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Quick Meal Friday: Easy Mexican Salad

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Ingredients

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For the mexican salad

  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1/2 yellow onion, diced
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1/2 cayenne pepper
  • 1 (14 ounce) can of diced tomatoes
  • 1 (4 ounce) can of diced green chiles
  • green onions, to garnish
  • juice of 1 lime
  • salt and pepper, to taste

For the easy guac

  • 1 avocado
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
  • pinch of cayenne pepper
  • juice of 1/2 a lime
  • salt, to taset

Instructions

  1. Place ground beef in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat.
  2. Once beef has browned half way through, add onions and minced garlic.
  3. When beef has almost cooked through, add oregano, cumin, some salt and pepper, cayenne pepper, tomatoes, and green chiles. Mix well.
  4. Lower heat, squeeze lime on top and mix.
  5. While meat is finishing up, mix together all guac ingredients.
  6. Top guac on the mexican salad. Mix together, because it’s good that way.