Kitchen Plays: Taco Bowls

Every once in a while, we like to pop in to an op-shop (second-hand store) or outlet discount place (Stephen has a knack for finding these) just to see what we can find.

Stephen came home from work the other day with these awesome taco bowl molds. He had found them at an outlet discount place for something like $5 for 2. Since we started on a carb-watch, we've kept tortillas as a staple instead of bread. Tortillas are awesome because they can be used in so many different ways (that's for another post). The taco bowls would just be a fun little treat to our usual renditions of tortilla-based meals. Chuck a tortilla in each of the taco bowls into the oven at 180 C (350 F) for about 10 minutes and it's done!

We were bringing dinner over to some friends on Saturday night for a bit of NRL-watching and overnight Ingressing, and decided we would break in our taco bowl molds. Stephen was on dinner duty and whipped up a brilliant concoction of mince, tomatoes and beans. We also had a bunch of avocados that needed using (we got tiny ones from the St Johns market at 13 for $5), so Stephen made his first attempt at a guacamole (Mr Improviser's tip: adding more smoked paprika only makes it taste more smokey, not more like paprika) which turned out pretty nicely in spite of the colour.

We topped that off with some grated cheese and the greens from our garden, and voila! Dinner that looked slightly fancier than our everyday meals, but actually took not much effort at all!

If you're looking to get some, Stephen found them on TradeMe and AliExpress last night as well. Prices were comparable to his find.

Thanks for reading!