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-Easy, Low Cost, Quick and Delicious Taco Salad

-   Making a Taco Salad with the classic taste while staying on the cheaper side an easy and quick meal for 2-4 people. A double batch can be made and re-heated just as easily, cutting time in half (see re-heating instructions).

- Meat Mix - Refried beans are probably the least liked of all classic Taco Salad ingredients. While being cheap, they have a bland taste that some avoid. In order to double the volume of meat, refried beans are often used incorrectly as a solo ingredient and prepared with water. When prepared with Mild Salsa (Mild Salsa for flavor during cooking. For heat while eating, see optional ingredients) and mixed with the meat, refried beans take on the flavors of the Salsa and Meat.

- Meat Mix Preparation - Brown 1 Lbs. Ground Beef and drain extra grease by tipping pan, holding back the meat with spoon or splash screen. Replace the grease with around 1 Cup of Mild Salsa, mix while the pan regains heat and let sizzle while opening 1 Can of Refried Beans. Add the Refried Beans directly to the pan. Mix thoroughly and add Mild Salsa to desired thickness. If you add too much Salsa (making it thinner than you like) you will have to keep the mix under heat stirring often until some moisture dissipates. ***Secret Ingredient*** - Once the mix is hot, add Taco Seasoning (the type made for meat only) as a spice. In other words, not the whole packet but as if you are adding salt and pepper (about a teaspoon or so). Secure the packet airtight for later and mix thoroughly. Note: The flavor comes largely from the raw ingredients in Mild Salsa, not from Taco Seasoning so adding a bit of Taco Seasoning gives that classic flavor edge while adding too much will conflict with the flavor of the Salsa in the mix.

-   The cooking is done! You just brown some Ground Beef and add the other ingredients bringing the heat back up. You can double it with 2 Lbs of Meat, 2 cans of Refried Beans and more Mild Salsa. This mix substitutes any meat ingredient in any Mexican dish. For instance, you can use it in Tacos or Burritos. It doubles the volume of Ground Beef while keeping the moist classic flavor everyone loves. You can cut up the veggies (see ingredients below) while browning the meat, etc.

- Re-Heating instructions - Add a sparing amount of Mild Salsa on top of the meat mix and microwave for 30-60 seconds. Mix thoroughly and microwave until hot, mixing every minute or so. Add some Mild Salsa wile mixing if the meat mix is too thick. Easy for quick left-overs or a completely new Mexican dish.

- Taco Salad ingredients:

-   Triangle Tortilla Chips - Lay the corn chips on a plate in a generous layer then flatten the layer gently with your palms breaking the Tortilla Chips up into decent size pieces (not crumbs).

-   Meat Mix - Add a generous layer of the Meat Mix on top of the Chips.

-   Grated Cheese - Add preferred type of grated cheese on top the Meat Mix, allowing the cheese to get soft from the heat of the Meat Mix.

-   Lettuce - Add small chunk cut pieces of lettuce (about the same size as the lightly crushed chips) on top the Meat Mix.

-   Tomato - Add preferred size cut pieces of tomato.

- Optional ingredients:

-   Extra filler - You can add Rice to the Meat Mix as extra filler. I have never done this so experiment on what rice and amount per pound of meat.

-   Extra Heat - Add Medium or Hot Salsa (or Taco Sauce) as a layer to taste.

-   Cream - Add Sour Cream (or French Onion Dip as a twist) on the top layer.

-   Veggies - Add any other preferred veggies, black olives or Hot Peppers to the Taco Salad.

- Healthy Alternatives:

-   You can use Ground Turkey or the expensive low fat Ground Beef (best alternative). Using Fat Free Refried Beans will cut the cost of low fat Ground Beef.

-   You can strain the Meat after its browned and run hot water over it to get rid of all remaining grease. This dish will not be affected by trace amounts of water in the Meat Mix and the flavor should stay the same.

-   Any other ingredient can be skipped if undesired or a fat free substitute can be used instead. The over-all flavor of the dish should stay about the same if substitutes are used.