How Do You Make Mexican Tacos With Ground Pepitas?
Mexicans are known for their ability to use everyday ingredients in their cooking to make wonderfully flavored entrees. This recipe used ground roasted pumpkin seeds (pepitas) in its meat sauce – giving it a richness and flavor that is hard to identify. Try grinding your own meat in a simple hand cranked meat grinder and sauteeing it up with some pumpkin seeds left over from your Halloween pumpkin. These seeds are highly nutritious! Combine the lean-ground beef, and other ingredients except for tomatoes in a large sauté pan. Brown the meat, stirring occasionally. Grind your own meat for fun and quality! Add tomatoes, breaking them up slightly and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes. Stir gently to keep sauce from sticking to the bottom. Now spoon into corn taco shells or flour shells. You can eat them as is, or add black beans, grated cheese, chopped onions, chopped green peppers, white cooked rice or anything else you have in your pantry. When everyone raves how good the sauce is – make sure