Taco Rice

Adapted from Tasty Kitchen

This meal is a nice twist to a traditional taco salad. Substitute rice for tortilla chips and add your favorite taco toppings. We seasoned the ground beef with Spike all natural seasoning, which we had heard was a pantry must-have because it can spice up any meal. Our beef was well flavored and we look forward to trying Spike on other meals to come. Our taco toppings included lettuce, tomato, mozzarella, and salsa, but avocado, sour cream, and queso would go great as well.

Ingredients:

• 2 servings of rice (1 cup uncooked)
• 1/2 lb. ground beef
• 1/2 tsp. Spike all natural seasoning
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 1 large or 2 small garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tomato, chopped
• 1 cup shredded lettuce
• 1/3 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• salsa
• cooking spray

Directions:

Lightly coat skillet with cooking spray and cook ground beef for approx. 5 minutes or until browned. Once beef is cooked add onion and garlic and cook until onion is tender.

While beef is cooking, boil water and cook rice according to package directions, 8-10 minutes if using boil-in-bag rice.

Once beef and rice are cooked, layer ingredients on a plate starting with the rice, then adding the beef, lettuce, tomato, and cheese. Serve as much salsa on top as desired.

Yield: 2 servings