Day 8 - steak tacos

Brr! It's freezing outside and I can feel it in my bones. Literally. So tonight's dinner, like most of the others, had to be very low-maintenance. It's also helpful to dish out a dinner that's more of a serve-yourself kind of meal.

1 lb stew meat
1 cup italian dressing
Daisy light sour cream
shredded cheddar cheese
salsa
2 avocados
flour tortillas

One of the most flavorful and simplest of marinades is using salad dressing. I had about a cup of Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing left. I tossed it in a tupperware container with the stew meat and stirred it up every hour or so. I let it marinade a total of 5 hours, but meat doesn't usually need more than 1/2 an hour's time to marinate. At dinner time, I just tossed the meat into a frying pan and browned it. In the future, we will be using beef for stir fry. The stew meat is less expensive, but it's a lot tougher. Pick my battles? Don't mind if I do. :)

I just put the sour cream, shredded cheese, salsa, tortillas and avocados on the table and told everyone to knock themselves out. Kiddos seem to like the idea of building their own dinner, so it was a win-win situation.