Here's The Story Of A Lovely Bailey

Bailey is a friend of mine who is a 21 year old college student, working in a restaurant, and keeping up with her boyfriend who is in the Navy.  She mentioned to me that I should blog about a quick, cheap meal based around her busy schedule.  Challenge accepted.  For her, I decided to make a "tex-mex" lettuce wrap. 

To start, I made some shredded chicken in the Crock-Pot since she can leave it alone all day and come home to it cooked and ready to eat

I put 1.5 lbs of boneless, skinless, chicken breasts in the Crock-Pot

Note: if you wanted to be really cheap you could buy one of those packets of taco seasoning, but I keep all the spices that make up taco seasoning on hand.  

If you choose to make your own seasoning here's my "recipe"- this is a pretty loose recipe so feel free to adjust

1 tablespoon kosher salt

1/2 tablespoon black pepper

1/4 teaspoon turmeric

1 tablespoon hot Mexican chili powder

2 tablespoons chili powder

2 teaspoons cumin

1 teaspoon ground coriander

2 teaspoons dried cilantro 

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon onion powder

Pinch thyme

Pinch cinnamon

Pour this over the chicken along with some liquid(beer, water, stock, etc...)

Pour enough liquid to come to about 3/4 the way up the chicken

(I used beer. Ha!)

Let this cook for 8 hrs, remove and shred

Topwith whatever taco toppings you like and nest in a crisp Boston Bibb lettuce leaf

I used raw corn off the cob

Red onion

And I made some guacamole too and the recipe is as follows:

1 avocado cubed

1 jalapeño

Handful fresh cilantro

Juice of 1 lime

Blend

Assemble your lettuce wraps(or tacos if using tortillas), add some cheese if you wish

Salúd