On Taco Tuesday

I spend way more time than I should searching for recipes that I think the whole family will love.  Thank you, Pinterest, for making it way easier than having to dig through cookbook after cookbook!  I like to meet the needs of everyone in one meal so that I don't have hungry, cranky people on my hands.  The kids love simple, cheese filled meals. Heath is working his butt off...literally...and likes a healthy meal that fills him up.  The man has lost over 30 lbs in the past 4 months or so and is looking amazing.  I don't want to sabatoge that!

Know what meal everyone agrees on that we have weekly?  Tacos!  So why not on Tuesday?  It has a nice ring to it.  It helps that I know exactly what to make every single Tuesday.

I have spent way too much time making time consuming meals that I don't particularly love just to try and please everyone.  I am not a foodie.  I am a picky eater with simple taste buds, so putting extra thought and work into something I'm not really going to appreciate seems a bit pointless...unless everyone else likes it.  It is then worth it's weight in gold.

Heath is a man of few words and doesn't praise a lot of things.  Not because he doesn't appreciate them.  I know he does, but he doesn't typically show it through words.  Want to know the only meal I make that he will look at the kids and say, "Did you thank Mommy for a delicious dinner?" about?  TACOS!  Say, what?  The meal I put the least effort into gets the biggest praise!

So, here you go!

TACO TUESDAY TACOS

1 lb lean ground beef or ground turkey
1/4 cup taco seasoning mix (or a pre-packaged taco seasoning pack or your own pre-made
      taco seasoning mix...that would be awesome!)
2/3 cup of water
Tortillas
Shredded Lettuce
Shredded Cheese (we like the Mexican cheese mix)
Tomato
Avocado
Onion
Salsa and/or guacomole
Sour Cream

1.  Brown your beef/turkey.  Add 1/4 cup of taco seasoning and your water.  Let simmer until the mixture thickens.

2.  Chop up your avocado, tomato, and onion.  Make your guacomole if you are a make it
     from scratch kind of person.  Heath is, I am not.  When I "cook" we use pre-made stuff.

3.  Do whatever the heck you want with the above ingredients.  
           *  For the kids, I mix ground beef, smashed up avocado, and cheese together.  I
              give them that in a bowl with a warm tortilla on the side and they down every
              bite.
           *  Heath and I usually eat ours taco salad style with a big bed of lettuce and
               and all of our toppings piled on top.  If we have healthy tortillas, we'll do things
               soft taco style like a normal person.

I'm not sure why such a simple, every day recipe works so well, but let's not question it too much.  It's a perfect weeknight meal for a person like me who isn't a great chef and doesn't really love cooking.  You can really do whatever you want with it.  Sometimes we have chips and guacomole on the side.  Usually we just put the guacomole on top of our taco salad with salsa to give it a little more taste.

I always feel good about myself and give myself a pat on the back on Taco Tuesday.  Everyone eats.  No one complains.  No one goes to bed hungry.

Finding a meal that the whole family will devour is a definite win!  Please pass on any recipes that your whole family loves.  We are always on the look out for yummy and popular meals here!