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Celebrate National Taco Day with These Flavour-Packed Recipes 🌮

Hello Reader

Mark your calendars: October 7th is National Taco Day, and I can't think of a better excuse to load up your tortillas and celebrate in the most delicious way possible.

Whether you like your tacos spicy, saucy, meaty, veggie, or piled high with toppings, I’ve got you covered with recipes that bring the fiesta straight to your kitchen.

Tacos are quick to make, easy to customise, and perfect for feeding a crowd—or just treating yourself midweek. So grab your favourite hot sauce, cue the guac, and let’s taco ‘bout what’s for dinner tonight.

Happy National Taco Day! 🎉

👉 Easy Ground Beef Taco - Ditch the store bought, pre-mixed taco seasoning and up the flavour of your beef tacos by using my simple homemade mix.

👉 Instant Pot Shredded Chicken Tacos - Use an Instant Pot to make incredibly tender and flavourful shredded chicken as the perfect tasty filling for your tacos.

👉 Pulled Lamb Birria Tacos - It’s time to pull out your slow cooker and make these delicious and effortless pulled lamb birria tacos!

👉 Blacked Fish Tacos - Chunky cod rubbed with a spicy Mexican-inspired seasoning, cooked to sizzling with a golden brown crust, then folded inside a chewy corn tortilla.

👉 Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Tacos - These tacos are filled with mouthwatering pulled pork and creamy cilantro lime slaw. The pork is simple to make with the help of a slow cooker.

👉 Fish Tacos with Blackberry Chilli Lime Salsa - These fish tacos with zesty blackberry chilli lime salsa and red cabbage slaw are fresh, delicious and come together so quickly!

👉 Buffalo Cauliflower Tacos - These plant-based tacos have just a hint of heat and can be made with a huge range of fresh toppings for a creative but easy meal.

👉 Black Bean and Corn Tacos - Savoury and satisfying Black Bean and Corn Tacos are always a winner, especially with fresh toppings like cilantro lime slaw!

Love,
Julia x

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I am Julia Frey, a London based recipe developer and photographer, and Vikalinka is my space to share my food with the world. Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to get tried-and-true recipes delivered to your inbox!

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