Taco Salad
Oct 24, 2020Taco Salad
This is one of my kid’s favourite meals. They get a ton of greens, a great source of protein and some healthy fats. I usually make about triple this recipe and freeze it. This is definitely a quick and easy dinner meal and they also like taking it for lunch.
Taco seasoning
- 2 tbsp chili powder
- 1 tbsp oregano, dried
- ½ tsp paprika
- 1 ½ tsp ground cumin
- ½ tsp salt and pepper
- pinch cayenne
(mix the above ingredients together and will keep in air tight container for 3 months. Can double/triple the recipe so that you have some ready for next time)
Meat mixture
- ¼- ½ chopped onion
- 1 clove garlic crushed
- 2 tbsps ground flax seed
- 1 tbsp grass fed collagen
- 1 lb ground beef (preferably grass fed)
- Water or vegetable broth
Salad ingredients
- 2 heads of organic romaine lettuce
- cherry tomatoes
- grated cheese
- Organic Nacho chips
- sour cream
- salsa
KID TIP: I like onions but my kids always manage to find them and pick them out so now I puree the onion and garlic into a paste and add it to the beef mixture.
Instructions:
- Add beef to frying pan, medium to low heat. If you would like you can drain and rinse when beef is cooked.
- Add onions (or pureed onions/garlic) for 3-5 minutes, then garlic and all the spice mixture.
- Add water or broth to keep mixture moist. Let simmer for 10-30 minutes (the longer you leave it the more the flavours enter the meat).
- Add in flax seed plus grass fed collagen and maybe more liquid.
- Mix all of the salad ingredients together and then add as much beef mixture as you like. The kids eat a ton of lettuce with this dish. I also yikes, let them have it with Doritos instead of Organic chips…sorry, but we are entering the teen years and it’s getting a little more challenging to keep it all clean.
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