Monday Dinner - Mexican Taco Stew

This recipe was delicious!

It was also really spicy. We're not sure if it was spicy because of the taco seasoning, or because of the black beans which we didn't realize until we made the stew were labeled spicy. Oops.

We made a few alterations to the recipe on the Whole Foods site. We used a pound of lean ground beef instead of half a pound. It worked really well. I think it would have been too little meat for four adults and two children otherwise.

We left out the canned diced tomatoes from the stew, and we didn't use salsa. Instead, we diced fresh tomatoes and fresh cilantro, and added that plus some shredded cheese to the top. The cold tomato/cilantro helped cut the spicyness, and added a nice flavor.

We also had our first injury! Michelle burned her fingers. Kitchen: 1. Michelle: 0.