It's Taco Time (Gluten Free Baby)

When we have tacos, there's a party. It's got to be the best meal ever invented and honestly.....it is.  How can you go wrong with meat, cheese and a shell that's like a big chip.

Tonight we had tacos and not just any tacos, turkey tacos.  A build your own combo.  I'm giving you the recipes to my own taco seasoning, bean mixture and rice.  Hope you all enjoy.  Chow.

Ingredients for Taco Turkey

1lb Ground Turkey Breast (from local butcher)
1 Yellow Onion(diced small)
6 Cloves Garlic (minced)
Taco Seasoning (Recipe to Follow)

Ingredients for Black Beans

1 Can Black Beans (rinsed)
1 Yellow Onion (small diced)
1 Cup Frozen Corn
1 Green Pepper (small diced)
1 Tomato (small diced)
3 TBL Taco Seasoning (recipe follows)
Salt to taste

Ingredients for Rice

1 Cup Brown Rice (rinsed very well)
2 1/2 Cups Water
Salt to taste
2 TBL Butter

Ingredients For Taco Seasoning

3 TBL Cumin
1 TBL Granulated Garlic
1 TBL Granulated Onion
1 TBL Chili Powder
1 TBL Paprika
1TSP Salt
1TSP Black Pepper

• Grab a small bowl and mix these all together
• Now we start making the bean mixture

Bean mixture

• First thing is open the can of beans and rinse them off
• Start dicing up your onions
• Dice your tomatoes
• Dice your green pepper
• Grab a medium saute pan and turn on medium 
• Add olive oil, allow it to heat up
• Add all your ingredients and stir well

• Add your spice mixture and add salt
• Allow this to cook for 15-20 minutes

Making The Rice

• Grab a sauce pan and add your rice
• Clean rice mixture at least twice
• When cleaned, add your 21/2 cups water
• Set on burner and turn it on medium high
• Leave alone
• Now start cooking the meat

Cooking The Meat

• Grab a saute pan and turn it on medium
• Put oil in pan 
• Add diced onions and garlic, allow these to cook for 4 minutes
• Add your meat

• Chop up meat with your spoon or fork

• After meat has cooked all the way through add your spices

• Put taco shells in oven for 5 minutes
• Set your table 
• And get ready to eat with all the fixings you like with your tacos

Since it is only Felicia and I it looks small compared to what a family of 4 would eat.  Im sure when we have kids our table will be bigger and our portions a lot bigger.  I hope you all enjoy and have a wonderful day.