Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Week 1-Monday

Mexican Monday--Turkey Tacos with rice
taken from 6 Week Meal Planning 

What you will need:
Lean ground turkey-1 lb.
Whole Wheat tortillas--I used regular because we already had them and I couldn't see wasting them
Taco season package
Mango Peach Salsa-I couldn't find this at the store so we used regular taco sauce
Shredded lettuce
Shredded cheddar cheese
2 tomatoes chopped
1 cup brown rice or package of instance rice-I used Uncle Ben's 90 second microwave rice

Direction
Brown ground turkey, drain
Add 2/3 cup of water and taco season mix to meat and let simmer
While the meat is simmering cook rice and warm tortillas in the oven or microwave
Add meat, rice, cheese, lettuce, tomtoes and salsa to tortillas
ENJOY!


I would give this meal 5 out of 5 stars! It only took 20 minutes from start to ready to serve on the table. We eat a lot of beef in my family and have never tried turkey as a substitute so we were a little nervous about how it would taste, look, etc. but we could not taste the difference and since the meat was browned it looked just like beef. The other positive thing about using turkey meat was there was little to no grease. The meal was also very filling and we had leftovers for lunch on Tuesday.

2012 Summer Transformation
Water: 72 ounces
Breakfast: 2 pieces white Goldfish bread with peanut butter
Lunch: had leftover Olive Garden and a piece of pizza
Snack: Apple fruit bar
Dinner: Turkey Taco's
Exercise: none





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