Taco Recipe

Blessings, Darlings!

Dining well while broke continues.  Tonight was taco night.  But since the temperature was in the 90's, I chose to NOT fry tortillas into taco shells - we did soft tacos by just pan warming corn tortillas.

The shredded cheese was a bar of cheap cheddar from Aldi's. The tortillas were from a big package bought cheap somewhere else (Aldi's hasn't had corn tortillas at all this year!). No sour cream, but the Chubby Hubby could have used plain yogurt in its place. Tomatoes, well, I wasn't paying $2 per pound for fresh, so I used ones I had canned last year.

Taco filling was a mix of ground beef (sale priced) and black beans.

Taco Filling

1 large onion, chopped
2 green or red or yellow or orange bell peppers, chopped (I used ones I dried last year) 
2 or more cloves garlic, chopped 
1 lb ground beef
1 can black beans, rinsed
1 8 oz can tomato sauce 
1 tsp chili powder
4 tsp cumin
2 1/2 tsp paprika
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp salt 1 tsp pepper
1 - 2 tsp ground coriander seed

Add a bit of oil to pan. Saute onion and pepper until onion is translucent.  Add garlic, cook about 30 seconds more.  Add and brown meat.  Drain excess fat.

Add the dry spices.  Cook them for about a minute.  Add the tomato sauce, beans, and maybe up to 1/2 cup water.  Simmer 1/2 hour.  Done!