Cinco de Mayo is a great excuse to eat Mexican food!! Or, at least Mexican-inspired food. Or (my favorite), Tex-Mex food. Heh. (I grew up in San Antonio!!)
This Cinco de Mayo, I made taco salad. It was "keto style" but absolutely delicious and we were definitely not deprived. All I do is make taco meat, add all the "toppings," but just leave out the tortilla chips (or tortilla shells, whatever!), beans, and/or rice (we do not miss it at all!).
I made lots of taco salad. Lots. Ahem, too much.
So, I wanted to do something with the leftover taco stuff so we wouldn't have to eat the same exact taco salad 3 times in a row (it was delicious, but, dinner, lunch...and then dinner again? LOL)
First of all, I preheated my oven to 425*F, and used this low-carb pizza crust recipe. (My go-to recipe!)
I rolled the crust out between two sheets of parchment paper, then removed the top sheet. After pricking the dough with a fork, and sprinkling it generously with garlic salt, I used a pizza paddle to transfer the crust with the bottom sheet of parchment paper to the preheated pizza stone in my oven, and baked it for about 8 minutes, checking on it half-way and puncturing any bubbles with a fork.
Then I added the toppings. I used my leftover taco meat mixed with 1/2 a jar of Pace picante sauce to make it more....well, "saucy." I spread that over my (already) baked low-carb pizza crust. Then I added shredded cheeses: Cheddar, Mozzarella, and Parmesan. (No measurements--just eyeball it!)
I baked it for about 5 more minutes, until top cheeses were melted.
After removing it from the oven, I allowed it to sit and cool for about 5 minutes. Then I added fresh toppings (because this was a "taco" pizza!): lettuce, chopped tomatoes, sliced green onion, sliced jalapenos, etc. Use whatever you love for tacos. I would have added fresh chopped cilantro, but I didn't have any.
I drizzled it with thinned-out sour cream because we all love sour cream! (Just whisk in a little cold water to sour cream until it is at a "drizzling" consistency!)
As usual, 2 slices of pizza made with low-carb crust filled me up. If it were "regular" crust, I could eat at least half of an entire pizza! LOL
