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Southwestern-Flavored Ground Beef or Turkey for Tacos & Salad

“With Southwestern-Flavored Ground Beef, you can simultaneously make tonight's dinner and tomorrow's lunch. Just save out and refrigerate some of the taco meat and fixings such as shredded cheese and lettuce, plus chopped scallions and tomatoes. A good-looking salad like this will draw potential lunch traders. More likely than not, they'll be out of luck.”

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Reviewed: Feb. 8, 2012

Perfect mexican beef! I love the texture created from the corn meal. I used lime cilantro diced tomatoes because I had them, and it gave the meat an extra little kick. Thank you for the recipe!

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Renea

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Gainesville, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 30, 2012

We thought this tasted great, mild, but very good! My husband raved about it and said that he wanted it again sometime. The only change that I made was I added a couple of cans of black beans to bulk this up a bit and to make it last longer. Since there were only three of us eating I made the full amount but froze half of it for a very easy meal in a few weeks. Also, if anyone cares, I used ground turkey since it is healthier. Thanks for sharing this recipe, and we will definitely be having this again!

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Kristen B.

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Wichita, Kansas, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 4, 2011

I agree with the ratings that said that this was bland. I was hopeful, so tried it anyway. I have a bad palate, but I know what I like, and it was just missing "something." I don't know what! More salt, maybe? And something to give it a little more kick.

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Pauletta

Reviewed: Nov. 27, 2011

I loved it! My roommate said it was great. People who entered my apartment said it smelled great. This is definitely going down in my recipe book for life :)

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domcooks4u

Reviewed: Nov. 2, 2011

This was a very quick and nice take on taco-worthy ground turkey. I used 93/7 turkey, and I drained the tomatoes first. I didn't use any cornmeal, but I would if I had used beef. I also added about a t of paprika and 1/2 t of onion powder to the seasoning mix. What makes this recipe so great is the time, especially if you let it cool and use it the next day.

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BFitzp

Reviewed: Oct. 25, 2011

Absolutely AMAZING...No need to say more!

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J.D. Finney

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Sep. 26, 2011

and cooking the onions and adding the dry spices with garlic till fragrant was the secret to this wonderful taste of this dish. Only used 2 lbs of turkey and used salsa med. and diced tomatoes without juice . Flavorful and quick !!

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dakitty

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Sep. 25, 2011

Healthy, delicious, versatile, and easy! I scale this down and use 99% fat free ground turkey breast. I have used tomato sauce in place of the diced tomatoes. Salsa would be good too. I also like to use Chipotle Chile Powder instead of regular for some spice. Mixing in some mushrooms is good too. When served on a whole wheat tortilla with a little shredded cheese, this is a wonderful, healthy meal.

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Mary E

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Cartersville, Georgia, USA

Living In: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 9, 2011

I only had 2 lbs of ground turkey on hand so used that and eye-balled the ingredients to scale them down to size. I then took half of the final product and packaged it for freezing because 2 lbs. seemed like way too much for my husband, 2 small children and myself. OMG. I wish I would have had 3 lbs of turkey!! This was FANTASTIC and my husband had no idea that it wasn't red meat!! We gobbled down the 1 lb. that night. The next day, my husband and I couldn't stop talking about it so I took out the package from the freezer for dinner 2 nights later!Thank you for sharing this recipe. It is officially being added to my "favorites" recipe box!!

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