My sons love tacos! But they prefer the way I do them. When my eldest got tacos at school one day he told me how they weren’t very good because they didn’t have all the “things” we have on tacos at home- “No vegetables! Not even lettuce! It was just meat and cheese.” Ugh, school lunches…another topic for another time.
I set up a taco bar on our island in the kitchen. The offerings at the bar can change according to what’s in the fridge or cabinet. Mostly on the bar are bowls with shredded lettuce, black beans, rice, shredded cheese, chopped avocado and/or avocado salsa, tomato salsa, tomatoes, chopped cilantro, cabbage if we’re having fish tacos, most often I serve beef but sometimes other meats or fish. I give them hard and soft tacos- corn shells and flour tortillas.
Last night’s was organic beef (no hormones, antibiotics, etc) made with shallots, garlic and tomatoes and a pre-packaged spice mix from Trader Joe’s (careful— I used only 1/2 the packet and it was very spicy for the kids), but you can mix chili powder, cumin, garlic, oregano, paprika and black pepper to get a good taco seasoning. I also put out the left over swordfish and my eldest jumped at the chance to have in a hard corn tortilla. I used up the black rice too. If the kids don’t want all the stuff in the tacos I serve some things on the side. 
It really doesn’t take long to prepare, mostly time spent chopping, and they get a well-rounded meal that they absolutely love!
FYI- you can get organic corn tortillas. I don’t like to buy conventional corn as most corn in the US is genetically modified.
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