Taco Salad

 Phil is working a lot this week and will not be home for dinner. I have a hard time coming up with meals for just me. I always make way to much of everything even when it is Phil and I eating. So to try to cut a recipe for only one is tough. Plus I do not get as excited to make dinner for only myself, so I am not nearly as inspired.

I had some ground turkey in the fridge that I needed to use up so I decided to make taco salad. Although, I do not know if you can consider something without lettuce a salad. To me if you are dumping a bunch of ingredients in a bowl....it's a salad. So you all know about my crazy no onion policy....I even always use a specific brand of taco seasoning that does not have minced onions in it. I always use Old El Paso taco seasoning for my taco meat. The package says to use the whole thing for a pound of meat. I think it is too salty when I use to the whole package so I only use half. You can dump in all your favorite taco toppings and you have a really filling dinner that is not terrible for you, and even have plenty of leftovers.

Taco Salad

1 pound ground turkey
1/2 package Old El Paso Taco Seasoning
1 15.5 oz can black beans, rinsed and drained
3 hard corn taco shells
Taco sauce
Shredded Cheddar cheese
Sour cream
Tomatoes, diced

Brown ground turkey in a skillet on medium heat. Add taco seasoning. Brown turkey until no longer pink.

In another saucepan, heat up black beans on medium low heat for a couple minutes.

In the microwave heat up taco shells for 30 seconds. Once cooked, crunch up shells into small pieces.

Mix shells, turkey and black beans in a shallow bowl.

Top with your favorite toppings.

Print Recipe

This recipe is linked on: 
Mix it up Monday, Makin You Crave Monday, Just Another Manic Monday, Mouth Watering Monday, Melt in Your Mouth Monday, Must Try Mondays, On the Menu Monday, Mop it up Mondays, Mom's Test Kitchen Monday's