Taco Two Salad

Plan Z Phase: This is a Z2 (ZReduction) recipe. I had a hankerin’ for a taco salad. Wanted hot taco meat with cold salad as a counter-point. Decided to make a new recipe so this is our second taco salad recipe. Taco Two! I hope you love it. My family did. This travels well. You can heat the meat in a microwave and carry your salad portion in a zipper baggie. If you want your salad spicier, use a hot salsa.

Serving Size: Serves 6

Ingredients:

• 2-1/2 pounds of ground sirloin (97% lean)
• 1 cup of diced onion. You can use white, yellow or red
• 1 cup of any authorized veggies, chopped. You can choose what you want. I did a buffet of veggies that included: cherry tomatoes cut in half, yellow pepper chunks, green onions diced, sliced jalapenos.
• 3 tsp of minced garlic (jar garlic will work)
• 3 tsp of ground cumin
• 3 tsp of chili powder
• grated sea salt to taste

Instructions:

Firstly make 2 cups of salsa. You can use fresh salsa from the deli section or a jar salsa. Just check the jar version to make sure there are no unauthorized ingredients like beans or corn and make sure there’s no sugar in the ingredient list. I used a salsa that had chipotle peppers in it for some smoky kick.

In a large sauté pan lightly spray some olive oil and put in your meat. Break it up and keep tossing it til it’s almost all browned. Then add the onion and cook it while the meat continues to brown. You can also add your garlic, cumin, chili powder and salt now. Stir and cook until the meat is no longer pink. Then add your two cups of salsa and heat through. You are ready to serve.

Put your salad greens in a bowl.  I used a combo of romaine, purple cabbage and head lettuce and add the meat and veggies on top. No need for dressing.  Just toss the meat around in the greens and that will be your dressing.

If you making this in Z3 (ZReboot) you can also add a chopped avocado and some grated cheese. I used cheddar.

Enjoy!

Cheers,