Tacos!

Photo Courtesy of Epicure Selections.

This week, as per our meal plan, we had tacos. This was my first chance to try the taco seasoning out. Please note - I had opportunities to try it before but kept forgetting about it because, you know, that's how I roll. Anyway! As I was saying... I got to try out the taco seasoning. Isn't that little jar over there so cute? It may seem small but it packs a huge punch of great flavour!! Here is the recipe to help you get started on making your taco filling.

Delicious Taco Filling
1 lb (450 g) lean ground beef
3 Tbsp (45 ml) Epicure's Taco Seasoning    
1 cup (250 ml) water

It's simple. Brown your meat, add the seasoning and water and let it simmer for 15 minutes. Mmmm, mmmm, mmmm!!

Photo Courtesy of Epicure Selections.
 

Now, if you're like me, you know there is a recipe but hey, you've made tacos millions of times before and you can do it on your own. I browned my meat and added a couple spoonfuls of seasoning to about half a cup of water. (I rarely measure, not very conducive to a blog. I now realize that I will have to change that.) It smelled delicious as the curls of steam wafted through my kitchen.

The first thing that my husband noticed was that we didn't have any taco sauce. So we decided to substitute Epicure's Pico Picante Salsa that I had made earlier in the week. It was good, but a little went a long way. The first taco I put it on... I did not put a little. I was breathing fire from my mouth... okay I'm exaggerating, it was only steam. It was hot but it tasted delicious. My husband and I agreed that while the salsa good it was just a little overpowering which may be because I didn't use the whole 3 tbsps. when I made the filling. It was a bit too spicy for me anyway. My husband loved it.



No grease!! Photo Courtesy
of my iPhone.

As for the taco filling it was delicious. There was tons of flavour with just a couple things missing... salt and grease. I took a picture so you'd believe me. Did you know that 1 tsp (5 ml) of Epicure's Taco Seasoning contains only 10 mg of sodium! Store-bought brands can contain as much as 22 times that amount: 240 mg per 1 tsp (5 ml)!

So in the end it was delicious, nutritious and my kids loved it. Isn't that worth celebrating?

I did try to take a picture of my dear hubby enjoying his taco, but he didn't appreciate my offer so unfortunately this time there are no pictures of us enjoying our Taco adventure provided by Epicure.

My recommendation... try the taco seasoning. If you do store bought tacos you won't go back.