I can’t help it… I might be a lazy cook, but I just love an easy, healthy meal, that comes together quickly! (This is why my cookbook is full of one-pan recipes that take 30 minutes or less.) This grain-free taco bowl is a one-pan meal with quick prep, minimal cleanup, and tons of veggies.
Quick tip for moms of picky eaters: If it tastes like tacos, they will eat it!
Taco Bowl: Quick Eats on Busy Nights
This taco bowl recipe brings together all of the best flavors of Mexican food without the vegetable oil-drenched corn chips or flour tortillas! The stir-fry style presentation opens up all kinds of possibilities, like adding in an array of fresh or frozen veggies not normally found in a taco.
Use all of the favorite Mexican restaurant toppings too, depending on your family’s diet: raw cheese, cultured sour cream, fermented salsa, guacamole, fresh avocado or tomato, cilantro, or a squeeze of lime.
For nights when fresh produce is on hand, it’s easy to switch over to tacos in lettuce wraps for variety and a more traditional taco presentation.
Homemade Taco Seasoning Hack
If you love Mexican food as much as our family does, it makes sense to use a ready-made taco seasoning in place of all the individual spices that make up taco seasoning. Of course, I don’t mean buying those packets of taco mix from the store! Make your own homemade taco seasoning in bulk so it’s always handy but also fresh.
I printed out the recipe and taped it to the side of my jar so that it’s easily accessible when I need to refill it.
Taco Scramble for Breakfast?
Grain-free breakfasts can be a challenge. It helps me (and the family meal budget) to reuse last night’s leftovers for breakfast. If this sounds like a gross proposition, consider seasoned meat and colorful peppers folded into an omelet or vegetable frittata and topped with a sprinkle of cheese and Mexican hot sauce. Not as out of the box as it seems!
Leftover taco bowls also can also be easily packed for lunch. (It’s even good cold!)
I hope you give it a try!
Grain-Free Taco Bowl Recipe
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Try these other favorite healthy high protein, grain free recipes:
- Beef and Cabbage – Build this meal in the same way as Taco Scramble, but use cabbage, carrots, basil, and oregano for a completely different flavor profile.
- Chicken and Vegetable – Chicken breasts, broccoli (even frozen!), and basil round out this simple but nourishing stir-fry.
- Beef and Broccoli – More traditional Asian stir-fry flavors, with healthier substitutes like coconut aminos for soy sauce and coconut oil for processed vegetable oil.
- Chicken Apple – An entirely different set of flavors, sautéed the same way in a quick stir-fry scramble. Fennel is a powerful detoxifier and blends well with the slight apple sweetness.
What is your go-to Mexican or stir-fry meal? Will you try this taco bowl recipe? Share below!
This was so good it’s ridiculous! I ground up ribeye steak instead of the ground beef because it’s what I had. Topped it off with Mr’s Renfro’s Peach Salsa, so tasty!
This taco scramble recipe works well with lamb too! Delicious!
This was so good! I have made something similar to this for years but I love the extra veggies (I always love when I can add spinach to a meal) and the absences of grains! I was actually planning to add cheese but I forgot and we didn’t even miss it. My kids loved it too and kept saying how yummy it was throughout meal time. I definitely recommend the cilantro and lime! It MADE the dish!
I don’t need cooking oil? I don’t have a wok.
Love how healthy and easy this recipe is. The two don’t always go hand-in-hand. I actually have everything to make it.
This sounds easy, healthy and delicious! Can’t wait to try.
I noticed the picture next to it that looks like a salsa to go with it… Just wondering if that is the case as it looks delicious!
Yes it is 🙂 https://wellnessmama.com/2643/fermented-salsa/
Just signed up, very interesting to read up about gelatin. Will definitely start taking it, especially for artherites.
Could I use butternut squash? It’s what I have on hand…
I have been reading your pages, trying to understand my hormone imbalance and finding your site very informative.
I’m not trying to have a baby but am 55 and having issues w/ my hormones.
Lots of good information…Thanks
Wow! Had meatloaf cupcakes planned but too much on my plate with baking my birthday cheesecake, bulk soup and vegetable snack preparation. Made this instead. My daughter asked for seconds! Definitely adding this to our meal plans. With all the fixings it reminded me of a healthier Chipotle bowl! Yum!
Another winner! Even my toddler enjoyed it. I made the recipe just as it is written here and it was delicious. Thanks!
Hi
I just discovered your blog. Could this be reheated if there are leftovers?
Yes, but it reheats better in the oven or toaster oven than a microwave.
Thank you. I don’t even have a microwave at the moment!
I live in Albuquerque which is huge green chile country. I added a can of fire roasted tomatoes and a can of green chile. it was awesome.
Hi Wellness Mama,
I was just wondering if you have any lamb recipes? I couldn’t seem to see any, so hopefully I didn’t just miss it!
Thanks
I do and they are on the schedule, just don’t remember when off the top of my head…
I just want to thank you for all of your skillet recipes you’ve been doing!!! Not only do they taste amazing, they are so easy and my family loves them! It truly makes eating whole foods so much more “doable.” So far I’ve tried the Chicken and Squash Stir Fry and the Beef and Zucchini Skillet and we’ve loved them both!!! I’m now looking forward to your Pizza stir fry and this one now. Thanks again!