I decided to make taco salad. It’s a recipe that my family
uses a lot when we need a quick easy meal. We especially make it for when we’re
going boating and need a meal that can be prepared ahead of time and just
thrown together.
Here is a list of the ingredients you need to make this
meal.
1 lb of hamburger
1 package taco seasoning
1/3 of an onion diced
1 can kidney beans
1 can of olives
¼ cup shredded cheese
1 head of lettuce
½ cup of ranch dressing
2 tomatoes diced
½ cup Doritos crushed (optional)
Taste: Taco salad
has so many great flavors in it! The taco seasoning adds a little spice to the hamburger.
The Doritos give it a hot cheesy taste but when you add the ranch dressing it
cools it down to give it a great medium flavor. The texture is also amazing.
For those of you who like salad this is a great change up from your normal vegetable
or casear salads. However, for those of you who aren’t huge salad fans (like
me) it’s a great way to still get the salad feel to your meal but have lots of
extra creamy toppings.
Preparation: This
is a very easy meal to make. The longest part is having to cook the hamburger.
You will also have to wash the lettuce and chop up the onion. The rest of it
you will have to open cans or dump cheese, chips, and dressing into the bowl
and mix it all together.
Nutritional Value:
Calories 279
Total Fat 15g
Cholesterol 44mg
Sodium 762mg
Potassium 416mg
Total Carbohydrates 24g
Protein 13g
Importance: The
variety of food groups within the meal gives you a balanced and healthy dish. It
is a balanced meal because it is low in calories but high in proteins. Proteins
give you energy and help you build muscle. It is one of the few elements that
help makeup are DNA.
Negatives: Some
things about this recipe that aren’t so healthy is the chips and the ranch
dressing, These ingredients add calories and fats that aren’t the healthiest
and probably shouldn’t be consumed too often. However they add great taste and
aren’t too bad to eat every once in awhile.
Missing nutrients: There
are no fruits in this recipe and there should really be more grains to balance
this meal out. To make up for that you could serve some watermelon or your
choice of fruit. I personally also add parmesan breadsticks or rolls of any
kind to eat with this meal (its especially good to dip your breadsticks in the
left-over dressing on your plate).
Nordhoff, W
I like this recipe based on my diet analysis paper for several reasons. One it is quick and easy to make which will allow me to make a good healthy meal fast and easy the only thing you need to cook is the meet which will only take ten minutes. Will work great for when I don’t have a lot of time to eat or prepare food. This meal also gives protein and fiber which where to things that I needed to up for my diet, and adds vegetables I left out the chips and ranch to cut down on carbohydrates. The salad is good without ranch. It tasted good even without the ranch the taco seasoning gives enough flavor that you can do without the ranch which is one of the down falls for the salad.
ReplyDeleteI chose this recipe because of the beans. In my diet analysis I noticed that the majority of my proteins came from red meats. This allowed met to add healthy plant proteins. I also liked that it was easily customization. I ended up using turkey which was a benefit to the health properties. This recipe was delicious! I would definitely make it again. The time to cook was very short. maybe 20 minutes from start to finish. The taco seasoning gave it a great flavor! I did add 2 mashed up chips and that was a nice touch.I added a lot of lettuce and only a little meat with lots of beans and this was a very nice balance.
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