Creative Deconstruction

Fast food is delicious, and the Gourmand Girl is quite a fan. Such a fan in fact that it can be a very bad thing. Fast food is like crack to the Gourmand Girl. It's my kryptonite. Moderation is definitely a keyword. So the best thing I can do is to try to make fast food just a teensy weensy bit better. (Better than it already is? C'est impossible!)

Last night the Gourmand Girl and her Gourmand Family took advantage of the special at the neighborhood taco establishment (Del Taco - Tuesday nights after 4pm the taco's are 3 for 99 cents). We brought a dozen of there babies home and with a little magic made them into terrific taco salads. For less than four dollars we made three giant, tasty and moderately healthy taco salads.

Fast Food Taco Salads
Open up the tacos and pour the filling into a bowl. Crush up a couple of shells and add them to the bowl. Add some chopped tomatoes, sour cream and salsa. Stir this mixture together. Divide into individual servings and enjoy.

By eliminating most of the shells and adding tomatoes and salsa you eliminate a lot of calories an add a ton of flavor. It's slightly less expensive than buying the ingredients to make the same thing and much faster (Hence the term fast food). And for the same price as the "Deluxe Taco Salad" on the drive thru menu, we made three salads. Economical, no?

So the next time you are hungry on a Tuesday night, why not try the crack, er, I mean, taco salad?