Taco Seasoning (Recipe)

This is a must-have recipe if you're looking to put healthy, junk-free, delicious food on your table.

Perhaps tacos are a year-round staple meal at your house, like they are at ours?

They're nutritious, made with economical ground beef or pork, and so irresistibly tasty.

But have you ever looked at the ingredient list on a typical taco seasoning packet?

Yuck.

I don't want those preservatives, anti-caking agents, and who knows what else going into my kids' bodies (or mine, for that matter).

Besides, you're making your tacos with super delicious, super clean, grass-fed beef. You don't want to take that natural goodness and fill it full of chemicals.

Hardly a week goes by that we don't enjoy tacos or 

At our house, tacos are a nearly-weekly event. The whole family enjoys them and they're so seasonably flexible.

In the summer, we tend towards making Taco Salad in order to take advantage of abundant lettuce and vine ripe tomatoes.

During the winter we switch back to Tacos on heated tortillas. It's like a whole new food group.

Any night could be Taco Night if you have ground beef (and/or pork) on hand. Our family favorite is a 50:50 mix of ground beef and pork. The combination is so flavorful and juicy.

We like serving tacos for visitors, too, because everyone gets to choose their own toppings and accounting for different dietary needs is a breeze.

It only takes a few minutes to brown the meat in a pan and add in a few spices. So make a nice big batch of seasoned taco meat and you're ready for lunches later in the week. 

And while this recipe is called Seasoned TACO Meat, its versatility doesn't stop there.

Think rice and bean bowls, nachos, tostados, chili bean dip, taco salad, or...

The leftover meat also freezes well so you can make extra for next week's Taco night.

So throw out that taco seasoning packet full of questionable ingredients. A few simple spices you already have in your cupboard are all you need to make the best tacos ever.

Seasoned Taco Meat

Ingredients

1 lb ground beef or ground pork or a combination

2 tsp cooking oil

1 tsp salt

1 1/2 tsp cumin

1 1/2 tsp chili powder

1/4 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp dried oregano

Directions

Heat a skillet over medium heat. Swirl in the oil.

Add the ground beef and/or pork to the pan.

Break the meat up with a wooden spoon or metal spatula as it cooks.

As the meat browns add in the seasonings, mix thoroughly.

Put on a lid, reduce the heat, and allow to simmer for a few minutes.

Depending on how you are serving it, you may or may not want to drain the juices. They contain a lot of flavor so keep them if you can.

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