TASTY TACOS!

One thing we have not had nearly enough of around our house since we moved is Mexican food. In Louisiana, we had Mexican or Mexican inspired food several times per week. We were constantly throwing something in a tortilla or having a salad with grilled meat, salsa, cilantro and avocado.  I think part of our breaking out of the box up here is that I had not been able to find decent tortillas and I haven't been brave enough to attempt making my own yet.  I finally located some at the store and knew that it was time to bring it all back to "normal" and have some tasty tacos. 

I started with a pound of ground white turkey breast...

And a whole bunch of seasonings....

I didn't want to use a pre-packaged mix and I hadn't taken the time to make my own blend so I just started shaking seasoning all over the turkey.  I used garlic powder, onion powder, cumin and Weber Tex-Mex Fiesta.  I know that is a dry rub but it worked great.  I seasoned it like crazy because to me, turkey needs all the help it can get.  Feel free to use your own blend or your favorite packaged mix.  When I used mixes, I always blew off the directions and seasoned the meat while browning and then followed the package instructions.  My theory was why let good meat brown up without seasoning?  Let it season the meat while it's cooking.  I think it creates much better flavor in the meat.  That's just my opinion for what that's worth.  Moving along....

And a little salsa never hurt anyone so I added some of this to the mix.  This salsa traveled all the way from Louisiana. 

Superior Grill is a restaurant in Shreveport with the best Mexican food in that area. Great food and great service! It's one of the things that I will miss most about Louisiana. If you are ever in the Shreveport area, you should definitely give it a try. 

While the meat was cooking, I took time to prepare the fresh ingredients.  My tacos are just not complete without lettuce and tomatoes.  I had fresh romaine and some wonderful grape tomatoes. 

We always add a little salt and some garlic red wine vinegar to the tomatoes and let them sit for a bit.  The vinegar gives it just the right amount of "tang" that we enjoy on our tacos.

Fresh cilantro is always a good addition to...well....just about anything, actually! 

Some Cabot Seriously Sharp Cheddar Cheese is a must!

And avocado....

We don't even bother with making guacamole anymore when we have tacos.  We love avocado so much that we just slice it up...add some salt and a little lemon or lime juice.  This time we added lemon.  I think I like it better than the lime actually....

All of the wonderfully fresh ingredients on the taco with a little chopped fresh onion and I'm all set.  I might have been really hungry for tacos; but, I have to say that these were some of the best that I have ever made.

I don't think I'm going to wait so long next time to have these.  Now that I've found some good tortillas, we will be having these more often, I'm sure.  In fact, I think I need to have them again this week.

If you love Mexican cuisine as we do at our house, you will definitely want to visit Mely at Mexico in My Kitchen.  It is a beautifully written blog with new recipes to try and lots of information on Mexican culture and the cuisine.  Mely is, also, hosting a great giveaway for a traditional Mexican kitchen utensil called a Molcajete.  It is perfect for making salsa and guacamole.  Please take a moment and visit this wonderful blog and say hello to her.  You will be glad that you did!

Designs by Gollum is, also, hosting a giveaway in honor of the second anniversary of Foodie Friday.  You can enter here to win a Kitchenaid mixer.  Who wouldn't want one of them, right?

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and see me.  I hope you are enjoying a wonderful week.


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