Dinner Recipe: Taco Ring: New Way To Have Tacos!

After sharing my families favorite desert recipe, I think it is only fair to share one of our favorite dinner recipes as well. Since my mom is a consultant with Pampered Chef, this recipe like S'more Cups comes from Pampered Chef's cookbook. Taco Ring is a fun new way to eat tacos. The recipe is easy but the results look like the chef spent a long time preparing it.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 lb  ground beef, cooked and drained
• 1   package taco seasoning mix
• 1 cup  shredded cheddar cheese
• 2 tbsp water
• 2  pkgs. refrigerated crescent roll dough
• 1 med. green bell pepper
• 1/2 head lettuce, shredded
• 1 med. tomato, cubed
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1/2 cup  whole pitted black olives, sliced
• 1 cup  salsa
• sour cream

Preparation

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees (200 C.).
• Combine meat, seasoning mix, cheese and water in a bowl.
• Arrange crescent triangles in a circle on a round baking stone, with bases overlapping in center and points to outside (there should be a five inch diameter circle in center).
• Using medium stainless steel scoop (approx. 2 T) spoon meat mixture over rolls.
• Fold points of triangles over filling and tuck under base at center (filling will not be completely covered).
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
• Using a knife, cut off top of bell pepper.
• Place bell pepper in center of ring; fill with salsa.
• Mound lettuce, onion, tomato and olives around pepper.
• Garnish with sour cream.
• Cut and serve.

This recipe is good for dinner parties, for your family, or alone. The nice thing about this recipe is that the clean up is less that it is with regular tacos. People will just take a slice and add what they want on top instead of trying to fit everything inside of a shell. Another bonus is that the crescents gives a nice taste to the taco meat. This is another recipe that children can help with. My niece helps with the crescent rolls and loves it. This is a recipe that everyone will love and you will make it many many times!

I would like to know if anyone else has a new take on tacos? What does your family do to make their taco recipe stand out? When I make regular tacos, I add rice and black beans to the meat? What are your thoughts and ideas on how to make tacos better?

I hope you enjoy the Taco Ring, and if you missed desert the recipe for S'more Cups is still posted!