Vmburns: The beauty of a taco salad (or pretty much any salad) is that you can add (or omit) any ingredients you don't like. Personally, I don't like tomatoes, so there are none listed in my ingredient list. If you like them, feel free to add them. You can also substitute the protein. Instead of ground beef, this recipe will work with steak, ground turkey, and ground or shredded chicken. It's up to you. Other ingredients you may want to consider include: avocados, olives, bell peppers, and pickled jalapenos.
If you're planning to eat this all in one shot, then combine everything and bon appetite. However, if you're cooking for one or two, you may want to consider a taco bar and keep your ingredients separate. That way, the taco meat doesn't wilt your lettuce. This is also a great option if you are serving people with special dietary needs. Vegetarians, vegans, anyone with allergies, or any picky eaters dining with you can all enjoy the same basic meal. Putting all of the ingredients out and allowing each person to add what they want, will help make sure everyone gets all the things they want and none of the things they don't.
TACO SALAD
- Brown the ground beef until there is no pink. Drain the grease and then return to the skillet and add taco seasoning and salsa. Cook until warmed through.
- Rinse and dry the lettuce and then chop. Sprinkle salt and pepper on dried lettuce.
- Brush the corn with olive oil and grill for 2-3 minutes per side to char. Then scrape from the cob.
- Layer the taco salad by adding ground beef and all other ingredients.
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When the bookshop she owns becomes a crime scene, mystery writer Samantha Washington discovers there is such a thing as bad publicity . . .
After the local library in North Harbor, Michigan, is flooded in a storm, Sam offers her bookstore as a new venue for the Mystery Mavens Book Club. Unfortunately, she immediately runs afoul of the club leader, Delia Marshall, a book reviewer who can make or break careers—something Sam can ill afford with her debut historical mystery soon to be published.
But the next morning, Sam opens her shop to find the unpleasant woman dead on the floor, bashed with a heavy—apparently lethal—tome: the Complete Works of Agatha Christie. While Sam is busy writing her latest British historical mystery in which the queen mother is suspected in the murder of a London Times correspondent, a pair of ambitious cops suspect Sam of the real-life crime. When she gathers Nano Jo and their friends from the Shady Acres Retirement Village to review the case, they discover every one of the Mavens had a motive. With her novel about to hit the stores, Sam must find out who clubbed Delia before a judge throws the book at her . . .
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