Thursday, January 13, 2011

Nixed Beef Bean Tacos


It's a twenty minute dinner, chop a salad, nuke some beans, add salsa and get ready to rip. Okay, well the ripping will come later.....unless you had the foresight to take a beano. I rushed around the house in my jammies to get this dinner ready. Why? Burn Notice (that's a show) is addictive, what can I say?
P.S My method for tacos is ....er, dashes. You know every time you shake what god gave you........the spice sprinkler?

  • 1 can kidney beans
  • 2 dashes Taco seasoning
  • dash of salt
  • 6 dashes of oregano (or italian seasoning)
  • 3 dashes of crushed pepper
  • 5 dashes of garlic powder
  • Bowlful of chopped salad, (cukes, onion, tomato, bells, carrots, green onions)
  • Bowlful chopped lettuce
  • Salsa
Mix all of those ingredients together into a bowl (excluding the salad, lettuce, and salsa), add 2 TB of water and nuke on high for 5 minutes. Keep them covered or you will get crunchy beans. While they are cooking get your salad ready.
When your beans are done, mash them until slighty creamy/slightly still in whole pieces. Microwave two taco shells for 30 seconds (all microwaves differ from each other), watch your shells like a hawk, these babies burn in.05 seconds. One sec they are a sizzling golden yellow, and the next a burnt ridge peeks over the taco shells bum. Spread your bean mixture on one side of the taco (pick a wall), add a TB of salsa to the bean side spreading well, then add your salad, and lastly lettuce. You can add cheese, but beans create such a creamy texture you might not even want it anymore!

2 comments:

  1. Made them tonight. The recipe seemed interesting, and my family realled liked them. We still love beef more but this is a great alterntaive. Thanks, Macy

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  2. Yeah, it is a great alternative to beef. Times are tough and beans are cheap. When I really take the time to make non beef tacos, do all the flavorings one by one, they turn out really good.
    Thanks for coming! I love comments!

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