Tacos. Who doesn’t love them?
- Parents love them because they’re fast to prepare.
- Kids love them because they get to eat with their hands without being reprimanded by their parents.
- And dogs love them because stuff is just gonna fall off the table when kids building their own meal is involved.
I came across this Slow Cooker Lentil-Quinoa Taco recipe on the Healthy Slow Cooking website. I quickly perused the ingredients list, realized I had every single item and determined to make them for supper that very night. However, I am a serial late-starter when it comes to feeding my family and I didn’t notice the words “slow cooker” in front of taco. Honestly, I didn’t even read the words “Lentil-Quinoa” in my haste to get to the tacos. It wasn’t until I was committed to the recipe (meaning there was no turning back because I’d already purchased the fake sour cream) that I realized the recipe as written would take 7-9 hours. In a slow cooker?!
I had two hungry teenagers growing in front of my very eyes and their need for immediate nourishment was obvious. No time for a slow cooker, which oddly enough, is designed for people just like me with no time, but because I hadn’t taken the time to prepare (there’s a lesson in here somewhere, I’m sure) in advance, I was in a quandary.
I did what I do best and I improvised and tweaked and slightly modified and churned out what I believe are an awesome and fast weeknight meal if you want to continue procrastinating your meal planning but still have slow cooker tacos. Easy.
Last-minute can be so very delicious.
Need a refresher course on which lentils are which? I like this simple lentil explanation by thekitchn staff.
