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KARACOOKS
KARACOOKS
Good Food · Honest History · Strong Opinions
  • A white hobnail bowl heaping with Tex-Mex taco meat with cabbage cooked in, a spoon tucked in, avocado and taco shells behind.

    The Taco Meat That Hides a Whole Vegetable

    ByKara September 15July 24 Recipes

    My all-purpose Tex-Mex taco meat hides four cups of purple cabbage in a pound of beef. It disappears as it cooks, adds a veg, and stretches dinner for a crowd

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KaraCooks is written, cooked, photographed, and gardened by one person in Johns Creek, Georgia.

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