A few days ago while i was running on the treadmill at the gym i switched the channel over to the food network. I was so sick of the Olympics, and i actually really enjoy watching cooking shows while i run - for some reason i find it inspirational. Well this was some show where they were making healthy versions of restaurant favorites. The one that really caught my eye was the taco salad. There is a great restaurant in Mississauga i often get the taco salad topped with salmon, but it certainly isn't healthy!!!
What really interested me was the way that they did the actual taco - they took a whole wheat flour taco and lightly brushed it with seasoned olive oil and formed it into a small baking dish. I thought i would give it a try, and it was really tasty, and although perhaps my pictures don't show, it was quite attractive.
I also decided what would make the dish a bit more interesting, was to make smokey black beans, which is a very easy recipe, that makes them a lot tastier.
Smokey Black Beans
One drained and rinsed can of black beans
Half a cup of veggie stock
1/4 cup of sliced red onions
one or two chipotles chopped
Bring the stock to a boil with the onions and chipotle, boil until soft
Add the black beans and bring to a simmer
Simmer until the liquid is mainly gone.
There you go.
As for the taco salad, i just chopped some lettuce, and made a fresh salsa of tomatoes, red onions, hot peppers, and avocados dressed with just lime juice. I also drained a low-sodium can of corn.
To assemble it, i put the taco bowl on the side, added the lettuce and topped it with the salsa, corn and black beans. You could dress this with a sour cream-lime dressing (equal amounts of both) but i found the beans to be moist enough to keep the salad from being dry.
It was a great dinner, and i had enough leftover for a good lunch the next day, which is always a bonus.
Above:
The taco salad
The ingredients
Taco bowl necessities
Making the bowls
The toppings
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