Turkey Tostadas with Red Vinegar Slaw

Anyone who knows me—knows that I LOVE Mexican food. To be honest, I have some type of Mexican inspired dish weekly and I add hot sauce to EVERYTHING. This just means, that I am always trying to find different ways to enjoy my favorite type of styled foods. 

Whenever I am grocery shopping, I always pass the tostadas and tell myself that one day I am going to stop making my simple taco dish and mix it up a bit. So this week I decided to take on the challenge and make the ultimate tostada dish.

Now whenever I am making something from scratch—I think it is important to make everything from scratch. So I made my own taco seasoning for my ground turkey and it is fabulous! Who needs to by the packet of seasoning when you can make a bomb ass seasoning on your own!

 I also decided to make a vegetable slaw to go on top of my tostadas instead of sticking with the simple chopped vegetable mixture I normally do. The vegetable slaw—was a straight game changer! Three simple ingredients added to my favorite toppings turned this standard recipe into a standout recipe!

I am always striving to find ways to make simple dishes fun and tasty. I also like to make sure that there is variety in my dishes, which is why this Turkey tostada with vegetable slaw is a must try! And you most likely have all these ingredients in your fridge already…so go ahead and give it a try!

Ingredient’s for taco seasoning:

-3 tablespoons of paprika

-2 teaspoons of pepper

-2 and 1/4 teaspoons of chili powder

-1 teaspoon of salt

-2 teaspoons of chopped onion

-1 teaspoons of cumin

-dash of cinnamon

-1 teaspoon of cayenne pepper

Ingredient’s for  tostadas and slaw:

-1 lb. of ground turkey

-1 can of refried beans

-4 tablespoons of olive oil

-2 and ½ tablespoons of red wine vinegar

-1 teaspoon of dried oregano

-1/2 teaspoon of salt

-1 cup of thinly sliced radishes

-1 chopped avocado

-1 hot pepper

-1 cup of tomatoes

-1 cup of chopped red onion

-tostada shells

Directions for taco seasoning:

1. Combine all the ingredients and set aside.

Directions for slaw:

1. Chop the radishes, tomatoes, onion and hot pepper and combine. Add the olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt and oregano. Stir together and then set aside. 

Directions for tostadas:

1. Cook the ground turkey.

2. Warm the refried beans.

3. Put everything on top of the tostada shell…seriously so simply!