Fish Tacos and Tomato Avocado Salad

I originally posted this back in February, but it's one of our favorites, so here it is again with a little tomato avocado salad on the side. Follow the link to the recipe.



Salad consists of tomato slices, avocado and a little cilantro sprinkled on top. I topped mine with a little salsa ranch dressing, but the chipotle ranch made for the tacos is good, too.

Taco Salad

Not much of a recipe here today, more like a list of ingredients I like to use in my Taco Salad.



TACO SALAD

one can of black beans, drained and rinsed
one pound ground beef
taco seasoning packet
torn lettuce
chopped tomato
diced onion
sliced black olives
shredded cheddar cheese
chopped avocado
salsa
sour cream
lightly crushed tortilla chips

Cook the ground beef, drain, add black beans and taco seasoning and a little water. Cook a little more until water is absorbed and beans are warm.

Mix ingredients in portions and proportions as desired.

The ground beef/black bean mixture should make at least 4 servings.

Variation: Instead of salsa and sour cream, use Hidden Valley Ranch Spicy Ranch salad dressing or Newman's Own Southwest dressing or Salsa Ranch (can't remember the brand I found) or Chipotle Ranch (one of those refrigerated brands).

Taco Soup

I posted the recipe for Taco Soup a while back, but thought I would repeat it since I have a picture now. This would be a good one to make in the next month or so when you have the time and freeze it. Be sure to freeze in the right portion size for you and your family. Will come in handy on cool Autumn nights. It goes great with grilled cheese sandwiches.

TACO SOUP

1 pound lean ground beef or ground turkey
1 cup diced onion
1 package/envelope dry ranch dressing mix
1 package/envelope dry taco seasoning
1 can black beans
1 can chili beans
1 can diced tomatoes (Mexican style)
1 can diced tomatoes (Italian style)
1 can whole kernel corn

Brown ground beef with onion in large pot, drain well. Stir in ranch dressing mix and taco seasoning mix. Add all other ingredients (don’t drain the cans); stir carefully. Cook for about 1 to 1-1/2 hours or in a slow cooker all day.

Yield: 6 - 8 servings

Taco Soup

I'm having Taco Soup for lunch today. I made it about three weeks ago, it freezes really well. This is one of my easiest and yummiest soup recipes.

We had snow last night. It was beautiful coming down, but didn't last long enough on the ground.

TACO SOUP

1 pound lean ground beef
1 package dry ranch dressing mix
1 package dry taco seasoning
1 medium onion, diced
1 can black beans
1 can chili beans
1 can diced tomatoes (Mexican recipe)
1 can diced tomatoes (Italian recipe)
1 can whole kernel corn

Brown ground beef with onion in large pot, drain well. Add ranch dressing mix and taco seasoning mix. Add all other ingredients (don’t drain cans). Cook for about 1 ½ hours or in a slow cooker all day.

Yield: 6 to 8 servings