Recipe - Mexican-Style Meat Loaf

4 Manicotti shells (i use 6)
One half pound Lean ground beef (i have
substituted ground turkey)
Three fourths cup Refried beans
One fourth cup Sliced green onions
One half teaspoon Ground cumin
12 ounce Can whole kernel corn with
sweet peppers, drained
1 cn (10 One half oz) enchilada sauce
(I use salsa because I
don't like enchilada sauce)
One half cup Sour cream
One fourth cup Sliced green onions
One fourth cup Chopped pitted ripe olives
One fourth cup Chopped tomato

Cook manicotti shells on the rangetop according to package directions.
Drain. Brown ground beef in a skillet (or in microwave). Drain off fat.
Stir in refried beans, first One fourth cup green onions and cumin. Spoon meat
mixture into cooked maincotti shells. Arrange stuffed shells in a 2 qt.
microwave safe baking dish. pour corn and enchilada sauce over shells.
Cover with microwavesafe plastic wrap; turnbackone corner to vent. Cook
the shells on high for 810 minutes or until the mixture is heated through,
giving the dish a halfturn once. Spoon sour cream over casserole. Sprinkle
with remainder of green onions, olives and chopped tomato.

**I often have a problem spooning the mixture into the manicotti shells.
So, I split the shell first and lay flat; stuff with mixture and reform
into a tube and lay in dish with split side down.
Posted to EATL Digest 10 November 96

Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 13:21:24 0500

From: Amy Smalley as5x@AVERY.MED.VIRGINIA.EDU