Skinny Taco Salad

What do you do when your half bag of corn tortilla shells are broken and your half way done with the taco meat?

Taco salad is what you do!

I always have baked tortilla chips on hand so……

I crumbled up 15 or so chips on a plate, added the ground beef and topped it off with my famous guacamole, fat free sour cream, salsa and cheese!

I know I know, Taco salad – really. But oh yes even taco salad is healthy.

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You will need:

• 1lb Lean ground beef
• 1/2 Taco seasoning packet (or just use your own seasonings if you prefer)
• 1/2 cup of your favorite salsa (mine is Tostitos Resturant style Salsa!)
• 1 bag Baked Tostitos Tortilla chips (15 chips per person)

Toppings

• A batch of guacamole already prepared – serving sizes added to your taste buds
• Fat Free Sour cream
• Shredded cheese

Directions:

1. Brown the ground beef.
2. Add in the half packet of taco seasonings
3. Crumble up the tortilla chips on a plate.
4. Top with guacamole, sour cream , salsa, and cheese. Or whatever your taste buds are craving for!

Get a fork and dig in!

Dreamy~creamy mashed potatoes

I haven't made homemade mashed potatoes in a while.
I'd rather not remember why.
I forgot as soon as I took a bite of these.
They were easier than I remembered!

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What you'll need:
4 medium sized red potatoes
1 cup of 1% milk
1/4 cup butter
Salt and pepper to taste
A dash of garlic powder

Directions:
1. Wash and dry potatoes.
2. Dice up potatoes into nice size chunks, leaving skin on, and add to a large pot.
3. Cover with water and boil until you can poke them with a fork and they are tender.
4. Remove from heat and drain.
5. In a large mixing bowl add milk, butter, salt, pepper and garlic powder.
6. With an electric mixer, blend until creamy, adding extra milk to thin out to your preferred consistency.

Serve them up steaming hot! I made them with an ole time favorite of hamburger steaks with brown gravy sauce and some good ole fried cabbage. Mmmmm good!

Baked Fajitas

Yes baked and I challenge you to taste the difference!
I used to stop at a local Mexican store to buy the pre-cut/mixed fajitas and all I had to do was cook them.
I couldn’t tell the difference.
Wait….come to think of it I could tell the difference. These were so much better than that!
You will need:
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• 2-lbs of boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into strips
• 1 Can of Rotel tomatoes
• 1/3 of a yellow pepper sliced into strips
• 1/3 of a red pepper sliced into strips
• 1/3 of a green pepper sliced into strips (so that all three of these make one whole pepper sliced)
• 1 small onion sliced into strips
• 2 Tbsp olive oil
• 2 tsp chili powder
• 2 tsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp dried oregano
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 10-12 Corn tortillas

Directions:

1. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Spray a 13 x 9 inch pan with non stick spray.
2. Mix together chicken, peppers, onions, and tomatoes into the pan.
3. Mix together the spices and the oil. Drizzle the mixture over the chicken & peppers and toss to coat.
4. Bake uncovered for 20-25 minutes or until chicken is cooked all the way through and vegetables are tender.

Serve with toasted (broiled in oven) corn tortillas or soft fry them in olive oil.
I also made my favorite guacamole! Yum!
This recipe was adapted from Six Sister’s Stuff :)

Fried cabbage ~ skinny style

I'm not sure if I can say fried and skinny in the same sentence but I am!

When skinny is the outcome it's ok :)

Fried cabbage is the perfect side for grilled chicken and this southern girl.

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You will need:
1/2 head of cabbage shredded
3 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes

1. Shred your cabbage like you would lettuce.
2. Heat oil in skillet.
3. Toss in cabbage,salt, pepper and red pepper flakes.
4. Toss in olive oil until tender, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat immediately.

Serve it up and enjoy!
Happy Saturday night.