Because lots of you asked for it when I posted the pic on FB.
Because it's a crowd pleaser.
Because it's LOADED with so many veggies that my children were actually ANGRY at me when they found out.
Because TACOS, that's why!!
When I do the ETTF, I make a ton of everything so that I don't have to cook for a couple of days afterward, because it's rather labor intensive and I generally don't feel enthusiastic about prepping food or even stepping into the kitchen until the trauma has passed. In other words, it is not a quick and easy option...but it is so, SO worth it.
To put the awesomeness into perspective, I have a ten-year-old daughter who would live quite comfortably on breakfast cereal and olives if I let her - any food outside these two very broad umbrellas is met with the lukewarm reception normally reserved for fishing cold wet food bits out of the drain after washing the dishes. Today is our third day of eating tacos. She sat down and ate FIVE.
Are you sold yet? Excellent; here's the recipe:
1lb ground turkey
1 can rinsed black beans
1 onion, diced
1 yellow pepper, diced
200g baby spinach leaves, buzzed to a green pulp in the blender
1 cup dried mixed mushrooms, ground into powder in the blender or a grinder (or hey, put them in whole if you like - my kids don't like mushrooms so in order to get the earthy loveliness of mushrooms into a recipe they must be unrecognizeable.)
2 tbsp chili powder
salt and pepper to taste
Brown the turkey in a big frying pan and add the other stuff a bit at a time. Very scientific.
GUACAMOLE
2 ripe avocados, mashed
1/2 a sweet onion, diced
1/2 a red pepper, diced
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp roasted garlic
salt and pepper to taste
squeeze of lime juice
Mash it all together and let sit for 15min before eating. If you can.
**you can add lots of other stuff to guacamole to make it a little more dressed up, like cilantro, various chili peppers if you like it hot, tomatoes, green onions, etc. Play around with it - I mean, it's guacamole, what could possibly NOT taste good in it?
SALSA
Oh salsa, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways...
You can basically make salsa out of any combination of veggies and fruit, as long as you have tomatoes. The recipe you see below is one of my favorites.
4 tomatoes, diced
1/2 a sweet onion, diced
1 orange pepper, diced
1 jalapeno pepper, diced
1 mango, diced (I said this was labor intensive, right?)
1 tsp roasted garlic
1 tsp smoked paprika
salt and pepper to taste, cilantro if you like it, a squeeze of lime juice
Throw it all together in a glass or metal bowl and let sit 15min before eating.
Okay, so once you have those three dishes together the work is basically done. I heat up some store-bought taco shells in the oven, put sour cream, shredded lettuce and spinach mixed together, and shredded cheese (double-smoked cheddar is the favorite at the Gray house) on the table and it's FEAST TIME!
Note: you can just as easily do taco salads with this 'do; eliminate the taco shells and make a big-ass salad instead. Usually I do a salad for myself and let the rest of my family have the taco shells....but there's no feeling deprived in my corner!
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