Secretly Healthy Ground Beef Tacos
I made ground beef tacos for dinner, aiming at getting vegetables in my kids. What? Yes, you read it right, vegetables, and here is how I did it.
Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef, the leaner version is better
1 yellow onion, medium size, diced
4 cloves of garlic, peeled, roughly chopped
2 carrots, peeled
1 yellow squash
1 ripe avocado
1 handful of fresh cilantro leaves
1 package of home style tortillas, flour, corn or wheat of your choice, or try make your own
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp ground cumin
1 lime
Method:
Heat up a dry nonstick pan over medium high heat, brown ground beef for about 8 minutes, break up the meat chunks thoroughly.
Add garlic and diced onion into the pan, cook for another 2 to 3 minutes until onions are softened. Grate carrots and squash directly into the pan over the meat mixture. Stir around, mix well and the grated carrots and squash would disappear into the brown goodness.
Add all seasoning into the pan and mix well. Taste for salt level, add more if desired.
Warm up tortillas as desired. Spoon some meat mixture into the center of the tortilla, squeeze lime juice, top with fresh cilantro and avocado and enjoy! Kids love these and they have no idea they are eating a healthy serving of various vegetables!
