Hey if you are someone that thinks they can't make tacos.. you need to raise your hand and slap yourself right now.... Now that you have some sense knocked into you.... let's talk. Tacos: once a week dinner at the Macdonalds. All five of us love tacos and we have it once each week. If we have left over meat, we use it later in the week in our eggs for breakfast or on a salad for lunch. So to make tacos you can buy a packet of taco seasoning at the store for about 75 cents. Brown your meat (we use ground turkey because we don't eat a lot of red meat here and it tastes the same when you add seasoning to it anyway) when it's brown drain the grease if you have a lot.. if it's just a little.. who cares! Add the packet and then add 3/4 cup of water and let it simmer about 5-10 minutes. It will take you this long just to get your tortillas heated up (in the microwave with a small bit of water on a paper towel for steam - about 3 minutes) your tomatoes cut and your shredded cheese and sour cream out. Then dish up and dig in.
HOWEVER...
If you're like me and you love tacos and make it a lot or want to make it a lot.. you do not have to buy those silly packets every time. You probably have the ingredients in your spices right now to make it.
If your spices are from a spice rack that was a wedding present from someone.. I hope you just got married, because otherwise.. they're probably too old to have much flavor. Just go spend the one dollar and 50 cents to get new ones, folks!
Here's how you do it.
Taco Seasoning:
1 1/2 tsp paprika
1 tsp chilli powder
1/2 tsp garlic salt or salt
1/2 tsp oregano
I love to add 1/2 tsp of cumin too. I just love how it tastes. It's up to you.
It's that easy. Enjoy!
