meat anymore, which also helps with the health quotient. one of the easiest ways to help with making tacos a bit lighter, is to make your own taco seasoning.  it helps you avoid eating things like food acid + anti-caking agent .  it also lightens the load a bit, as the first ingredient in store bought taco seasoning is almost always sugar, followed closely by salt.  making taco seasoning at home is so simple, and all of the spices required are pretty commonly found in most people's pantries. the toppings are really where it's at with tacos.  if you are one of those people that just eat meat + cheese in their tacos, then we need to have a little conversation...the above photo shows a pretty typical taco night in our casa, however the chef would be aghast to recall that green onions were missing from the mix?!  on this special occasion we had some leftover ground beef from a dinner party the night before, but more typical for us would be refried beans, or chickpeas sauted in the above mentioned taco seasoning.  i would say that we never have tacos the same way twice, which is pretty amazing since we have tacos probably 3 times a month. the un-taco shell (aka lettuce cups) is a fresh take on tacos. instead of having the lettuce as a topping you use it as a shell. it's handy if you are really hosting a hankering for tacos, but don't have any tortillas