This post is seriously overdue. I have all the usual excuses.
"I'm so busy!" always.
"I work two jobs!" so do a lot of people.
"our water heater exploded!" sure did! (this silly couponer was afraid of losing her stockpile!)
"we put down hardwood floors" mmhmm! in the bedrooms, and we'll be putting laminate in the living room soon.
"I have nothing to say!" Now that's just b.s.
On to the important things, like ground beef and black beans...
Hubby loves tacos, (but not the "boring" all beef kind) I love hubby, (and eating healthy) so I searched and hid a low fat taco recipe in the dinner plans for a boring Wednesday night. That was two years ago, and since his request has always been for the "special" tacos.
I personally think the secret is in the chipotle peppers. Make the extra effort to find them at your grocery store (you may have to look in the Mexican or Spanish section depending on how your store is set up).
The recipe is as follows:
Tex Mex Beef Tacos
adapted from Cooking Light
you can find the original recipe here.
Ingredients:
| 1 Cup White Onion Chopped
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| 2 medium clove (4g) Garlic |
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| 1 lb Ground Beef 85% lean meat
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| 1 12oz can sweet yellow corn (drained)
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| 1/4 teaspoon alt |
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| 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
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| 8 oz can Hunt's Tomato Sauce - 100% Natural
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| 1 container (1 4/5 cups ea.) Black Beans - Canned Drained & Rinsed (50% Less Sodium)
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| 1 container (1 4/5 cups ea.) Dark Red Kidney Beans - Drained & Rinsed
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| Goya - Chipotle Peppers In Adobo Sauce, 6 Tbsp (3 or 4 peppers, chopped, relative to how hot you want it.) Proceed at your own risk, these babies are T-O-A-S-T-Y. Do not get the sauce in your eyes!
Heat large skillet (you'll need a pan with a lid!) over medium high heat. Coat with cooking spray. Add minced garlic, chopped onion and beef to skillet. Break beef into crumbles and cook until browned. (about 6-8 minutes) Stir in beans, salt, pepper, chiles and tomato sauce. Bring to a boil, cover and reduce your heat to low. Simmer for 10 minutes. Each serving is 1/2 cup of taco meat.
Generally, hubby eats his on whole wheat tortillas with jack cheese and lettuce. I prefer mine piled high on romaine with fresh salsa (or 0% fat greek yogurt if I'm feeling dangerous ;) ) Since mangoes were on sale, I made mild mango salsa. (recipe to come!) Needless to say, I was excited about lunch the next day. True Love: 307 calories of DELICIOUS.  |
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