Taco bar - season and cook the ground beef or chicken, heat up the shells, then get pre-shredded, pre-chopped and/or pre-prepared cheese, lettuce, tomato, Pico de gallo, then open salsa, sour cream, store-made fresh guacamole or sliced avocado, etc. and let everyone make their own tacos, or taco salad. If you take advantage of the pre-prepared items, you can have dinner ready in 10-15 min.
Make it easier and eat on disposable plate and use plastic ware.
Quick Chicken Tortilla Soup - use one of the soup kits/soup starters like Bear Creek Tortilla Soup (dry mix on the soup aisle). Add the directed amount of water, salsa, cut up rotisserie chicken, a can of charro beans and let it simmer 15-20 min or as specified on the package. BAM! You have a big pot of chicken tortilla soup as good as the restaurants. Add grated cheese, avocado slices, a few crunched tortilla chips and a bit of sour cream to the top of each serving. 4951