{"id":20516,"date":"2026-08-05T16:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/?p=20516"},"modified":"2026-08-05T16:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:38:07","slug":"taco-footballs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/taco-footballs\/","title":{"rendered":"Taco Footballs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/recipes\/TacoFootballs.jpg\" alt=\"Taco Footballs\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icoDL\" src=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-content\/images\/ico_Print.png\" alt=\"download\" title=\"Print Recipe\" onClick=\"window.print()\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/taco-footballs\/email\/\" title=\"Email This Post\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-EmailIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-email\/images\/ico_email.png\" alt=\"Email This Post\" title=\"Email This Post\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"recTitle\">Taco Footballs<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\">Prep: 15 minutes<br \/>\nCook: 12 minutes \u2022 Serves: 4<\/span> <!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"recIngre\"><span>1\/2 <\/span>pound 85% lean ground beef<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>package (1.2 ounces) taco seasoning<br \/>\n<span>3\/4 <\/span>cup drained and rinsed black beans<br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>cup <strong>Pace\u00ae medium restaurant style salsa<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>12 <\/span>soft tortilla mini bowls<br \/>\n<span>3\/4 <\/span>cup quartered grape tomatoes<br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>cup shredded Mexican-style blend cheese<br \/>\n<span>1\/4 <\/span>cup finely chopped red onion<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro<br \/>\n<span>1\/4 <\/span>cup sour cream<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>1.<\/span>1. In large skillet, cook beef 8 minutes or until browned, breaking up beef with side of spoon. Stir in taco seasoning, beans, salsa and 1\/2 cup water; cook 4 minutes or until liquid is absorbed, stirring occasionally. Makes about 2 cups.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>2.<\/span>Fill tortilla bowls with beef mixture, tomato, cheese, onion and cilantro. Transfer sour cream to small zip-top plastic bag; snip bottom corner with kitchen scissors. Pipe sour cream on top of tacos to create \u201cfootball laces.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recNut\"><br \/>\nApproximate nutritional values per serving (3 tacos):<br \/>\n368 Calories, 17g Fat (8g Saturated), 54mg Cholesterol, 1254mg Sodium,<br \/>\n36g Carbohydrates, 5g Fiber, 5g Sugars, 2g Added Sugars, 19g Protein<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>Smart Swaps:<\/span><br \/>\n> Use lean ground turkey in place of beef for a lighter take that still delivers plenty of taco-inspired flavor. These game-day bites can also be assembled ahead of time for easier entertaining.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taco Footballs Prep: 15 minutes Cook: 12 minutes \u2022 Serves: 4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-05_lunch-dinner","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20516"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20517,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20516\/revisions\/20517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}