Turkey Tacos

Good Morning All,

I find myself cooking with ground turkey as my protein alot of the time. It's lean, easy to cook with and the kids like the taste. I made turkey tacos this week with the new Trader Joe's taco seasoning. It has alot less filler in it than Lawrey's taco seasoning and tastes just as good. Just go easy on the amount you use because unlike Lawrey's it is made with cayenne pepper and it will be much too spicy for the kids if you use too much. I have found that 1/2 a package per 1 pound of ground meat is plenty. Also, I used ground turkey but any ground meat can be used for this dish. These tacos are incredibly easy and your whole family will love them.

Turkey Tacos
1/2 yellow onion chopped
1 clove garlic minced
1 pound ground turkey
1 pkg Trader Joe's taco seasoning mix
1 6 oz can tomato paste and 1 6 oz can water
taco sauce
1 ripe avocado
1/2 a bunch cilantro chopped
warm soft corn tortilla
Trader Joe's taco shells
Shredded cheese-jack and/or cheddar
Shredded lettuce

Saute the onion and garlic in 1 tblsp olive oil until soft. Add the turkey meat and cook until brown. Add the amount of taco seasoning you think best and then the tomato paste and water. Mix this into the turkey well, bring to a boil and then simmer for about 20 minutes.

While this is cooking peel and mash the avocado. Add a small amount of taco sauce and some chopped cilantro as well as a pinch of salt to your avocado mixture.

Heat the tortillas by wrapping them in a paper towel and microwaving for a minute or so. Put the taco shells in the toaster oven or regular oven to heat, but make sure you watch them carefully, they burn VERY quickly!

Put the taco shells, hard and soft, the taco meat, the cheese, lettuce, and guacamole, out buffet style and let the kids make their own. They will love choosing between the taco shells and making their own meal. I know guacamole can be a hard thing to get kids to eat, but encourage them to just try it. They don't have to eat a plateful, but I know with my kids if they just tried a bite, sometimes they found they really loved it.

Try this easy meal tonight and tell me what you think. Have fun and join me here tomorrow when we tackle cream of mushroom soup! Until then...SWEET EATS!