Skillet Enchilada Bake (Paleo)

You all should know by now that my husband loves all varieties of Mexican food. I like Mexican food but his love for it makes me laugh a lot. I will ask him if he has any suggestions for dinner ideas and he will, without fail, say Mexican Buffet. Before you get too confused, let me explain that phrase.

We went to Cancun, Mexico for our honeymoon. When in Mexico, eat lots of Mexican food, right? The timeshare we were staying at had a nightly buffet for dinner. A couple of nights we decided to eat at the buffet because it was close by and still had amazing food. So because of our eating the buffet a few times (which is all you can eat and right up Phil’s alley) he calls any kind of Mexican food Mexican Buffet. 

This week I had a thawed pound of grass-fed beef, a spaghetti squash and some green enchilada sauce. I thought why not put them all together? This recipes was birthed from some ingredients in my pantry, Phil’s love for Mexican food, and a quick trip to the grocery store to get the remaining ingredients.

Substitutions

There are some different things you can substitute in this recipe. I’m not going to list all of the different ways, but the main one is you can use red enchilada sauce instead of green enchilada sauce. Either one will work, but in this dish I especially like the green sauce.

Ingredients 

Spaghetti Squash, cooked

1 pound ground beef, grass-fed

1 colored bell pepper, finely diced

8 ounces (1 cup) green enchilada sauce (I use this brand)

1 tomato, diced

1/3 cup black olives, quartered

1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped

Shredded raw cheese, optional to top

Sliced Avocado, optional to top

Directions

• Cook a Spaghetti Squash and take all of the squash out from the rind and set aside. You can learn how to prepare a spaghetti squash here.
• In a large skillet on medium-high heat, brown the ground beef with the bell peppers
• Once the peppers are cooked, add the spaghetti squash and the enchilada sauce and stir
• Add the tomato, black olives, cilantro and stir to combine
• Once heated through serve topped with cheese and avocado