Taco Tuesday is pretty awesome. Okay,
taco any day, if truth be told. Digging through my freezer Tuesday
morning, I found a bag of ground turkey that I’d recently browned and seasoned
as taco meat (with our favorite DIY seasoning).
Anytime I make tacos, I double the recipe and freeze half. The
extra meat waiting in the freezer serves as a gift to my future self. Prepping
taco night can be a family affair-- get the everyone involved. Little
hands can wash and rip lettuce, scoop sour cream and salsa into bowls, and even
help shred cheese.
Wanting to do something a little different
than our usual taco night, my girls asked for a taco bar, with chips instead of shells.
I left the meat to thaw, and we picked up chips and guacamole at the
store while we were out. Without meat to cook, dinner came together very
quickly. I piled the ingredients on the table for my kids to prep while I
heated up the cooked turkey. I let them portion everything in little
bowls, made some quick sangria (woot!), and dinner was on the table in under 20
minutes.
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Sometimes we can make dinner from
scratch. Other nights, not so much. Cooking in bulk and freezing
the extra allows you to serve healthy, family-friendly meals without dedicating
as much time to being in the kitchen. We didn’t recreate the wheel, but
everyone was happy with dinner, and clean up was a snap. Share your
weeknight dinner ideas and time-saving shortcuts with our readers in the comments, below!
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