With Taco Tuesdays becoming such a popular event we decided
to make it our own (imagine that!) And
we invited the kids to participate.
Caitlin did the shopping, I did the cooking, Shane and David helped with the
tasting.
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| Soft tacos yum! |
There are many paths to travel down this road but we stayed
to the traditional, but healthy side.
The meat was a 50/50 blend of 80/20 ground sirloin and turkey breast
meats combined. Onions and garlic are a
perfect complement to this dish. We took
corn and flour tortillas and fried them ourselves, including chips to pick up the food that dropped out of the shells, lettuce and cheddar cheese
to top them off and as a side I made Spanish Rice!
We had lots of meat so we froze the leftovers for the next
round, but the rice made all gone in two nights - was to good and one we will
make often!
Spanish Rice
2 tablespoons of olive oil
1 cup aborio or carnaroli rice
1 onion
½ of a bell pepper preferably green
2 cups water or chicken stock
1 can diced Mexican tomatoes with
chilies*
2 teaspoons chipotle chili powder
1 teaspoon sea salt
Heat oil in large pan over medium heat, sauté
rice and onions until rice is toasted brown and onions are translucent, the
rice will take longer. Stir in the
remaining ingredients, cover and simmer for 20 to 30 minutes, checking the rice
for doneness, you don’t want to overcook the rice to mush.
*Cooks Note: you can replace the tomatoes
and chilies with regular tomatoes and a small jalapeno pepper.
...and to drink we made our usual margaritas on our new patio it was a great way to spend Tuesday night. Can't wait till next Tuesday to do it all over again.
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