{Low Carb} Lettuce Tacos

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It’s Taco-Tuesday!

You know you’ve seen The Lego Movie once too many when you automatically associate Tacos with Tuesdays…
{I have boys, ok?!}

Anyways, so I thought this would be a great dish to share on this Tuesday:

Delicious tacos without the carbs – and they’re so easy to make.

{My aim really is to make and enjoy the most delicious dishes, without too much fuss and that’s quick to prepare.}

This is also a great interactive dish – you can prepare everything in advance and each person can build their own taco.

You can even use the ‘Taco-Tuesday’ theme with your Lego-loving kids and see how they suddenly love lettuce & avocados – you’re welcome! ;)

{Seriously though, I find that my almost-4-year-old is becoming an increasingly fussy eater and I have to come up with some really crafty ways to get him to eat certain foods…
I find that using his favourite superheroes, etc. often help to encourage him to eat his least favourite things.
For example, I’ll tell him that Spider-Man’s favourite food is… (fill in the blank) and it works most of the time.}

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You will need:

1/2 red pepper, diced
1/2 green pepper, diced
1/2 onion, diced
1 tbs butter
1 tbs coconut oil
1 tbs Peppadew spice
1 kg minced meat {you can use any type of mince you fancy – I used venison mince}
1 cup chicken stock

Heat the coconut oil in a large pot and saute all the veggies until soft.
Remove the veggies and set aside.
In the same pot, heat the butter and add the minced meat & Peppadew spice.
Brown the meat and stir-fry until cooked.
Add the veggies back in, as well as the stock and let it simmer for about 10-15 minutes.

To serve:

Baby gem lettuce leaves
Sour cream
Jalapeno slices
Avocado, diced, with fresh coriander and a squeeze of lemon juice, salt & pepper

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