Tastefully Simple Tonight- Taco Terrific

Greetings!  I know it has been some time since I've posted on this blog, but get ready.  Tonight's post is the first in an 11 post series!

I had recently purchased the Fall Winter 2012 Tastefully Simple Tonight Collection and decided on a whim, to blog about it.  The first 10 posts will each feature one of the recipes and the final post will be a financial blog to let you know about how much this will cost you up front and also how much product is left over from the collection for use in your kitchen.

As always, if you or anyone you know is interested in purchasing Tastefully Simple Products or hosting a tasting party in your home, please email me and/or go to my website www.tastefullysimple.com/web/hcook to browse through the current products and make a purchase.  Every purchase goes to helping Nick and I make our dreams of starting a family come true!

SOOOOO now on to the Tacos.  You can serve your typical taco additions and sides with these tacos, as the recipe included in the collection is only to prepare the meat portion of the taco.  Let me repeat that, the recipe is only to prepare the meat portion!

Below you will find a photo of the ingredients I used. *** Please note, you may use any brand of tomato sauce, ground meat, and Cumin that you desire.  I am only here to endorse the Tastefully Simple products and nothing else. ***

This meal took just 20 minutes from the time I took this picture until the time dinner was ready to serve!  Basically all I had to do was brown the meat, measure the three spices and water and then let the flavors simmer together before I was able to put together these wonderful tacos.

Now down to the nitty gritty!  I know you expect me to say only glowing things about these tacos, and I will, but honestly how can you go wrong with tacos?  The meat mixture was a good mild spice level, so I would feel fine serving it to a person with a sensitive stomach.  You can always add some cayenne or red pepper flakes to make it more spicy if you, like Nick, crave the heat!  I will probably add a little more heat the next time I make these tacos, but definitely didn't need to do so.

Both mom and Nick enjoyed these tacos with me.  The recipe card says it will feed 6, with the big stand up shells we purchased, it made 10 tacos, which fed the three of us very nicely.  The good news is that by just doubling the recipe you could easily feed 6, and there is plenty of product left in the collection to do so!

I am so excited to be sharing theses recipes with you and I hope you are looking forward to tomorrow's meal- Tikka Chicken.  Until then- you can just keep thinking about how delicious these tacos look and how much you want to begin your own Tastefully Simple Tonight Collection menu!