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[ktrout]

My kids love tacos, well ok, me too, but it's tough to eat them on the plan. I cooked very lean beef as usual, added the spice mix and water and let it simmer a bit while I chopped up part of a green pepper. I filled the kids shells with the regular beef mix and then added the chopped green pepper and added a liberal amount of Tabasco sauce to the remaining beef. This certainly made it interesting !!! The kids dressed their tacos with cheese, tomato chunks and sour cream as usual while I had a spicy plate of the taco beef and the rest of the sliced green pepper on the side.

Tomorrow night is chicken marsala !

[DogMa]

Just be sure to check the spice mix. Packaged mixes often have extra carbs and sugar. Although I'm guessing you don't get much of it per serving.

[ktrout]

I checked the package and it had a less than 1 carb per serving which is good with me. I looked at one of the national brands and it was loaded with sugar which doesn't make sense considering it's supposed to be spicy, not sweet.

[DogMa]

Sounds good. It's amazing how many products have added sugar, isn't it? Who wants sweet chili?

[ascicles]

My kids love tacos, well ok, me too, but it's tough to eat them on the plan. I cooked very lean beef as usual, added the spice mix and water and let it simmer a bit while I chopped up part of a green pepper. I filled the kids shells with the regular beef mix and then added the chopped green pepper and added a liberal amount of Tabasco sauce to the remaining beef. This certainly made it interesting !!! The kids dressed their tacos with cheese, tomato chunks and sour cream as usual while I had a spicy plate of the taco beef and the rest of the sliced green pepper on the side.

Tomorrow night is chicken marsala !

I know this thread is really old, but could you give your chicken marsala recipe?

[DogMa]

BTW, I went out for Mexican food the other night, and they served a low-carb fajita dish with big lettuce leaves instead of tortillas for wrapping. I know Atkins folks used to do the same for tacos.

[Ketann]

I wrapped my chili in a big lettuce leaf today and made a burrito. It was good.

[Mom23]

You could also put that beef (or chicken) taco mixture inside a big green bell pepper. I plan on making myself a stuffed pepper this weekend since my grocery store had them on sale yesterday...

[loriannk]

What kind of lettuce is everyone using for the big leaves? Just wondering as there are so many different kinds of letttuce.

Lori

[Ketann]

Lori, I used Romaine. The outside pieces are always a little more flexible. I'm gonna try 2 small crunchy ones today and make a sandwich.

Keturah

[Tankie]

Could we use a low fat sour cream on the "tacos" and if so how much? Shoot I bet we can't have any avacado though......

[ktrout]

I'll dig out the chicken marsala recipe for you.

[DogMa]

The restaurant used iceberg lettuce - the big outside leaves.

And nope, avocado would be way off-limits right now. The ff sour cream used to be allowed in small quantities (one tablespoon, maybe?), but I think it isn't anymore. So your choice.

[ascicles]

I'll dig out the chicken marsala recipe for you.

Thanks!!

[just_julie]

Robin,

Which Mexican restaurant? A chain or a local Arlington one? I've often thought about going to a Mexican place for tortilla-less fajitas, but I'd have to resist the chips!