simple taco salad

Tacos are a great go-to dinner when time is of the essence.

But what if you don’t have any tortillas on hand?

Pull out some tortilla chips and make a taco salad!

Feel free to use beans vs. turkey, make your favorite salad dressing, and season with the right amount of spices to suit your palate.

You’ll have a delicious dinner in no time!

Prep Time: 2 minutes Total Time: 20 minutes

Serves 2

Ingredients:

• A few handfuls of arugula (or any lettuce you have)
• 2 T. olive oil
• 1/2 package of ground turkey
• 1 poblano pepper, diced (or bell pepper, add jalapeño if you want)
• 1/2 yellow onion, diced
• 2 t. cumin
• 1 t. cayenne
• 1 t. paprika
• Salt + Pepper
• Tortilla chips, crushed
• 1/2 lime (or your favorite salad dressing)
• Handful of cilantro

Directions: 

1. Prep: Place lettuce on plates. Dice pepper and onion, pluck cilantro leaves.

2. Cook: Add oil to a pan, sauté onions for 5-10 minutes then add in pepper, and cook until soft. Add turkey meat, and spices, salt and pepper. Let cook for 8-10 minutes.

3. Assemble: Place ground turkey mixture on top of your lettuce bed. Squeeze lime juice on the meat, or your favorite salad dressing. Top with crushed tortilla chips and cilantro.

PS: If you have avocado, tomatoes, or red onion on hand feel free to add!

bountiful butter beans

For those of you familiar with our blog, you may know how we got our name. For those of you who are new to our blog (welcome!), we are happy to share our story with you. Our co-founder and CEO, Belinda grew up on a farm in North Carolina. She used to shell butter beans with her grandmother (say that 5 times), and this experience stood out to her as one of her fondest food memories.

Don’t have much time to head to the farm and shell butter beans? Don’t fret, here are some great options that will make it easier for you to include these delightful beans in your diet. BPA free canned butter beans are delicious, all you need to do is drain and rinse them, then you can add them as the protein component to your salad (or other meals), like we did in our photo! Looking for another alternative? Buy them dry and soak them overnight. Simmer them in water on your stove top for about 1 hour to 1.5 hours, and they are all ready to eat. With your canned or home cooked beans, try making a butter bean dip:

Ingredients:

• 1 can of butter beans (which makes about 2 cups)
• 2 medium sized garlic cloves
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• juice of 1/2 a lemon
• sprinkle of salt and a dash of pepper

Directions:

Rinse your butter beans, and peel garlic cloves. Place beans and garlic into food processor, add the olive oil and lemon juice and process until you have reached a dip like consistency (if too thick add a bit of water). Taste the mixture and adjust seasoning. Scoop into a bowl and finish with a drizzle of olive oil, a sprinkle of salt and a dash of pepper. Enjoy with pita, crudites, tortilla chips, on bread to make a sandwich…the possibilities are endless!