When I was little, one of the staples in our house was taco salad. We lived in Nevada, so we had no concept of real Mexican food. I think Mom’s concoction consisted of iceberg lettuce, Nacho Cheese Doritos and ground beef cooked in Lawry’s Seasoning. Oh…and lots of cheese. She mixed it all in the same big yellow tupperware bowl my dad used for popcorn. Sometimes we’d add the chips ourselves, but usually she did it for us. The soggy chips were kind of part of the recipe. It was crazy fantastic.

Don’t be fooled…my Mom is a fantastic cook. It’s just that it was the 80’s and meals like this were kind of the thing. Remember curried chicken salad, tuna casserole and chow mein? Adding potato chips and little crunchy rice things with absolutely no nutritional value was just what you did. Or, was that the ’60’s? Geez…when did food get so good!? (more…)