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Grilled Fish Tacos with Jalapeño Corn Slaw.

These grilled fish tacos are a summer favorite for us. Smoky, flavorful grilled fish is served on warm tortillas with a crisp and refreshing jalapeño slaw made with fresh corn. We adore this lovely light meal that is packed with flavor! Have a Monday margarita with this taco!! These grilled fish tacos are such an […]

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These grilled fish tacos are a summer favorite for us. Smoky, flavorful grilled fish is served on warm tortillas with a crisp and refreshing jalapeño slaw made with fresh corn. We adore this lovely light meal that is packed with flavor!

Have a Monday margarita with this taco!!

grilled fish tacos with jalapeño corn slaw

These grilled fish tacos are such an easy, delicious way to make your weeknight meal shine. The fish is smoky, flaky and buttery. The jalapeno corn slaw is crunchy and refreshing with a bite of heat and citrus. The whole combination is incredible.

grilled fish

While it’s true that I’ll put just about another in a taco, fish tacos are one of our favorites. Especially Eddie’s. He doesn’t love Mexican food as much as I do, but he will gladly take a fish taco any day. 

Beer battered fish tacos are probably my number one choice. But what I love about these grilled fish tacos is that they are so smoky and light. You know how it can be SO HOT in the summer that you barely have an appetite? Like it’s almost too hot to eat?

jalapeño corn slaw

These are perfect for those hot nights. First, you grill the fish so no need to heat up the house with the oven. And second, they are easy, customizable and such a lovely light meal. No feeling like you downed an entire bowl of queso after finishing these

Unless, of course, you downed an entire bowl of queso after finishing these. 

grilled fish for tacos

When it comes to the fish, I like to use a mild white fish for this. Something like cod. I already have a recipe for summer salmon tacos, but salmon works here too. Basically, if you like the fish, you will enjoy it in these tacos.

I use lots of smoky spices. Smoked paprika, cumin, some garlic, a pinch of chipotle chili powder. Layering the flavor is the name of the game here and I want flavor in every single bite of taco! 

jalapeño corn slaw

One way that I make these fish tacos come off the grill so perfectly flaky and buttery is by using a grill pan. This all clad one is my favorite – I have two and use them almost every single day. I spray them with an avocado oil spray or something similar and then place the fish on the grill pan, then the whole thing directly on the grill. 

This also helps to ensure that the fish doesn’t flake off and fall in between the grates when you’re flipping it or trying to remove it from the grill. It’s the easiest way to do it, especially if you’re a beginner.

If I have big pieces of fish, then I feel confident throwing them directly on the grates. But just keep in mind that fish cooks fast on the grill – you don’t want to overcook it! 

grilled fish tacos with jalapeño corn slaw

Now… the slaw.

This slaw may be our favorite summer slaw so far. And you know that we are suckers for a good, crunchy slaw. 

I love the refreshing, crisp bite that the slaw gives to the taco, especially since the fish is so soft and practically melts in your mouth. 

grilled fish tacos with jalapeño corn slaw

This slaw is made with super thinly sliced green cabbage, corn cut straight from the cob, jalapeño peppers from the garden, tons of fresh cilantro, a little lime and lots of salt and pepper. Trust me when I say that you will want to eat this as a salad! In fact, it could be a side salad or side dish for these tacos. If you don’t want to put the slaw directly in the taco, just serve it on the side! 

It is SO crunchy. So crispy. Perfectly sweet and savory with a hint of spice.

grilled fish tacos with jalapeño corn slaw

The other toppings I love for these tacos? My quick pickled onions. Some crumbly cotija cheese. A few spritzes of fresh lime. And maybe some extra cilantro. 

Those are the basics for me, but of course you can add anything else you love. (more…)

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Honey Chipotle Chicken Quesadillas.

We love these super simple honey chipotle chicken quesadillas! Use rotisserie chicken to make it easy with fresh corn, sweet peppers and salsa ranch for dipping. Delish! I’ve got an easy summer meal for you! These honey chipotle chicken quesadillas are super easy, filled with a bunch of delish summer ingredients and toasted to perfection. […]

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We love these super simple honey chipotle chicken quesadillas! Use rotisserie chicken to make it easy with fresh corn, sweet peppers and salsa ranch for dipping. Delish!

I’ve got an easy summer meal for you!

honey chipotle chicken quesadillas

These honey chipotle chicken quesadillas are super easy, filled with a bunch of delish summer ingredients and toasted to perfection. Melty cheese, here I come!

honey chipotle chicken

I don’t know what has happened to us this year, but we’ve become a major quesadilla family. 

Now don’t get me wrong – I’ve ALWAYS loved a cheese quesadilla. And when I say that, I mean I grew up making them with bagged cheddar and flour tortillas in the microwave as a snack or even dinner. 

honey chipotle chicken quesadillas

But they’ve never been something I’ve made for dinner too regularly. Now, I find myself doing it almost once a week. I utilize our leftovers and with a flat top griddle, I can make a few at a time on busy weeknights. Obviously, quesadillas are so much better when they are toasted in a skillet and some butter. SO much better than my microwaved version in the 90s. 

honey chipotle chicken quesadillas

And everyone loves them. This is our current favorite summer version. I can’t explain how much we all adore these. The kids just eat them up (I’ll only add a sprinkle of the chipotle in theirs) and Eddie and I really enjoy them too.

honey chipotle chicken quesadillas

These are filled with so many of our favorite things!!

I use rotisserie chicken to keep it simple. But you could use any grilled chicken, leftover chicken – whatever you have available. Then I toss the chicken with a mix of chipotle chili powder, honey, garlic powder, salt and pepper. This is similar to how I make my weeknight chicken tacos and it’s always a hit! 

Next, I slice corn right off the cob and use it fresh. I love how sweet it is, and keeping it fresh off the cob gives it the perfect crisp and crunch. 

Sweet peppers!! We adore the tiny sweet peppers and I slice them up, toss them inside and toast the whole thing. It’s DELISH. 

honey chipotle chicken quesadillas

Finally, a mix of sharp cheddar and monterey jack cheeses round this out. It’s the cheesiest, meltiest combo that tastes legit with the chipotle honey chicken. 

I love to serve this with shredded lettuce – iceberg, of course. It’s so crisp and refreshing against the hot, toasty quesadilla. I also add some cilantro and maybe even cotija cheese. Or pickled onions (more…)

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Pulled Pork Nachos with Pickle Slaw.

We are crazy over these pulled pork nachos with pickle slaw! The pickle slaw is crunchy, crisp and refreshing with the most pickle flavor. Use it for topping melty, cheesy pulled pork nachos and you’ll be the happiest! It’s finally June! We’re kicking off the month with some sheet pan nachos that are basically the […]

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We are crazy over these pulled pork nachos with pickle slaw! The pickle slaw is crunchy, crisp and refreshing with the most pickle flavor. Use it for topping melty, cheesy pulled pork nachos and you’ll be the happiest!

It’s finally June!

pulled pork nachos with pickle slaw

We’re kicking off the month with some sheet pan nachos that are basically the best thing ever. Juicy pulled pork, crispy tortilla chips, melty cheese and a pickle slaw that will blow your mind. 

pickle slaw

Okay, so this recipe isn’t about the nachos at all. Not really. 

It’s all about the SLAW!!

This pickle slaw is about to be thrown on everything you eat. If you’re a pickle freak like I am, like if you live and die for pickles (yes!!), then you will be in.love.with.this.slaw. 

pulled pork nachos

We have a local restaurant that puts pickle slaw on their tacos. I made a version of it here with my pimento grilled cheese. It’s made with spiralized pickles and is very good, but this slaw here? Life changing. Completely different. 

I use my classic slaw ingredients (cabbage, shallots, etc!) and then add tons of pickle things which take it over the top. 

I could eat it forever! 

pickle slaw

This is what goes into my pickle slaw: 

Very thinly sliced green cabbage. As thin as you can get it!

Thinly sliced shallot too. Or it could even be diced. 

Tons of chopped dill pickles, of course.

Sweet relish, for extra sweet pickley flavor.

Dill pickle juice! Let’s just do all the pickle things.

Then some honey, vinegar, a dash of mayo and olive oil.

Oh and salt and pepper!

What a DREAM. 

pulled pork nachos

I love this slaw the most on nachos with pulled pork. It’s also fabulous on pulled pork sandwiches and tacos too. Next best is chicken, in my opinion. Like my smoky grilled chicken nachos? Add this slaw on there and you are set. 

If you love a briney, tart, pickle-based anything, this slaw will be your new side dish BFF. It’s crunchy, crisp, refreshing and lasts well in the fridge for a day. 

I will gladly eat this with just a fork, but I’m always truly pickle crazy. Like, I would have a mini fridge simply for a pickle collection, if they didn’t expire after a certain period. I can’t eat all the pickles in the world, after all. 

pulled pork nachos with pickle slaw

As for the sheet pan pork nachos, I keep it relatively simple. I have tons of posts on nachos. I make my pulled pork like this in the slow cooker, and if I’m being honest, nachos are only a leftover thing for us. Anytime I have leftover pulled pork, we make nachos! I usually do not cook it just for nachos. If we’re in a pinch and my pork is frozen or something, I will also grab the prepared pulled pork from costco which is pretty good too. 

I like to use homemade tortilla chips from my local grocery store and the key is to LAYER!!! Layer the pork and the cheese and the chips a few times, then pop them in the oven so everything warms and melts together. Just a few minutes. 

When the nachos come out, top with the pickle slaw and pickled onions. Some fresh cilantro too. (more…)

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Spicy Strawberry Avocado Salsa.

This strawberry avocado salsa is the perfect snack for warm weather! Serve cold with lots of salty tortilla chips and an icy margarita. There’s a little heat, some sweet and a rich creaminess from the avocado. Good enough to eat with a spoon! Let me tell you all about this salsa that I want to […]

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This strawberry avocado salsa is the perfect snack for warm weather! Serve cold with lots of salty tortilla chips and an icy margarita. There’s a little heat, some sweet and a rich creaminess from the avocado. Good enough to eat with a spoon!

Let me tell you all about this salsa that I want to eat with a spoon. 

spicy strawberry avocado salsa

It’s an embarrassingly easy recipe, if we can even call it a recipe. It’s an excellent happy hour snack or tex-mex weeknight side. Juicy strawberries, creamy avocado, spicy jalapeño pepper, red onion and all the lime, cilantro and salt that you can eat. 

Bring on the chips!

strawberries, cilantro, red onion

I am always looking for a delicious snack that I can make in mere minutes when it comes to spontaneous summer entertaining. Even if that “entertaining” consists of Eddie, the kids and myself sitting out on the patio as the days get longer. A Saturday snack, if you will. One that is fruit forward and perfect for when you’ve had a huge brunch and aren’t hungry for dinner yet.

spicy strawberry salsa

But you’re dying to sit outside and enjoy the gorgeous weather with an icy margarita or cold pinot grigio.

I’ve got you!! 

spicy strawberry salsa

I’m basically throwing it back to 2011 today. There was a time here on the site (well over a decade ago!) where I could not get enough fruit salsa. Seriously, if I found a fruit, I would put it in salsa. And that obsession still holds – I love a sweet and savory salsa.

spicy strawberry avocado salsa

Anything that can be prepped ahead of time and served with chips or over a main dish is my kind of food. This is sweet and bright and spicy and refreshing and really packs a punch with flavor.

spicy strawberry avocado salsa

A few other recipes that check this box for me are my mango shrimp salsa, jarlsberg cheese dip, chilled queso, peach bruschetta and marinated cheese. Those can all be made relatively quickly, even ahead of time, and are great for snacking with pretzels, crackers, chips or veggies.

Also let’s just take a moment to note that almost all of those include cheese, and this strawberry salsa does not. So we’re winning there! 

spicy strawberry avocado salsa

I usually have spicy strawberry margaritas on the brain when I make this salsa. Now I’m not including a splash of tequila, though I’m tempted. But the combination reminds me of a strawberry margarita with a spicy rim and I just can’t get enough.

Especially in this warmer season where strawberries are incredible. The strawberries are ridiculously sweet, the peppers can be fairly spicy and the avocado cools everything down with the rich creaminess. The combination is unbeatable.  (more…)

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bean and vegetable burritos

While I haven’t been strictly vegetarian in a long time, I still hold petty grudges, grudges that I work out here in the form of the dishes I’d have preferred as options, over the mediocrity, the afterthought-ness, of most meatless…

While I haven’t been strictly vegetarian in a long time, I still hold petty grudges, grudges that I work out here in the form of the dishes I’d have preferred as options, over the mediocrity, the afterthought-ness, of most meatless entrees (gloopy pastas or vegetables cobbled together from sides from other dishes), sandwiches (cheese and sometimes soggy lettuce or tomato), and burritos (so much filler). A recent trip to a Tex-Mex chain left me surprised as not much had changed. And as I chewed down my football-sized wrap that was 80% rice, 15% beans, 5% salsa and cheese, my old resentment came back in full force. Vegetarian entrees, sandwiches, and tacos can be so much more! Let’s start here.

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Taco Smashed Potatoes.

Taco smashed potatoes are a great weeknight meal! Crispy, crunchy smashed potatoes are topped with seasoned taco meat, guacamole, sour cream, cheese and more. Load up your favorite toppings and go to town! It’s my new favorite way to do taco night!  Super crunchy smashed potatoes topped with alllllll our favorite taco fixings. Think seasoned […]

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Taco smashed potatoes are a great weeknight meal! Crispy, crunchy smashed potatoes are topped with seasoned taco meat, guacamole, sour cream, cheese and more. Load up your favorite toppings and go to town!

It’s my new favorite way to do taco night! 

taco smashed potatoes

Super crunchy smashed potatoes topped with alllllll our favorite taco fixings. Think seasoned ground beef, melty cheese, guacamole, sour cream, diced tomatoes, cilantro, pickled onions and more!

The most versatile dinner is here.

a bite of taco smashed potatoes

What’s your favorite thing? Because I’ll put it on a smashed potato. I swear.

smashed golden potatoes

Instead of a baked potato bar, we’re doing a smashed potato bar. Set up all of your favorite taco toppings, make a pan of smashed potatoes and then go to town.

Hello, how fun! 

Also, extra delicious. Very satisfying and filling. Plus, they taste amazing. 

crispy golden crunchy potatoes

My love for smashed potatoes knows no bounds! I will put just about anything on a smashed potato… as evidenced here. 

Oops. 

The classic version is a go-to side dish around here. I don’t even want to tell you how often we make them. 

smashed potatoes topped with taco meat

They are just so delicious though! With their golden crunchy edges, their buttery soft bites and the salty, crisp skin. Aside from eating them off the sheet pan alone, I will cover them in all.the.things.

Give me all the sauces. The cheeses. The toppings. 

Sprinkle everything on a smashed potato and I’m game. 

taco smashed potatoes

I love these so much because everyone else loves them for dinner. So it’s easy for me. You can load them up with ground beef, turkey or shredded chicken or make a vegetarian version. You can do beans instead of (or in addition to!) meat. 

Guac or diced avocado, sour cream or a lime crema drizzle. The options are truly endless.  (more…)

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One Pot Cheesy Nachos.

We love these one pot nachos! The bottom layer is a taco-seasoned ground beef, green chile and pinto bean mixture, topped with tons of cheese and chips. Bake until melty and golden, then serve hot! Best nachos ever. Oh yes, you heard me right!! Nachos. One Pot. ONE POT NACHOS!! These are DIVINE. Layers of […]

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We love these one pot nachos! The bottom layer is a taco-seasoned ground beef, green chile and pinto bean mixture, topped with tons of cheese and chips. Bake until melty and golden, then serve hot! Best nachos ever.

Oh yes, you heard me right!!

one pot cheesy nachos

Nachos. One Pot. ONE POT NACHOS!!

These are DIVINE. Layers of taco-spiced beef, green chile, pinto beans and corn, topped with tons of cheese, crunchy huge tortilla chips and more cheese. Then alllll the toppings. 

YES. 

spiced ground beef in a pot

When I say this is one of the best things I’ve ever made?? Not joking. Not even close.

It’s quite possible that I’ve now moved on from sheet pan nachos. Because these one pot nachos have totally blown everyone’s mind. 

ground beef, beans, chiles and corn

They are hearty. They are so super flavorful. And they are a fun way to serve nachos – plus, you can always throw extra tortilla chips next to them. 

The most fun part of these is that the tortilla chips are set down into the nachos and the melted cheese holds them in place. They are SO good.

one pot cheesy nachos

I was worried that the chips would get soggy in the beef mixture, but they really don’t. They get slightly softer, but barely – and if you’re a fan of chilaquiles, then you’ll love them. 

Seriously, we could not stop eating these. They are out of this world. So much so that I’m making them again tonight for the fourth time. We are obsessed! 

one pot cheesy nachos

Here’s what goes into our pan: 

Ground beef. You can use ground turkey too!

Some taco spices and tomato paste. This makes all the difference.

Diced green chiles! Can’t go without them. 

Pinto beans. You can use black or kidney or whatever you prefer. 

Corn. I just use frozen corn! Stir in a cup and it’s super easy. 

All the cheese. I like a mix of sharp cheddar and monterey jack. I like to grate my own because it melts the best – however the only packaged cheese I use regularly is Tillamook farm shreds. They are awesome.

one pot cheesy nachos

Then, it’s time for the chips. Stick them all around the pan, just the very edge into the mixture.

Bake everything together, just for 12 or 15 minutes. The cheese melts. The chips get toastier. The whole thing marries together and the flavor is wild. They make your house smell amazing too.

one pot cheesy nachos

I just need a nacho candle in my life. (more…)

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Easy Honey Chipotle Shrimp Tacos.

We love these honey chipotle shrimp tacos! Tender, juicy shrimp is cooked in a honey chipotle mixture until sticky and delicious. Served on soft flour tortillas and topped with crumbled cotija cheese and crunchy lime slaw, these are a huge hit every time! These sticky shrimp tacos are a serious new favorite over here. Tender, […]

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We love these honey chipotle shrimp tacos! Tender, juicy shrimp is cooked in a honey chipotle mixture until sticky and delicious. Served on soft flour tortillas and topped with crumbled cotija cheese and crunchy lime slaw, these are a huge hit every time!

These sticky shrimp tacos are a serious new favorite over here.

honey chipotle shrimp tacos

Tender, juicy shrimp in a sticky honey chipotle sauce are served in crispy flour tortillas with crumbly cotija cheese and the crunchiest lime slaw. The texture! The crunch! And the flavor is just unreal. 

This is my kind of taco.

honey chipotle shrimp

I’m always on the search for new taco recipes. These days, my kids are obsessed with my baked turkey tacos, and while I love them too, I want them to have some taco variety in their life!

I’ve talked about it before but we had taco night every week in our house growing up – the classic ground beef tacos made with that old el paso taco seasoning. Sometimes we did hard shells, other times we did soft flour tortillas or even nachos. There were always bowls of chopped tomatoes, lettuce and shredded cheddar as well as copious amounts of sour cream.

The filling was always the same though: that classic 90s seasoned ground beef taco mix. It was delicious, but week after week it got a bit old at times. 

lime slaw

That’s why I love doing different variations of tacos here at home… that way the kids are exposed to all sorts of flavors and textures. I will put nearly anything in a taco, of course. 

honey chipotle shrimp

If we go out to a restaurant and get tacos, Max tends to order chicken and Emilia loves anything with carnitas or pulled pork. I love a good fish taco and even better – a perfect shrimp taco. Eddie LOVES a shrimp version – or anything seafood. They can be hard to find though, so we love making them at home.

lime slaw

My lime sheet pan shrimp fajitas are one of the most-made recipes here on the blog. I took some inspiration from those and made a sticky honey chipotle shrimp in a skillet, then topped the taco with a super crunchy lime slaw. SO delicious.

I also did a quick pan-fry for my tortilla, because it doesn’t get much better than that. Added some crumbly cotija cheese for a creamy punch and

OH
MY
GOSH.

honey chipotle shrimp in a skillet

These tacos are divine. 

tortillas with chipotle honey shrimp

They are also super easy. Are you ready for this? The shrimp only has two ingredients in the sauce: chipotles in adobo sauce and honey. That is it. Of course, add a sprinkle of salt and pepper, but the flavor is all there. Sticky, sweet, a touch of heat and they’re done. (P.S. if you’re making this for kids and want to avoid super spicy, leave the actual chipotles out and just do the adobo sauce!) 

The key is only cooking the shrimp for 30 seconds to 1 minute or so. Of course, this depends on the size of your shrimp, but the quickest way to make shrimp tough is by overcooking. So I say undercook them in the pan just a bit, and then add the sauce and let them simmer away to finish cooking. The sauce gets so sticky and wonderful – it’s hard not to eat the shrimp right from the skillet. 

honey chipotle shrimp tacos

Also super easy: the slaw! I need to share a recipe post soon with our favorite slaw recipe. It comes from Lacy and it’s the slaw we make for just about anything: tacos, sandwiches, a salad base – all the things. It’s very neutral but flavorful at the same time and can work with many dishes.

I find it to work exceptionally well with all meats and seafood too.  (more…)

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Weeknight Baked Turkey Tacos.

Everyone adores these baked ground turkey tacos! These are perfect to make on a busy weeknight and so delicious. Cheesy, warm and topped with lettuce, avocado and pico de gallo, they are great for a family meal. This is our family’s most favorite taco recipe at the moment. They’re crunchy, cheesy and loaded with all […]

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Everyone adores these baked ground turkey tacos! These are perfect to make on a busy weeknight and so delicious. Cheesy, warm and topped with lettuce, avocado and pico de gallo, they are great for a family meal.

This is our family’s most favorite taco recipe at the moment.

weeknight baked turkey tacos

They’re crunchy, cheesy and loaded with all the good toppings.

taco shells stuffed with ground turkey

Tacos have changed a bit in our house! Much to my excitement, one of Max’s current favorite foods happens to be tacos. It makes me so happy and honestly… shocked. 

It’s not just any tacos though. And it’s not a version of a street taco or anything fancy.  

It’s that classic hard shell taco, which I find hilarious because it had been YEARS since I bought hard corn shells. Years. It’s basically the kind of taco I ate as a kid. 

He really loves tortilla chips and I’m not sure when, but he had a taco in a hard corn shell and put cheese, salsa and lettuce on it and was thrilled. Now he asks for them almost every single week. We even ate them the night before school as our special dinner.

ground turkey tacos with cheese

I make these many different ways, but this is the no-fuss version that happens often when we’re busy during the week. Especially now with school back in session, our weekdays are packed. I want dinner to be easy, delicious and something that everyone looks forward to.

These tacos are ALWAYS a winner. Everyone gets excited at the thought of them.

cheesy ground turkey taco

I have many turkey taco recipes here on the blog. And I have our favorite weeknight ground beef tacos too.

I almost exclusively use ground turkey for our tacos, but of course that is interchangeable with ground beef. Use whichever you have or love. I brown the ground turkey and add my own taco seasoning. It’s something that I make so often that I don’t even measure it anymore – but it is a bit smoky and not very cumin heavy. We enjoy it so much and use the seasoning mix any time we make nachos or taco salads too. 

quick pico de gallo

Once the ground turkey is ready, I stuff the shells. The kids love to help with this part too. This is what I’ve found: now that we have five solid eaters in this house, it’s great to make a big baking dish full of these tacos. It’s simple, easy and gets the job done. Plus, everything gets warm and melty and tastes so good together!

(P.S. can I just say that it’s crazy that we have FIVE eaters in this house? I seriously feel like it was just Eddie and I a few weeks ago, and I was cooking whatever, whenever I wanted and we ate whatever, whenever we wanted. My mind is blown!) 

weeknight baked turkey tacos

So, back to the tacos. I line up the shells in a 9×13 baking dish. This works best for our family but if you are feeding fewer people, use an 8×8 or 9×9 dish. Regardless of size, the taco shells won’t fit perfectly in dish. That’s okay! Just make them work and don’t smash them.

The delicious secret is to add some cheese to the bottom of the hard shell. This makes everything extra cheesy. I love to use chihuahua cheese (I find it at my local grocery store) because it melts perfectly. You can also use cheddar. Sprinkle in some cheese, then top with a few spoonfuls of the seasoned ground turkey. There is no right or wrong here, no way to overfill or underfill. Fill them as much as you wish, based on the toppings you want to add on.

weeknight baked turkey tacos

Of course, the next step is to add another little sprinkle of cheese. Cheese on both ends please! Then I add shredded lettuce. My kids love lettuce for some reason. They don’t really eat salad, but they ask for lettuce on their burgers and lettuce on their tacos! I am not complaining. 

Next comes a salsa or in this case, my quick homemade pico. This is Eddie’s favorite part of any taco-ish meal that we have, so I always make it. We use it for topping and use it as a chunky salsa too. I make it a few hours ahead of time if possible and it gets better as it sits in the fridge. I also throw in some avocado if I have it.

Then I bake ‘em. 400 degrees for 10 or 15 minutes, just until everything is crisp, warm, melty and marrying together in flavor. 

weeknight baked turkey tacos

Baking these in a dish like this makes them so incredibly easy to serve, especially to kids. This way we can all sit and eat at one time, as opposed to them eating one taco, then asking for help with another and so on. It’s convenient, delicious and also a great way to utilize the leftovers!

If we happen to have leftovers for this meal, I will wrap the tacos up in foil and store them in the fridge. A quick reheat in the oven makes them taste brand new.  (more…)

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Weeknight Taco Stuffed Avocados.

These taco stuffed avocados are super delicious! Halved avocados filled with seasoned ground beef, chopped tomatoes, cheese, lettuce and crushed tortilla chips for the ultimate weeknight meal. We’re making cute little taco avocados today!!  These taco avocados are filled with seasoned ground beef, cheddar cheese, shredded lettuce, tomatoes and crunchy crushed tortilla chips for that […]

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These taco stuffed avocados are super delicious! Halved avocados filled with seasoned ground beef, chopped tomatoes, cheese, lettuce and crushed tortilla chips for the ultimate weeknight meal.

We’re making cute little taco avocados today!! 

weeknight taco stuffed avocados

These taco avocados are filled with seasoned ground beef, cheddar cheese, shredded lettuce, tomatoes and crunchy crushed tortilla chips for that classic taco flavor. They are irresistible! 

weeknight taco stuffed avocados

I love these avocados because you can make them for one, or for a family. You can make them with leftover taco ingredients from taco night and you can add whatever toppings you love. There is no wrong way to make them. You just have to find a nice ripe avocado and you’re set. 

seasoned ground beef

I’ve made stuffed avocados before – both times with chicken! I’ve done cheesy chicken stuffed avocados AND chicken salad stuffed avocados, so I love this new little twist.

In fact, I wanted to call these “walking taco avocados” but I realize that completely defeats the purpose of the walking taco in a bag of chips. My thinking was that all the toppings are actually ON the avocado. So yeah, the name is cute but it’s a no go because none of us are literally walking around with a stuffed avocado in our hands. Whomp whomp. 

avocados

Anyway, let’s talk filling!

I use my seasoned ground beef from my weeknight ground beef tacos. I keep the beef mixture on the drier side (but not in a bad way!) for the avocados so they aren’t as messy. My mom always made a saucier ground beef mixture for tacos and I often do too, but the drier version works so well here. I do include the saucier version below as well, so you can choose whichever you like.

sliced avocados with taco meat

Below, you will also find the homemade seasoning mixture for the tacos. I love it because it doesn’t taste like straight 100% cumin and salt. There’s a bit more smoky flavor. Now if you have a taco seasoning packet you adore – use that! Keep it simple.

weeknight taco stuffed avocados

For the rest of the toppings, I like to do a really classic taco.

Think like a ground beef taco from the 90s.

Shredded lettuce.

Shredded cheddar,

Chopped tomatoes.

Maybe even some taco sauce if you have it. (I do have it: an excellent recipe for it is in Everyday Dinners!). 

Crushed tortilla chips of course!

We all love these, aside from Eddie who isn’t the biggest avocado fan. The kids though? Totally sold on them.

They are easy, great for leftovers and can come together fast. I like to serve them with the beef warm (so the cheese melts slightly too!), but you can also serve them completely cold. They are super flavorful and very satisfying thanks to the avocado. A must make! (more…)

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