This is my SEVENTH, yes SEVENTH, Attempt to upload photos. It finally worked. I’m telling you this blogger network is really starting to get on my nerves! ugh!
Recently, I received an email from mom about the consumption of fruit. It basically said to obtain the optimum benefits of fruit, one should consume fruit on an empty stomach. I always research these emails because so many people are eaily influenced by these chain emails that make no damn sense! Im sure you all love the Nigeria emails and Microsoft emails as much as i do!
But i will put to bed that it doesnt matter when you eat your fruits. Just eat them and enjoy them! And with summer so near you can enjoy these beauties:
I love kiwi and strawberries together! MMM! and i sprinkled with some SPLENDA.
While impulse shopping I picked up some random things and this soft taco dinner kit was on sale for $1.49 (dont worry- it wasnt expired) and i thought i would entertain the idea of making some soft tacos for dinner.
I had some ground chicken in the freezer and defrosted it. It looked a little scary but then again so does ALL ground meat. Then I started to cook it.
Gross fest. this chicken was NOT good. And it smelled weird. Chucked that sucker right in the trash. And considered scrapping my taco idea…
till i spied some light tofu in the fridge. I sliced it up and pressed out the excess liquid. Diced it up and set it to a new and screaming hot saute pan.
I added 1/4 packet of taco seasoning and some water and heated the tofu through. The tofu didnt do a great job of absorbin the seasoning.
Made a neat pile of mexican cheese blend, spring greens, tofu and taco sauce. Serving size suggested 4 tacos each… but that seemed like a lot!
So i packed them with more tofu and greens. 
I took a big bite. It was okay. Not so much the tofu’s fault as it was the taco kits fault. The taco seasoning tasted of powdered cheese… the kind you find heavily dusted on popcorn. Dont get me wrong, i love fake cheesy dusted popcorn as much as the next guy but as a seasoning for tacos? Hell no! next time i make my own seasoning! And the tortilla as really DRY! The date on the kit was good for another 6 months but i just think that things like this should not be boxed together for the sake of some lazy dude that only wants to assemble and swallow a taco. 
Did you add water when you added the seasoning packet? I think it needs to be dissolved.
sometimes the packets call for water or oil did you add that? It makes a world of a difference. Bummer about the chicken! I dont know how you can eat tofu that stuff creeps me out LOLxo
I forgot to add that i DID add the water. Since i didnt use the whole packet i might not have added enough water… but i dont think it would have made a huge difference. I didnt love it.
I'm not a big dinner kit kinda gal. But I AM a fan of taco seasoning packets.Oh and there was a page or two on the "eat fruit by itself" theory in Skinny Bitch. I don't know what to make of it. Nothing I'll try to do, as long as I'm eating the fruit, right?
With most dinner kits, you already have a combination of the seasonings at home. I always mix my own.Oh and ground chicken isn't always leaner than beef. It's actually pretty high in fat. So use lean ground beef or a lean steak instead. It won't have that gross smell or weird texture there.Mmm, now I want tacos.
not a fan of any dinner kits! i much prefer to mix the seasonings myself, you will find that they have so much more flavor because thre are no preservatives. The kits tend to have all that fake stuff that makes it taste like powdered cheese!i love the idea of tofu tacos though!!!
i don't really use dinner kits as i feel they lack flavour! but everything is worth a shot i guess! and oh my goodness! that first picture of the fruit looks absolutely glorious! so bright and summery!! and you are so right! kiwi and strawberry (with a sprinkle of something extra sweet) really is the perfect combination! xx
Those look really good to me- sorry they didn't taste as awesome as I imagine them to be (don't burst my taco-dreaming-daze!)I would totally use a dinner kit if I had people coming for dinner. Except nobody comes- want to come eat with me?
Oh, I hate it when a meal disappoints! I have to admit, I do sometimes use the taco kits when I'm in a rush … but always with the crisp tacos, never the soft. I don't like their tortillas at all! Blech!
I've heard that about fruits, too! Or at least, that you're supposed to eat them alone. Which is a shame because I hardly EVER eat fruit alone. To hell with them….let's just eat our berries and feel good about it!I've actually never tried a dinner kit….only because I have all the confidence in the world that I would royally screw it up. Somehow. Yes, I'm sure I would!
I gave up buying dinner dishes like this. It's so much easier to make your own spice seasoning. Even if you use McCormick's Fajita seasoning, I'm pretty sure it would taste better. I love the tofu idea though! Good call.
ugh mayj taco fail! if it makes you feel better the pictures make it look legit! we had fajita night here tonight! deej makes a rockin sets of faheets so it was good
love your tofu bravery though! maybe it didnt absorb because the fu wasn't drained enough?
Thats a bummer about the seasoning. I am one all for the cheesy Mexican goodness but when it's too artificial tasting? Hell no. I would write that company a letter letting them know. When I am pissed off enough (and yes I do get that pissed off by food) and I have the energy to draft a letter, thats what I do. I don't do the kits because anytime I have they have been fails but that's just the worst when you are expecting a yummy meal and the exact opposite happens, meh!!!
Blogger has been quite the little bitch lately huh? Glad I'm not the only one having problems.Bummer about the tacos
I am wondering where you got your information about eating fruit with everything. I do mix it up and eat it when I feel like it, but it's true that improper combining of foods does play a huge part in how well they digest. If you google food combining images, there are lots of great food combining charts. Acid reflux is caused by a combination of poor diet and poor food combining.
P.S. I am appalled that you suggest using chemicals "Splenda" on your fruit, your BLOG is about food.