Taco Tuesday!

Who doesn't love some TACO TUESDAY??  We certainly do!  Tacos are on our menu at least once a week.

This time around I felt like doing a healthier spin on the tacos and tried them in lettuce wraps for the first time.  It's not a tortilla but it was still tasty!

This one I bulked up a bit by adding some onion, corn and black bean mix to the wrap.  Feel free to use your own taco recipe, ingredients, toppings, etc.  A healthy, quick and delicious Taco Tuesday!

Here's what I happened to do this night...

Ingredients:

• 1 pound of ground turkey
• 1 can of corn - drained
• 1 can of black beans - rinsed and drained
• 1 medium sized onion, diced
• 1 packet taco seasoning (I have these in the house to use up but feel free to use your own blend if you'd like)
• 1 head of iceberg lettuce - washed
• Cumin
• Chili powder
• Paprika
• EVOO
• S&P
• Salsa
• Pickled jalapenos
• Light sour cream

Instructions:

• In a large pan over medium high heat, brown up the ground turkey and add the taco seasoning packet when brown (there are directions on the packet for this.)  Keep warm on stove top.
• Meanwhile, in a separate large pan, over medium heat with a couple turns of EVOO, sautee up the onions for about 5 minutes until soft and starting to turn brown.
• Add corn and black beans to the pan with the onions.
• Season all with S&P, cumin, chili powder and paprika.  As always, season to your taste but a teaspoon of cumin, chili powder and paprika should be a good starting point.
• At this point everything is cooked (quick and easy!) but you can let the onions hang out with the corn, beans and seasonings over medium low while you prep your toppings.
• Peel off large leaves of the lettuce that you'll use as your taco "shell."
• Fill the lettuce leaf with turkey, onion, corn and bean mixture and top however you like!
• This night I topped with some salsa, a dollop of light sour cream and some pickled jalapenos.