Weeknight Meal // Taco Salad

Last night for supper I made a Taco Salad. We usually have this once a week. It's inexpensive to make and really easy. 

I've made this with flank steak, skirt steak and ground beef. You can use pretty much anything that would go in a taco. I made it with ground beef this time because it's easier than steak. I used Trader Joe's Taco Seasoning even though it has some sugar added to it. One day I'll make my own, but I really like the TJ's seasoning for now. As you can see from the photo, the salad consisted of store-bought guacamole (I can't bring myself to make my own, Avocados gross me out), no sugar added salsa, romaine lettuce and black olives.

I started making this meal after we went to Chipotle for the first time after starting Paleo. I'd heard that it's a fairly Paleo-friendly restaurant. If you've ever been to Chipotle, you know that every dish comes with rice and beans. We skipped that and it left us with salsa, lettuce, guacamole and pork. It was tasty, but it was around $25.00 for just my husband and me.  That's too much money for something I can make at home for under $10.00, plus we're not getting the rice and beans that we're paying for. Just an FYI - Chipotle uses soybean oil on every meat choice but pork.

 Here's a breakdown of some of the goodies you'll get from eating this meal.

Grass-fed Beef  - Omega 3's, Omega 6's, Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA), Vitamin E, Beta-Carotene, Zinc, Iron, Potassium (Grain-fed will not have as much of these nutrients or will not have them at all)

Avocado (Guacamole) - Omega 3's, Omega 6's, Vitamin K, Folate, Vitamin C, B5, Potassium and B6

Black Olives - Omega 3's, Omega 6's, Oleic Fatty Acids, Iron and Copper

This meal is a win, win, win, win. It's got everything. It's healthy, filling, easy to make and quick! The meat and healthy fats will fill you up for sure. You won't need the tortilla! Try it!