Family Friendly Easy Slow Cooker Ground Beef Tacos

I am excited to share my easy family friendly easy slow cooker ground beef tacos.  I decided to develop these on the request of Savanna after she had beef tacos at school.  We have been making slow cooker tacos but not ground beef tacos like I used to have as a kid.  I am glad she asked me to make them!

When I did some research all of the recipes I found required some browning of the meat and a lot of chopping.  I really wanted this meal to be on the list of a very EASY family friendly slow cooker meal! Additionally, a lot of them used pre-made mixes which have added sugar and preservatives in them.  Other recipes had a ton of spices which my family does not like so I decided to develop my own 🙂

Why I Love these Family Friendly Easy Slow Cooker Ground Beef Tacos!

• Everyone in our house loves taco night and they are a meal that can be adapted easily for our entire family to love.
• They take between 5-10 minutes to prepare.
• When you come home all you have to is create an assembly line and a simple salad and you are done.  The entire meal takes maybe 15 minutes of hands on time!
• These are a flexible and work for a variety of diets.  Eat them on whole 30 and paleo diets when paired with a salad or vegetable. They can be adapted for gluten and dairy allergies.

Serving Suggestions

Kids: 1. Hard Taco Shells (365 Yellow Corn has minimal ingredients and no additives) or flour tortillas.  Paired with avocado (2), shredded cheese (about ½ cup) and sour cream (a few tbs) and a side salad or corn.

2. Make a Nachos with the leftovers!

Adults: a salad with shredded cheese (if you are not on a special diet), tomato, avocado and corn (if not on a special diet).   Roasted cauliflower works great too!

2. I also love using peppers as shells and serving it with my  Avocado, Corn, Tomato and Cheddar Salad!

Lastly, you can make it into a taco bar for everyone to help themselves or as a fun way to entertain!

Make sure to put this EASY family friendly slow cooker ground beef tacos on your menu this week!

Instructions:

1. In a liquid measuring cup whisk together water, tomato paste, vegetable puree, minced garlic and spices
2. Place ground meat into a 6-qt slow cooker and break up into chunks.
3. Pour the liquid and spice mixture over and mix until it is evenly distributed.
4. Cover and cook on low heat for 7-8 hours or high for 3-4 hours (my slow cooker happens to have a medium setting for 6 hours that I like to use and put on right before lunch).

5. Mix and break up the large chunks halfway through the cooking time

6. Assemble to serve tacos in hard or soft shells with your favorite toppings – see suggestions in the notes!