Simple beef tostadas go goofy when you dress them up with fun veggie shapes.
Scarecrow Tostadas
- Prep Time 45 min
- Total 45 min
- Ingredients 13
- Servings 6
Ingredients
- 1 lb lean (at least 80%) ground beef
- 1 can (16 oz) Old El Paso™ Vegetarian Refried Beans
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 6 tostada shells from 1 box (4.5 oz) Old El Paso™ Tostada Shells (12 Count)
- 6 ready-to-eat baby-cut carrots
- 6 red bell pepper slices
- 12 cherry tomatoes
- About 4 teaspoons sour cream
- 12 ripe olive slices
- 1 1/2 cups finely shredded Mexican or taco-seasoned cheese blend (6 oz)
- 1 1/2 cups chopped leaf lettuce
- 6 triangle-shaped tortilla chips (about 3 inch)
Instructions
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Step1In 10-inch skillet, cook beef over medium-high heat 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently, until thoroughly cooked; drain. Add beans, cumin and garlic salt. Reduce heat to low; cook 3 to 4 minutes, stirring occasionally, until hot.
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Step2Meanwhile, heat tostada shells as directed on box.
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Step3To assemble tostadas, spread 1/2 cup beef mixture onto each tostada shell. Place carrots in center of each for nose, red bell pepper slice for mouth and 2 cherry tomatoes for eyes. Spoon 1/4 teaspoon sour cream on each tomato eye; top with olive slices. Sprinkle 1/4 cup cheese and 1/4 cup lettuce around top edge of each tostada. Place tortilla chip on top of each tostada for scarecrow hat. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
440
Calories
25g
Total Fat
26g
Protein
26g
Total Carbohydrate
3g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 440
- Calories from Fat
- 230
- Total Fat
- 25g
- 39%
- Saturated Fat
- 11g
- 55%
- Trans Fat
- 2g
- Cholesterol
- 85mg
- 28%
- Sodium
- 1140mg
- 48%
- Potassium
- 510mg
- 15%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 26g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 6g
- 24%
- Sugars
- 3g
- Protein
- 26g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 35%
- 35%
- Vitamin C
- 8%
- 8%
- Calcium
- 20%
- 20%
- Iron
- 25%
- 25%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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