Hi everyone!
I’ve been super busy lately with work and just trying to organize my life with my upcoming class starting. I’m going to do a few posts this week to make up for last week.
I wanna start off this week with my meal prep! I’m going to post each dish individually.
So, a few weeks back I tried THIS Mexican stir fry, which I love. I did a little bit of a modification to it. I have the chili lime seasoning mix from Trader Joe’s which has pretty much everything they require for seasoning and then some. It came out super yummy! But this week, since I love crock-potting, I wanted to try it in the crock pot! It came out TOTALLY different, but surprisingly delicious. It ended up being more of a sauce. So that’s why I gave it the name, Taco Pasta! It is fully Wheat-free and Dairy-free.
All of the ingredients needed in the linked recipe is what your going to need. Instead of each individual spice, I used the following:
- Ground black pepper
- Garlic powder
- Iodized salt
- Trader Joe’s Chili Lime Seasoning
- Diced onions instead of onion powder
When I cook, I don’t really Measure stuff out, I pretty much just put in what I think is needed at the beginning, and add more as I go.
If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll know that I though I messed it up at first. I just threw everything in there and was kicking myself in the butt for not cooking the meat first, but it came out fine. See what I used below.
You will need…
- 1lb to 1 1/4 lbs of ground beef (90% lean or higher)
- Two zucchini squash cut into squares (depending on the season)
- Sweet onion (I use 1/4)
- Minced garlic or two cloves
- Trader Joe’s Chili lime seasoning
- Salt
- Ground black pepper
- Garlic powder
- Corn starch
- Medium can of diced tomatoes
Prep:
I put everything in the crockpot minus the corn starch. I started I out on high. I was checking every 15 minutes at first. As I saw that the meat was creating more of a liquid base I decided to add in some corn starch to thicken it up. Once saw the meat was cooked most of the way, I turned the temp to low to let it simmer and thicken. I was stirring every 20-30 minutes and adding a little bit of corn starch as needed.
This took about 3 hours. This is not a set it and forget it meal. You need to make sure your around for it so you can monitor the consistency. If I left it it would have became a nasty beef stew.
I love Banza pasta which I have mentioned before. I cooked up a cup of elbows and added it in. I was able to get 2.5 meals out of this, 2 with pasta and then some left over meat.
This is a pretty heavy meal, so if your looking for something on the lighter side, def go with the one I linked above. But for a hearty mean that’s still is pretty healthy. This is a win!
Thanks for Reading!
Xoxo
Tay
The Tay Greeley Blog 