Easy Taco Salad
If you're looking for a quick dinner you can throw together after a long day, we've brought together all of the best elements of a good taco and created a Mexican salad that you'll no doubt add to your weekly dinner rotation.
Foto: Cafe Delites
Ingredients
- 1 onion (finely diced)
- 1 red capsicum/bell pepper (diced)
- 1 lb extra lean beef mince
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 2 tomatoes (diced)
- 1 packet Taco Seasoning Mix
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 bunch cos lettuce/or lettuce of choice
- 1 punnet cherry tomatoes, (halved)
- 3 oz light mozzarella cheese
- Any other salad vegetables you like!
- 1 ripe avocado
- 4 tablespoons low fat greek yoghurt
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- salt to season
Steps
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Pan fry onion and red capsicum/bell peppers until onion is soft
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Add the mince, and cook while stirring until browned, then add your garlic and tomatoes
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Cook stirring until the tomatoes soften, and sprinkle Taco seasoning over the meat along with the water
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Cook while stirring, and allow the mix to simmer gently for a further 5 minutes, or until the seasoning is beautifully combined into the meat.
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Prepare salad in a bowl with salad ingredients, and set aside.
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Combine the avocado, yoghurt, salt, lemon juice and garlic powder in a smaller bowl, and mash well until mixed through.
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Add the Taco meat to the salad, and top with the guacamole
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Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
Macronutrients
*DV = Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet
💰 Cost Estimate
📋 Price Breakdown (13% ingredients detected)
| Ingredient | Amount | Unit Price | Subtotal |
|---|---|---|---|
| onion | 1 | - | - |
| red capsicum/bell pepper | 1 | - | - |
| extra lean beef mince | 1 lb | - | - |
| minced garlic | 2 teaspoons | - | - |
| tomatoes | 2 | Rp 12.000/kg | Rp 2.400 |
| packet Taco Seasoning Mix | 1 | - | - |
| water | 0.25 cup | - | - |
| cos lettuce/or lettuce of choice | 1 bunch | - | - |
| punnet cherry tomatoes | 1 | Rp 12.000/kg | Rp 1.200 |
| light mozzarella cheese | 3 oz | - | - |
| Any other salad vegetables you like! | - | - | - |
| ripe avocado | 1 | - | - |
| low fat greek yoghurt | 4 tablespoons | - | - |
| lemon juice | 1 tablespoon | - | - |
| salt to season | - | - | - |
*Estimated market prices, may vary by region
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