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The Best Weeknight Taco Salad, Easy

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I started making this Taco Salad recipe about 8-10 years ago because I was missing the “Tacos in a Bag” I would get a high school football games. I love that its so quick and simple to make and you can add in whatever toppings you like.

Now I will argue that my recipe is a little more healthy, but the tacos in a bag are so fun and great for a crowd! It’s great for kids to be able to make their own and add what they like and be able to pick their favorite chips to go inside.

I love making this Taco Salad recipe the night before my husband’s shift, because I can have leftovers. This makes for great leftovers for lunch at work the next day or again for dinner.

Taco Salad for an easy weeknight dinner.

Easily turn this recipe to tacos in a bag, just by using snack size chips and adding in your ingredients. This would be great for any kids party, a sleepover, or and easy camping meal with less cleanup.

Don’t have snack size bags but still want the tacos in a bag? Try these paper snack bags that are recyclable!

I know I have been talking a lot about tacos in a bag than about Taco Salad. But the salad is definitely my favorite way to enjoy in on a weeknight. This recipe is just based off of the tacos in a bag because they were one of my favorite snacks. This way is just more dinner friendly because it’s more veggies and still delicious.

The Best Weeknight Taco Salad, Easy

Blaire
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound ground beef lean
  • 1 package taco seasoning
  • 1 head romaine lettuce rinsed and chopped
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes rinsed and cut
  • 2 tablespoons red onion finely chopped
  • 1 cup old cheddar cheese shredded
  • sour cream for topping
  • hot sauce for topping
  • 1 bag Doritos or Fritos
  • 1 avocado finely chopped

Instructions
 

  • Brown your ground beef in a nonstick skillet, once cooked all the way through, drain off the fat
  • While your beef is coking, prepare your veggies by rinsing and chopping everything you would like to add
  • One beef is cooked and you have drained the fat, add in the seasoning packet and finish cooking according to the instructions.
  • Add everything to a bow, mix and enjoy!

Also try my Copycat Freshii Bowls for a healthy weeknight dinner.

If you try any of my recipes please let me know and tag me on Instagram because I would love to see it.

Dinner

The Best Shrimp Tacos for a Quick Weeknight Meal

Tacos are a staple in this house and these are seriously the best and easiest tacos we make. It just takes a little prep for what ever toppings you want and to mix the seasonings. If you know me you know I have a little bit of an obsession with hot sauce. Because these shrimp tacos go perfectly with our favorite homemade hot sauce, we tend to make them more often.

My favorite thing about these tacos, besides how good they are, is that they come together so quick. If we know it’s going to be a long day or a late dinner, a lot of times this is our go-to meal.

Don’t overcook your shrimp or it will get chewy
All of our topping ready to assemble our tacos!
So messy, but so good
Our favorite shrimp tacos

Ingredients

  • 1-2 tbs seasoning (recipe in directions)
  • 1 lb shrimp, uncooked, peeled, and deveined
  • 6 flour tortillas, we love the Don Pancho street taco tortillas
  • Optional toppings that we love: avocado, shredded romaine lettuce, diced cherry tomatoes, sour cream, fresh lime juice, hot sauce and cilantro

Directions

  1. Cut and or dice all of you toppings first because the shrimp cooks quick.
  2. For the seasoning, we mix it in big batches because we make this pretty often. We just mix equal parts ground cumin, garlic powder, paprika, chili powder, oregano and kosher salt. We mix about 1-2 tablespoons of each spice together and save the rest in an empty spice container.
  3. Coat your shrimp with seasoning on each side and fry in a non-stick pan until cooked, making sure to flip halfway through, then set on a plate to the side.
  4. Warm your tortillas in the same pan as you cooked your shrimp (maybe 15-20 seconds a side on high heat)
  5. Assemble your tacos and enjoy!

Tips: We love to make a crema because it’s easier to drizzle. Mix 1/3 cup sour cream (or plain greek yogurt), the juice from about 1 lime and 1/4-1/2 teaspoon of ground coriander).

Below is a link to our favorite homemade hot sauce.

The legendary Tacolicious orange sauce
Breakfast

The Best Breakfast Tacos with Homemade Hot Sauce

Breakfast is one of my favorite meals to cook. I love getting up on the weekends and having coffee, and a delicious meal with my husband. It’s just a great way to start your day and for me, cooking is really therapeutic.

When we have any leftover tortillas we make some sort of breakfast tacos, and for us we can never have enough hot sauce!

You can use any type of hot sauce you like, maybe try experimenting with different ones if that is what you are into. But our absolute favorite to use is homemade. We originally found the recipe in one of our cookbooks but we love this adaptation linked below even more.

The legendary Tacolicious orange sauce

If you try these please let me know what you think or tag me in your photos on instagram!

Everything you need prepped and ready to go
So spicy and so good!

Ingredients

  • 4 flour tortillas (we love the Don Pancho street taco style tortillas)
  • 1/2 an avocado
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 3 large eggs scrambled
  • 3-4 slices of bacon cooked and diced (diced makes it easier to eat on the tacos)
  • 1/3 cup sharp cheddar cheese, grated finely
  • 1/3 cup cherry tomatoes, diced
  • fresh cilantro and hot sauce for topping
  • salt and pepper to taste

Directions

  • Cook your bacon first and set aside. Then melt your butter in a nonstick pan, add in your eggs after you have whisked them and stir with a rubber spatula on medium low until cooked. Please don’t add your salt/pepper until the end, we don’t want any dry eggs!
  • Now assemble your tacos, the toppings listed are what we enjoy but you can use what ever you like! For me, that homemade hot sauce is what makes the recipe so good.

The Cook Book: Tacolicious

The Chilis you will need: Guajillo Chiles Arbol Chiles

I couldn’t fine the exact cutting board we have but here are a few great options: Cutting Board 1 Cutting Board 2 Cutting Board 3

Protect your wooden cutting board with some block oil, we love this one: Butcher Block Oil

These GreenPan skillets are amazing and so easy to clean: Non-Stick Pans

The camera we use: Fujifilm Camera Fujifilm Camera with Lens