Whole30 Dinner Tacos With Mango Lime Salsa
Crowd pleaser dinner: whole30 lettuce tacos with mango salsa! Swap the tortilla for a healthy crisp lettuce leaf and you have yourself a drool-worthy dinner, complete with mango avocado lime salsa. An easy paleo meal for family dinners, meal prep, or on-the-go!
When you have butter lettuce in the kitchen, you make tacos.
It’s a fact of life.
Butter lettuce and tacos is kinda like north on the compass.
It holds that kind of magnitude. Butter lettuce is the golden hint that some yummy tacos are about to go down!
need for mango salsa!
So, I planned on making this super-colorful grilled salmon with mango salsa this morning.
Then I pulled out the salmon that I had been thawing and it didn’t look like any relative of the salmon I know.
So I tossed in the nearest trash and went back to the drawing board.
Lucky for me, protein is protein.
I switched up the plan of attack; I set my sights on the ground beef in the back of my fridge.
Ways to make this ground beef as equally beautiful as the salmon raced through my mind.
Somewhere between… grilled sliders and taco skillet came the ultimate butter lettuce + mango salsa taco phenomenon.
No regrets over here.
If you’re looking for the perfect meal that both paleo, non-paleo, and everything in-between, family and friends will love- it’s this.
I hear summer dinner outside calling my name.
These want-to-go-back-for-more-eat-all-the-colors-of-the-rainbow tacos are fresh, vibrant, and have me drooling as I edit pictures.
Note to self: do not edit photos while hungry. I repeat: DO NOT.
When I think of packed lunches for on-the-go for today’s hike, my mind immediately jumps to rainbow tacos with mango salsa, of course.
What about you? Are you ready to pack n’ go with these tacos?
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Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 2 tablespoons chili lime seasoning blend Trader Joe's brand or taco seasoning and lime zest to taste
- salt and pepper to taste
Salsa
- 1 mango diced
- 1/2 avocado diced
- 1/2 red bell pepper diced
- 1/2 cup cilantro chopped
- 1/4 red onion diced
- 1/2 jalapeño pepper minced
- lime juice from 1 lime
- salt and pepper to taste
Sauce
- 1 large avocado pitted
- 3/4 cup fresh pineapple chunks
- 1/4 cup cilantro
- lime juice from 1 lime
- salt and pepper to taste
Other Ingredients
- 1 head butter lettuce
- 1 cup purple cabbage shredded
- 1 cup baby heirloom tomatoes sliced in half
Instructions
- Brown ground beef with seasonings in a cast iron skillet, stirring on occasion until fully cooked (about 8-10 minutes until no red left in the meat).
- Chop and combine ingredients for salsa in a bowl.
- Blend ingredients for sauce in a food processor or blender to desired consistency.
- Prepare tacos by layering ground beef, salsa, shredded cabbage, tomatoes, and sauce into a lettuce leaf. Optional: Serve with a drizzle of full fat canned coconut milk, more cilantro, and lime wedges.
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Absolutely beautiful! Would love you to offer food photography training. Trying these tomorrow and can’t wait.
Thanks from a fellow food blogger!
Thank you Kym! I don’t currently offer food photography training, but there have been requests, so maybe in the future. 🙂
Do you have any side dish suggestions?
Hi Raney, I have a bunch of other recipes that might fit the bill- feel free to peruse. 🙂
The salsa and sauce are fantastic. Soooo tasty ?
Thank you Deirdre! 🙂
Hi Kaylie, How would you make these vegetarian? eg what veggies would you use in place of the beef that would still taste amazing! Thanks
Hi Natalie, i think these would work well with roasted cauliflower instead of meat?
I made this for a girls’ night on Friday and it was colorful, flavorful and a huge hit–everyone wants the recipe! Deeeelicious!!
This looks delish. But I am wondering about the Trader Joe’s taco seasoning. Doesn’t that contain cane sugar? If so it wouldn’t be Whole 30. But I guess you could make your own seasoning.