Quick and easy recipes are the way to go y’all. Since we are trying a little bit harder to make smart eating choices with Truett, we’ve been trying to switch up the full blown 3 course meals with some more balanced, nutritious dinners, like this quick Taco Salad.
I realized that Truett loves lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and of course meat so I thought, why not make a taco salad for him. He’s eaten traditional salads and we’ve eaten taco salads in town but I’ve never really made one at home. The thing I love about this, is that he’s getting some balance with this dinner. He needs more of that! Don’t we all, right? It’s all about cooking’ up good food y’all!
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- 1lb. lean ground beef
- 1onion, chopped
- 1pkg. (1 oz.) TACO BELL® Taco Seasoning Mix
- ¼cup water
- 10cups loosely packed torn romaine lettuce
- 2tomatoes, chopped
- 1cup KRAFT Shredded Cheddar Cheese
- 2cups tortilla chips, coarsely crushed
- ¼cup KRAFT Classic Ranch Dressing
- BROWN meat with onions in large nonstick skillet on medium-high heat; drain.
- ADD seasoning mix and water; mix well. Bring to boil. Simmer on medium-low heat 3 min.
- DIVIDE lettuce among 4 plates. Top evenly with meat mixture, tomatoes, cheese and crushed chips.
- Drizzle with dressing.
Disclosure: Compensation was provided for my time * efforts to create this post. All opinions are my own and come on now, doesn’t that Taco Salad look good y’all?!!! You know you wanna try it!
Looks delish! Great, quick meal.
Thanks! It was pretty simple but something I NEVER make. Glad I found it and happy that Truett embraced a all-in-one meal with lettuce and tomatoes! :)
Definitely going to try this tomorrow for lunch! Looks delish, and I could tweak it to fit my diet easily!
It’s pretty tasty! Let me know how it goes!
We love taco salad at our house. You can make up a big batch of the taco meat and keep it in the fridge for a week or so even. I make it with ground turkey often too. Plus to stretch it more and make it healthier add a can of drained black beans or kidney beans to the meat while you are cooking it.
Love the idea of adding black beans to a taco salad!!