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Mini Taco Salad Bites Recipe ~ Easy Summer Lunch Idea!

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Mini Taco Salad Bites Recipe. These would make awesome appetizers or an easy lunch idea that is kid friendly! LOVE these!

I’m always on the lookout for easy lunch ideas that I can make for the kids and myself. These mini taco salad bites have become one of my favorite to to easy Summer lunch ideas! They also make a great appetizer to bring to a party. The best part? They are so easy to make!

Mini Taco Salad Bites Recipe. These would make awesome appetizers or an easy lunch idea that is kid friendly! LOVE these!

You’ll need Simek’s Mini Beef Meatballs (found in the freezer section at your Walmart or Cub Foods), tortilla chips in the shape of little bowls (like the scoops variety), shredded lettuce, sour cream, shredded taco cheese and optionally you can add salsa and tomatoes.

Mini Taco Salad Bites Recipe. These would make awesome appetizers or an easy lunch idea that is kid friendly! LOVE these!

Begin by spreading the meatballs out on a baking sheet. Bake them according to package directions, 350 degrees for 15 minutes.

Mini Taco Salad Bites Recipe. These would make awesome appetizers or an easy lunch idea that is kid friendly! LOVE these!

While your meatballs are cooking spread out your chips on a pan or a platter. You don’t need to cook them but I used a pan to make assembly and transporting them easier. We used two different varieties of chips. I had plain tortilla scoops and fajita scoops which were my favorite. Place some lettuce inside the bottom of each scoop.

Mini Taco Salad Bites Recipe. These would make awesome appetizers or an easy lunch idea that is kid friendly! LOVE these!

Then put your sour cream into a zip top bag and snip the corner so you can easily squeeze it into each of the little chip bowls.

Mini Taco Salad Bites Recipe. These would make awesome appetizers or an easy lunch idea that is kid friendly! LOVE these!

Now top the sour cream with a Simek’s mini beef meatball. These meatballs are so tasty! I also left some plain in a bowl and the kids were just popping them into their mouth while I assembled the mini taco salads.

Mini Taco Salad Bites Recipe. These would make awesome appetizers or an easy lunch idea that is kid friendly! LOVE these!

Now top with taco cheese.

Mini Taco Salad Bites Recipe. These would make awesome appetizers or an easy lunch idea that is kid friendly! LOVE these!

Drizzle some taco sauce or salsa on the top of each mini taco salad.

Mini Taco Salad Bites Recipe. These would make awesome appetizers or an easy lunch idea that is kid friendly! LOVE these!

Then I topped them with some sliced green onions. I left them off for the kids mini taco salads 🙂 These taste incredible! I love that they are bite size and you can just pop them in your mouth. They are the perfect Summer lunch idea or appetizer for any gathering. These are SO yummy and the kids love them too. I think kids love anything mini!

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Mini Taco Salad Bites Recipe

Sarah | Must Have Mom
Easy summer lunch idea that is kid friendly or a perfect appetizer to bring to any gathering.
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Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 15 mins
Total Time 35 mins
Course Lunch or Appetizer

Ingredients
  

  • 1 bag mini tortilla chip bowls like scoops variety
  • 1/2 C sour cream
  • 1 C shredded lettuce
  • 1 bag Simek's Mini Beef Meatballs
  • 1 C Taco Shredded Cheese
  • 1/2 C Taco Sauce
  • 3 Green Onions sliced

Instructions
 

  • Cook Simek's mini meatballs on a pan at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
  • Meanwhile assemble your mini taco salad bowls on a pan or platter. Lay out the tortilla scoops first.
  • Then fill the bottom of each scoop with shredded lettuce.
  • Now put sour cream in a zip top bag and snip the corner off. Squeeze a dollop of sour cream into each scoop.
  • Next top with a cooked mini meatball.
  • Top with taco shredded cheese.
  • Drizzle with taco sauce.
  • Sprinkle green onions on top.

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If you want even more kid-friendly ideas check out these other recipes from Simek’s!

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Italian Meatball Dunkers & Mini Meatball Tortellini Soup 

 

What would you make with these tasty mini meatballs?

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  1. ken ohl says

    June 30, 2015 at 2:23 pm

    love to make sorme wonderful spaghetti and meatballs for sure

    Reply
  2. JLin says

    July 1, 2015 at 8:39 am

    spaghetti meatball

    Reply
  3. vickie couturier says

    July 1, 2015 at 11:16 am

    I would make
    ITALIAN MEATBALL SUB

    Reply
  4. latanya says

    July 1, 2015 at 2:27 pm

    MEATBALL PESTO PIZZA

    Reply
  5. Leigh Anne Borders says

    July 1, 2015 at 11:36 pm

    My boys would LOVE the bacon wrapped meatballs.

    Reply
  6. Cheryl says

    July 2, 2015 at 5:53 am

    I would make Meatball Smack ‘N’ Cheese.

    Reply
  7. Kristie says

    July 2, 2015 at 6:24 am

    I’d like to make the Meatball Pesto Pizza

    Reply
  8. Amber Faith says

    July 5, 2015 at 9:49 pm

    I would make spaghetti and meatballs!

    Reply
  9. Tracy Robertson says

    July 5, 2015 at 9:54 pm

    Your mini taco salad bites look so good! I would definitely make those, they would make a wonderful light lunch served with fruit salad in the summertime!

    Reply
    • Sarah Must Have Mom says

      July 6, 2015 at 1:01 pm

      That would be a great summertime lunch.

      Reply
  10. Julie L says

    July 8, 2015 at 12:01 am

    I’d love the bacon wrapped meatballs.

    Reply
  11. sandra says

    July 9, 2015 at 10:58 am

    i want to try the bacon wrapped meatballs

    Reply
  12. steve weber says

    July 10, 2015 at 11:02 am

    I want to try those bacon wrapped meatballs.

    Reply
  13. polly says

    July 10, 2015 at 11:13 am

    I would make their Mighty Meatball Slider recipe-sounds yummy!

    Reply
  14. Maria C says

    July 10, 2015 at 6:31 pm

    Mini meatballs grilled with bacon wrap

    Reply
  15. Stacey b says

    July 10, 2015 at 11:01 pm

    I’d use them for meatball subs and slow cooked jelly meatballs , yum!

    Reply
  16. Laura J says

    July 12, 2015 at 4:35 pm

    Oh my gosh…I am soooo excited to see that the Sausage Simek’s Mini Meatballs are gluten free!!! Yeah!!! I cannot wait to try them in spaghetti!! Also…would love to make a sausage egg bake!

    Reply
  17. Cori Westphal says

    July 19, 2015 at 5:54 pm

    I’d make homemade spaghettios with meatballs! They’re so much better than the canned ones!

    coriwestphal at gmail dot com

    Reply
  18. nannypanpan says

    July 20, 2015 at 10:28 am

    i’d make them as an appetizer with a red currant glaze

    Reply
  19. trixx says

    July 20, 2015 at 8:26 pm

    I’d make a nice Italian Wedding soup.

    Reply

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