Game Night!

Game night was great, even with our depleted numbers. There were five of us all together and we enjoyed a delicious Taco Ring dinner and a few card games. There have been tornado warnings in the area tonight, and that has been a little scary.

However, we had a good time!

Taco Ring

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb (.2 kg). ground beef or turkey, cooked and drained
• 1 1.25 oz (35 grm) package taco seasoning mix
• 1 cup (225 ml) shredded cheddar cheese
• 2 tbsp (30 ml) water
• 2 8 oz (224 grm). 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 (125 ml) whole pitted black olives, sliced
• 1 cup (225 ml) salsa
• sour cream

Preparation

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees (200 C.).
• Combine meat, seasoning mix, cheese and water in 2 qt. batter bowl.
• Arrange crescent triangles in a circle on a 13" round baking stone, with bases overlapping in center and points to outside (there should be a five inch diameter circle in center).
• Spoon meat mixture over rolls where they overlap.
• 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.
• Cut off the top of the bell pepper, place pepper in center of ring; fill with salsa.
• Mound lettuce, onion, tomato and olives around pepper.
• Garnish with sour cream (optional).
• Cut and serve.

I used ground turkey and ground beef to do a half healthy/half unhealthy ring. I also had black beans, broccoli slaw, and cheese as additional topping choices. I let everyone put whatever they wanted on their taco ring section and did not mound everything on top of the ring. The thing to watch for is the center filling up with grease. I had to repeatedly place paper towel balls in the center to soak the grease up and remove it. If it stays in the center, then the crescent rolls will not cook completely at the center. Everyone enjoyed this meal, and I plan to make another one again soon!