I've been trying to kick up the "healthy" in my meals a bit...but it's not always easy to do on a budget. Sometimes, those healthy (ahem, diet) meals use all these ingredients you definitely don't have sitting in your cupboard, and by the time you fill up your cart with everything new you need, you've spent a fortune. So, I tried this: use only stuff in my fridge or pantry and see what good for me meal I could make. I came up with this taco salad! I used fat free refried beans, some salsa, loads of lettuce, chopped onions, some ground turkey with taco seasoning, a little more salsa and some reduced fat cheddar cheese (I refuse to buy fat-free cheese of any kind...it's disgusting). I ended up with this huge, and kind of pretty, salad, which I ended up splitting and eating the other half for lunch the next day! It was quite tasty, filling, and not so bad for you. Best part, is you could omit one or two of those ingredients and still have a decent taco salad. All done without going to the store. Hmm, I'm thinking I should make some kind of cookbook... Cooking with what's in your Kitchen?
taco salad is my go to dish - and i switch out the beef for ground turkey!
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