Tacos – Not Just For Tuesdays
I don’t know about your kids but mine are not huge fans of leftovers. I am not a fan of waste. I have had to get creative when it comes to leftovers so we remain a happy family! Being able to get creative is the whole reason I love cooking. So when my kids started complaining about eating the same thing in the same week I decided to look at it as a challenge rather than get cranky about my kids’ attitudes on leftovers.
My kids LOVE Taco Tuesdays! This is great because taco meat can be used so many different ways. Here are some meals I use our left over taco meat for:
- Taco Soup
- Nachos
- Breakfast Burritos
- Taco Pizza
- Mexican Stuffed Peppers
- Chili
- Spaghetti
- Tex-Mex Sloppy Joes
Now I am not a food blog and I am really terrible at writing recipes as I often just throw things together and hope for the best. So below you will find links to awesome food bloggers who are great at what they do! Click on the photos (or blog title) to go to their sites and check out these recipes. Then look around their sites for other great recipes!
*Remember we are using left over taco meat so when looking at these recipes keep that in mind. You already have meat that is seasoned so you will not need to use as much seasoning like you would if you were making the recipe normally.
Taco Soup
by The Modern Proper
This recipe uses homemade taco seasoning which I think is awesome. Honestly, I fine myself out of taco seasoning A LOT. So having a recipe for homemade taco seasoning is something I am going to hang on to.
Follow @themodernproper on Instagram – It’s beautiful!
Tex–Mex Sloppy Joes
If you love sloppy joes or are bored with the original, you need to visit Dinner Then Dessert! I have never seen so many different versions of sloppy joes… ever! This is the Tex-Mex version but I highly encourage you to search “sloppy joe” on the site and be amazed.
Also from Dinner The Dessert is Mexican Stuffed Peppers. Seriously, this girl takes the original and then gets mixes it up and gets creative. I love it!
Mexican Stuffed Peppers
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Taco Pizza
Not going to lie, I chose this recipe from Show Me The Yummy because there are Doritos on the pizza!!! I personally love to put Doritos on my burritos so of course this pizza caught my eye. Also, this recipe calls for homemade dough which means I would use either store bought or pizza shells. I only make pizza dough when I am on top of things and have planned enough time to tackle that. It doesn’t happen often. So do not feel bad when you adjust recipes to suit your needs! I also would add black olives, but that’s just me.
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Nachos
Try these easy nachos from Love From The Oven! She also mentions they are great for using leftovers and can be a snack of guests or a fun family meal. Check her out on Instagram @lovefromtheoven
Taco Chili from Chelsea’s Messy Apron
I hope this gives you some ideas for your leftovers from Taco Tuesday. And I hope, like me, you took a moment to look at these wonderful food blogs and got some great new recipes for dinner. After looking at all this food, I am going to make dinner. I’m hungry!
