Eat, Shrink and be Merry- Great Source of Ideas!

Always on the lookout for fresh ideas for dinner that are made with fresh wholesome ingredients... I often turn to one of my favourite cookbooks. Eat, Shrink and be Merry. Almost 100% of what I have created from this cookbook turns out delicious. Check out my latest attempt. It turned out delicious!

Na-Cho Ordinary Taco Salad (adapted from Eat, Shrink and be Merry)

Ingredients

Beef:

1 1/2 lb ground extra lean ground beef

1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely minced

2 cloves of garlic, minced

1 tbsp chili powder

2 tsp cumin

2 cups grape tomatoes, quartered

1/3 cup ketchup

Salt & pepper

Salad:

1 head of iceberg lettuce, cut into bite-sized chunks

1 cup frozen corn, thawed

1/2 diced red or green pepper

1 cup light old cheddar, shredded

4 green onions, chopped

Homemade Guacamole (the Szos recipe of course)

Organic Nacho Chips to garnish – I use Garden Fresh Gourmet

Directions:

In a large frying pan over medium-high heat, add your ground beef, jalapeno and garlic and saute until cooked through. Stir in chili powder and cumin and allow to cook for about a minute. Add the grape tomatoes, ketchup, corn and salt and pepper and cook for two minutes until the flavors have combined and the tomatoes soften. Remove from the heat and set aside.

To assemble the salad, arrange the lettuce on the bottom of your plates, top with beef, red pepper, cheese, tomatoes, green onions. Top with guacamole, salsa and sour cream and place Nacho chips on the side or crumple them on top!

Makes 6 servings- 280 calories, 11g fat, 25g protein, 22g carbs, 6g fibre

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