A little change of plans... Taco night tonight!

We were supposed to do ham and perogies for dinner tonight, but we have a birthday party tommorrow and they are serving pizza.  I didn't want to do real dairy two nights in a row (and pizza is way more of a spoil than perogies!).  So I made tacos tonight - much to my husband's approval! 

Here's our healthy taco recipe!

Ground beef

Soft Taco Kit
½ cup pureed broccoli/spinach/peas
Dairy free cheese (or real cheese)
Lettuce
Salsa

Brown beef and drain.  Add pureed veggies and mix until evenly distributed (the meat will turn somewhat green – lol).  Then get your taco seasoning out of the taco kit.  Put it on the meat and add water as directed.  The seasoning will turn the meat back to a brown color.  Simmer until thickened.  Then I add about ½ the packet of enclosed taco sauce/salsa to the meat.  It gives the tacos some heat and truly masks any veggie flavour!  My kids love their spicy food. 

Spoon over warm tortillas and top with grated veggies, dairy free cheese (or cheese for you non-dairy intolerant people) and extra salsa… I stay away from sour cream as it is just extra mostly empty calories, but you could try adding subbing it with plain greek yogurt instead if you are a dairy eating family!

This meal cost me:

$3 for the lean ground beef

$2.50 for the Great Value Taco Kit
$0.50 for the pureed veggies
$0.25 for the salsa
$1.50 for the dairy free cheese
$0.25 for the grated lettuce

Total cost: $8.00 to serve a family of 6 a yummy Mexican dinner!  That makes it work out to about $1.33 per person :o)  The extra veggies hidden in the meat give a nice little healthy boost to the meal.  Especially for kids (like mine) who only want meat and cheese on their taco - lol!