Tacos with Salsa and Guacamole

This has become one of our favorite dinners, both because it is delicious and because it is relatively quick to make. We use iceberg lettuce leaves as the taco "shells", and fill them with taco meat, salsa, guacamole, and top them off with green olives.

For the meat, we prefer ground buffalo, but any ground meat (or shredded leftover meat) will do. First, I saute an onion (sweet onions work well) in coconut oil, then stir in cumin and oregano. If tomatoes sit well with you then adding homemade tomato paste would be good. I add the meat and lightly brown it. If you are early in the diet, you can add broth and simmer the meat instead. Once it is close to done, I add in crushed garlic, lime juice, salt, and chopped cilantro. Adjust the seasonings and mix thoroughly, then serve!

The salsa is simply chopped tomatoes, red onion, chopped cilantro, and whatever else we have on hand that seems appropriate. We sometimes add bell pepper, mango, or cucumber as well. This would be delicious with fire-roasted chiles. Once everything is chopped, I add crushed garlic and dress with olive oil, lime juice, salt, and apple cider vinegar. In the photo above I have also made a mango cucumber salsa. The recipe for this is in the post featuring fajita salad.

Guacamole is simple and many of you probably already have your own favorite way of making it. For ours, we mash the avocado with lime juice, salt, and cilantro. If we're in the mood we may add onions.