taco lasagna was a contest winning recipe in the magazine Quick Cooking several years back, and kept coming up in editorials as families favorite recipe. I have modified it somewhat but here goes.
1 pound ground meat
1/2 cup green pepper
1/2 cup chopped onion
2/3 cup water
1 envelope taco seasoning ( I make my own and use 1/4 cup)
1 15 oz. can black beans drained
1 15 oz. can diced tomatoes UNdrained (I use home canned chili sauce)
1 16 oz. can refried beans
6 tortillas 8 inch
3 cups shredded cheese
cook meat, pepper and onion over med heat. Add water and taco seasoning, bring to boil and simmer 2 minutes. Stir in black beans and tomatoes (chili sauce) and the can of refried beans. Simmer 10 minutes. I find I use most of the 10 minutes breaking up and incorporating the refried beans.
Oil a 9x13 baking dish, layer two tortillas, 1/2 bean/meat mixture and 1 cup cheese. Two more tortillas, rest of sauce and 1 cup cheese. Final 2 tortillas and 1 cup cheese. Cover and bake at 350*F for 30 minutes.
Very tasty..