Tacos {Remake}

This is the second installment in my Remake series.  Growing up my mom would make tacos and she would always using the taco seasoning packet you find in the grocery store.  It was one of my favourite meals.  I remember she would give them to me to take for lunch and used a tortilla to make them rather than a hard taco shell.  It never felt like I had enough of those tacos. When we had tacos at home, we would enjoy them in the hard taco shells.

Tacos are also one of my boys favourite meals. Generally, I like to avoid seasoning packets to control the sodium and so that I know exactly what is in my food. Also, there is a satisfaction that comes from knowing you made the meal from scratch.  Growing up my mom would make so many things from scratch.  If we had something outside and enjoyed it, she would try to make it at home.  I remember she used to make Jamaican beef patties for us. She would also make the best churva (chevda) at home.  Nothing from the store could compare.

Now back to the tacos...I had previously been using a recipe from America's Test Kitchen but it involved many ingredients. I came across this recipe from Recipe Tin Eats and it was much more quick to put together.  Sometimes I use this taco mixture to make nachos and the boys love it!

Simple Irish Soda Bread {Remake}

 

I cook a lot...and I cook a lot from my fellow bloggers.  My main way to keep track of all the recipes and my changes was by using Pinterest. I would make notes in the title area about what I changed, what worked, what I would do differently.  Recently, I discovered Pinterest did an update and all my notes were gone! Where I was placing my notes, they overrided it with the recipe title.  I  wasn't happy about losing all my notes but it just re-confirmed we shouldn't be relying on these platforms.  We don't own them and they can decide to change things to suit their needs whenever they want.  So I thought a good way to keep track of recipes that turn out great is to write a blog post about it talking about what I changes and what we liked about it.  I won't post the recipe here unless I've made significant changes.  Instead I'll share the link to the recipe and some notes about what I did different.  For this recipe, I took a very quick photo on the dining table, no natural light and using my phone.  Not the best, but want to get back into the food photography so sharing remakes here is a great way to do that without all the recipe testing!