprinkle with cheese.  Bake until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes.   Top with sour cream, chopped tomato and shredded lettuce.

TACO SALAD

2 large packages corn chips
2 pounds ground meat
1 cup shredded cheese
2 30- oz can refried beans
2 bunches green onions, finely sliced
shredded salad or lettuce
tomatoes, diced
avocados, sliced
2 pints sour cream
Tortilla or corn chips

In a skillet, brown ground beef.  Season to taste.  Heat refried beans until bubbly, adding a little water or tomato sauce to thin.  Serve all other items cold.  Place a dish of each item on the table and let each person prepare his own salad, starting with the corn chips and adding other items in the order listed, finishing with sour cream.

TACO BUBBLE PIZZA

2 1/2 lbs. of hamburger or turkey
2-15 oz cans of tomato sauce
4 c grated cheddar cheese
4 tubes of biscuits and
2 pkgs. of taco seasoning

Brown the hamburger and drain, add seasoning and tomato sauce. Grease two 9"x13" pans. Cut biscuits in to quarters and put two tubes in each pan. Pour hamburger mixture over the top of the biscuits and top with cheese.  Bake at 400 degrees for 15 min.

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