Easy Taco Salad Recipe Kids Help Make
How much of our days are spent in the kitchen? Our family life completely revolves around our kitchen from our three main daily meals, snack time, family time, homework central, and everything else in between.
This past week, we have been trying really hard to get the kids hands-on in the kitchen with us as much as possible. We’ve tried a bunch of recipes having the kids help us make them. One day, they helped make lasagna, the next we made chocolate chip cookies, and another they each made their own tortilla pizzas. One of the favorites they enjoyed making together with us was an easy taco salad recipe!
Easy Taco Salad Recipe
- Chicken, diced
- Homemade Taco Seasoning
- Tortilla chips
- Mixed greens or lettuce of preference
- Tomatoes, diced
- Grated cheese
- Dressing, based on preference
Directions:Â
Start by frying up your diced chicken, preparing as much chicken as is needed for your family. Plan about 1 chicken breast for every 2-3 people.
When the chicken is cooked through, mix in your favorite taco seasoning or try our homemade taco seasoning recipe.
Remove the fully cooked chicken from the heat and allow the pan to cool while you’re gathering and preparing the remaining ingredients.
Let your kids each grab a bowl and assemble their own meal. My kids all have their own preferences so some skipped lettuce, others skipped tomatoes – this recipe lets them just combine what they want to eat so there are no complaints!
Start by having them grab a handful of lettuce and ripping the leaves up with their hands, if needed, so they are bite size appropriate leaves. One or two small handfuls is plenty.
Next, let the kids grab a handful of tortilla chips and break them up as well into small, bite sized pieces.
Now, let them scoop and add chicken to their salads from the cooled pan.
Top the salads with chopped tomatoes, if desired.
My boys all loved the next step best! Let them grab a small handful or two of grated cheese and sprinkle it atop their salad.
Finally, help as they squeeze and drizzle salad dressing to top their taco salads. We used Ceasar and ranch depending on preferences, but most any dressing you prefer will work.
There you have it! Dinner is served and turned cooking time into family bonding time with everyone helping to prepare the meal!
My kitchen may never be spotless and perfect with four little boys in my home, but that’s okay. Our home is lived in and loved in because we are busy creating memories together. Even this easy recipe left a messy counter while the kids each happily ate their dinner they helped prepared. But isn’t that the point? They were excited about dinner because they got to take part. The mess can wait!
Do you embrace creating a mess in your home?
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Yummy! We need to have a taco salad night around here. So easy to do and makes a great quick meal.
I’m glad you ended this the way you did. I love a happimess too!
I LOVE taco salads! I just wish my picky eater would consider trying something like this!
That looks really good! My kids like to get involved in the kitchen. This would be fun for us!
I love anything that helps get kids in the kitchen! Plus, who can pass up a family favorite like Taco Salad?
I love anything that helps get kids in the kitchen! Plus, who can pass up a family favorite like Taco Salad?
Taco Salad is a BIG hit at my house too! Always messy with cheese 🙂
that looks really good. My husband order Taco Salad any chance he can. I should make it at home for him
That looks and sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing.
I love taco salad! It is one of my favorites. I like to make my own salsa to top it off with too.
I embrace HappiMess in my Happily Blended home often! The kids love being a part of the kitchen with me no matter if we are baking, cooking or just having fun creating new snacks!
What a yummy dish! I love that the kiddos helped 🙂
This taco salad looks so delicious! I love that you let the boys put whatever they wanted on theirs!
It’s so true. A happimess is proof of a life well lived. We have lots of little messes around here.
We love taco salad in our house. We have it at least a couple of times a month. This version looks really good.
I love that this is so quick and simple to make. It looks delicious too!
This looks so good! I love Mexican inspired meals.
We love tex-mex in our house and I am sure this would go over real well with my family!! Yum!
Looks like a great happy mess to me. This is so cute,.
I’m bad about treating a mess like its a bad thing and I think it is because I’m stuck cleaning it up after all the fun is over. The food looks great tho.
Aww, how fun! I bet they had a blast! A mess like this is always a good mess.
Awwww look at the kids sitting there and enjoying their tacos Very nice
Mmm, this looks delicious! I’m going to try this for dinner tonight!
This sounds really good. Anytime you can get kids involved in cooking, that’s a plus. They’re going to need to know how to feed themselves when we’re not around.
Yum, this recipe looks really good, I love taco salads! I agree…life is too short to constantly worry about messes – live a little!
Those guys look so happy spooning the salad into their bowls. And even happier eating it! And the mess on the counter?! A delicious HappiMess!
that’s how our kitchen looks most of the time- post cooking with kids i mean. but i’d not trade that mess for the world!!
Looks delicious! After this holiday weekend, I need a salad detox.
That taco salad looks so good. Messy sometimes just goes with the territory.
Having kids help make a meal makes sure they’ll like what they fixed.
This looks so good I may have to buy ingredients to have it for dinner tomorrow night. Since I’m leaving a comment I wanted to mention I haven’t gotten your daily emails for over a month. Thanks for sharing the yummy recipe 🙂
Looks delicious and like so much fun! I have been eyeing up a tap faucet for a while… maybe secretly hoping the old one breaks.
Thanks for linking up with #kidsinthekitchen!
We love making taco salad together. I like the idea of making it with chicken. We usually do a beef mixture.