Not-chyo typical Nachos!

Mmmm.....nachos!

This is another easy to prepare meal.  You could cook the meat ahead of time and freeze it.  Then, the morning of this meal, put the frozen meat in a slow cooker and let it reheat while you're at work.  If you chop the veggies (except for the avocados, because they'll turn brown) the night before, you'll have supper on the table in no time!

PRIMAL NACHOS

If you're wanting to eat as perfectly paleo/primal as possible, skip this step.  It's okay to just eat your "Nachos" with a fork, as opposed to using a corn scooper.  But if you insist, do what I did and get as good as possible.  I used just a FEW organic corn tortilla chips- enough to get a crunch.  I've found organic to be the same price as "non", so why not get the organic version?  Again, look at your ingredients; buy the package with the FEWEST ingredients- usually just corn, oil, and salt. 

For the seasoning on the meat, you're probably thinking the easiest thing is to open up a package of taco seasoning.....but you'd be wrong!  :)  The easiest thing to do is open up your spice cabinet and make it up!  I usually dump in chili power, garlic salt, pepper, a little cayenne pepper and cumin.  LOTS of cumin; that's what gives it the "Taco seasoning" flavor.  Add a little water with the spices and cook it down the way you would with the Ortega packet.  Easy peasy.  (And cheapy cheapy?)

Another cheap cheat is to "bulk up" the meat.  (I'm a poet and didn't know it!)  Chop a yellow onion in large pieces and cook it with your hamburger.  Then, when your piggies are scooping huge amounts of meat on their plate, they're not getting straight meat, they're getting meat with large chunks of onion and you'll s-t-r-e-t-c-h your servings per lb of meat!  :)    

Now, pile on the veggies!  I used tomatoes, green onion, salsa and avocados.  If I had black olives, I would have used those, too.  And shredded lettuce. 

Add a SMALL amount of shredded cheese OR sour cream- don't do both, because you don't need both!   

A word about avocados: try them!  (That's actually two words.)  They are food chameleons; if you have just a small bit in each bite, you'll never taste them.  But you'll end up with lots of good for you fat and nutrients.  You'll know the avocado is ripe when the skin gives just a little when you lightly squeeze it.  If you're scared to try straight avocado, buy a guacamole (Wholly Guacamole is a good brand) at the store.  It can be an acquired taste, but you'll fall in love in no time!

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And there's your super-duper meal of the day!  :)  Hope you try it out soon.   Anybody fixed any of my recipes yet?????????