Boy, this is a meal that you can have on the table in about 20 minutes. Now, I want you to know, I don’t necessarily make things from scratch. I use premade packages of spices for tacos and chili. I figure if I had to keep all those individual spices in my cupboard, they would probably go bad before I used them up.

I braise a pound of hamburger meat in a frying pan and drain it once it all cooked. I then add a half cup of water and the original McCormick’s Taco Seasoning packet and stir until completely mixed. Pretty much the way everyone does it, right?

While the taco meat is cooking, I set the table and cut the vegetables. I cut the lettuce up and put on each plate and then add the cut up tomatoes (lots of them). Then when the meat has cooked down with no excess juices, I add a scoop of taco meat on top of the lettuce and tomatoes. Then sprinkle shredded cheese of your choice and a spoonfull of sour cream. It makes a really nice presentation. NOTICE: no taco chips, just use the inner part of the lettuce so it will be nice and crunchy. You can certainly get out of the kitchen fast with this one because you have so few dishes to wash.