Recipe : Black bean and corn tacos

Hi All!

I am going to share with you today one of my favorite family friendly recipes when I am pressed for time. This takes a total time of only 20 mins! It is super easy and quick and best of all tastes great! My kids are pretty picky eaters (especially my 2 year old) so when something gets good reviews from them, I know it will probably appeal to the masses!


Ingredients: 

1 pound 100% grass fed ground beef
1 can organic black beans
1/2  a jar trader joes corn and chile salsa (not spicy at all)
1 package blue corn tortillas ( or organic white corn)
1 avocado
Avocado oil (or other suitable high temp oil)

Recommended spices (but you can really throw in whatever appeals to you)
Cumin
Lawry's seasoned salt
Pepper
Red chili powder (just a tad)

I am really the kind of cook who likes to just throw stuff in, so I don't have exact measurements for the spices. You can just experiment and see what tastes good to you.

Prep:

Brown the ground beef  with salt and pepper in a skillet ( I use cast iron or stainless steel, because non stick Teflon is highly toxic).

Once the ground beef is browned, throw in the black beans, corn salsa and any additional desired spices. Cover and cook for 2 or 3 more minutes, just until everything is heated through. Warm tortillas and slice avocado while everything is heating up.
Serve!

I serve it on tortillas for my husband, daughter, and myself, and just in a small bowl for my toddler. If I have time I like to serve this meal with a small side salad , but if not, I still feel good about it because I am honoring my rule of 1 green food per meal with the avocado.

I will be doing another post soon about the importance of buying grass fed natural ground beef. Also remember, while olive oil is a great healthy oil that is suitable for dressings and such, it is not suitable for cooking with heat. Olive oil has whats called a low smoke point, meaning when it reaches a certain temperature (usually around 270) it turns into trans-fat. Most people are not aware of this. Here are a few suggestions for high temperature oils to cook with :

Avocado Oil
Coconut oil
High Oleic Sunflower oil
Super canola (found in health food stores)

Hope you all enjoy making this recipe! As always, feedback and comments and greatly appreciated!
I plan on making a few more recipe centered posts this week so keep your eye out!

 Lisa