Healthy Tacos

Tacos are made in a factory so strictly speaking, they’re processed but when I looked at the ingredients list it said cornflour and oil so it didn’t look as if they were full of chemicals and life’s too short to make your own tacos!  Plus only 2 ingredients makes it under the 5 ingredients rule of clean eating.

My boyfriend swears that if you use guacamole and creme fraiche as cement when building the taco then it doesn’t go everywhere when you eat it.  I tried it and it still didn’t work!

Serves 2-3

1 brown onion

1 clove of garlic

1 finger/birds eye chilli (add more if you like it hot)

500g minced beef (I used 10% fat)

1 tsp smoked paprika

1/2 tsp cumin

1/2 tsp coriander

1/4 tsp cinnamon

Salt and pepper

1 tbsp oil

Salsa

1/2 green pepper

1/2 yellow pepper

1 spring onion

3 medium tomatoes

Half a lime

1/2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Handful of fresh coriander

To serve:

Creme fraiche or sour cream

1 5cm slice of Iceberg lettuce shredded

Grated cheese for those not dieting!

8 taco shells

Guacamole

1.  Peel and chop off the root end of the spring onion.  Finely slice and place in a bowl of cold water for at least 10 minutes to get rid of the tart flavour of raw onion.
2. Heat the oil for the beef in a large saucepan over a medium hob (3).
3. Finely chop the brown onion and when the oil is hot enough, add and saute for 10 minutes.
4. Finely slice the chilli and add with the crushed garlic and saute for a further minute.  You can also add the stalks from the fresh coriander, finely chopped at this point.
5. Add the spices, seasoning and the meat and brown the meat turning up the heat slightly (4).
6. Once brown turn down (2) and leave to absorb the flavours for 20 minutes.
7. Meanwhile, to make the salsa, drain the spring onion and gently pat dry with some kitchen roll.  It doesn’t have to be bone dry.
8. Chop the coriander leaves finely, chop the peppers into 5mm squares and the tomatoes as finely as you can.
9. Add all the ingredients into a bowl, squeeze in the lime and drizzle over the extra virgin olive oil.  I don’t like to season it as the salt draws all of the water out of the tomatoes.
10. Make the guacamole, shred the lettuce and serve everything in bowls so people can help themselves.
11. Separate the tacos on a plate and microwave for 1 minute.
12. Let everyone tuck in and enjoy!