Let’s start with some good-ish news. I lost another pound this week.
I’ll admit, I was hoping for more weight lost than that, I mean I have worked-out every day this week. But, I also had a few beers and I’ve had a PB&J for lunch every day. I know PB&J’s are filled with calories but they’re so good and convenient and cheap!
Enough weight talk – let’s talk food!
I love Mexican food, I could eat it for three times a day every day and be so very happy. My friend Karley gave me this awesome taco recipe that’s super cheap and easy too!
Ingredients:
Please notice that everything on the photo is under $2.00. I spent a total of $7.03 on this meal. Also, aren’t you impressed by how long that cilantro has lasted? I know I am.
Right, so start by chopping veggies and heating the can o’ beans. While chopping I decided I only needed half the onion and half the green pepper.
Then saute onion and peppers and add the taco seasoning, (I only used half the packet because I was only using half the veggies.) Here’s where I ran into my first problem. It was all dry…
Then I remembered seeing my mom add water to taco meat when she seasoned it, so I figured the same principle would work here. And it did and it was magic.
Then I realized that the heat was on too high because everything started sticking to the pan. So, I panicked and just turned the heat off. Next I mixed in the green sauces with the now heated beans.
All that’s left now is to heat up the tortilla. Karley suggested dabbing them with water so that they would be steamed and wouldn’t tear. The problem is though, (probably because I bought cheap tortillas,) when I pulled one out of the package it tore because it was sticking to the other tortillas. There were still some layers where it was torn though so I thought it would be okay.
Now pile everything on! This includes beans, sauteed onion & peppers, cilantro, avocado and of course srirachi.
*Note: While eating leftovers of this I added some of that goat cheese I had left over from the salad and it was a bit too rich, if you want to add cheese I would stick with the classic sharp cheddar.
Now you probably guessed what happened when I tried to fold this thing up. It ripped apart. But I’m supa smart and just doubled up the tortillas.
I don’t know if it was that I used two tortillas or if I’m just getting used to smaller portions, but this baby filled me up! I loved every bite though. Plus, there’s tons left over! Next time I think I’ll drain the beans a bit because it was a little watery and I will chop up the full onion and pepper – I’m just going to chop up the other halves that I didn’t this time because I’m sure they’ll be the first thing to run out in my pile of leftovers.
Hooray for tacos!