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Monday, April 4, 2011

Grain-free Tacos - No they weren't on a lettuce leaf!

I know, I know, I teased you with my shrimp and Grit(less) recipe idea, but I haven't made it yet, though I should have you know that I have bought all the ingredients for it. However, I am now probably going to wait until Friday to make it since it is Friday during Lent. Needless to say the shrimp went into the freezer.
However, tonight I'd like to share with you a recipe that was a pretty big hit (however, not so much with my 6 year old, but he never likes anything...)
I made soft tacos using no grains and no corn!

I first made the taco filling with 2 lbs grass fed beef and 4 TBS of homemade taco seasoning, but you could use any all natural/organic one that you would like. I also used a can of diced tomatoes, undrained and added that to the meat in stead of salsa. (I was out of organic tomatoes, so I had to use a can of conventional ones):





First I browned the meat. When it was almost cooked through, I added the tomatoes and the spices.











Then I followed the crepe recipe from the TACA Facebook page

The recipe says to process the eggs in a food processor, but didn't say for how long. I processed mine until the eggs got foamy. Then poured them into a hot buttered skillet. Since they cooked pretty quickly by the time I tried to spread them out with a spoon (even using 2 hands), when I flipped the crepe, I pressed down on them with the spatula in order to flatten them. This seemed to work pretty well and I ended up with very thin crepes.

I followed the advice of the TACA recipe and I ran the taco meat mixture through the food processor. The thought of doing this, at first made me ill since i wasn't sure what kind of consistency it would become. However, after making the crepes, I realized the crepes were way too delicate to hold the taco meat. Once it was processed, however, the meat took on a finer texture and was able to be held by the crepe without a problem.
The result was great tasting tacos that tasted almost like "real" soft tacos!

My next project will be to see if the crepes freeze well... that would open up all new possibilities! (Including taking them camping...)

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