It's #grilleverything season! The simplest Shrimp Tacos EVER.

We are getting into the season that nearly every dinner at our house will be prepared on the grill.  I don't want the oven on. I don't want to be inside more than we have to be. I want yummy food thats simple and healthy!  The grill is the best.

We don't limit our grill to burgers and pork chops either (although we do plenty of that too! Stay tuned for my spicy pork and cherry skewer recipe coming soon!). We do the whole meal on the grill.  Roasted potatoes. Grilled vegetables. Mushroom caps. You Name It. We grill it.

Now we loooove Taco Night at our house and Tacos are a perfect match for the grill.  This recipe for shrimp tacos is seriously the simplest recipe you'll find.  I seasoned some shrimp with my Salt Free Southwest Seasoning (that I keep in the pantry at all times), a couple twists of sea salt (I try to keep the salt separate when seasoning to know just how much I'm adding), and…thats it. (I did spray them with some light cooking oil so they wouldn't stick to the grill.)

I also cut up a red onion and green pepper, added a pinch of the same southwest seasoning and 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil. A quick toss and put the veggies in a foil pouch to steam on the grill.

Finally I sprayed a few corn tortillas with cooking spray, and those went on the grill as well.

Top these bad boys off with whatever taco dressings you love. We are partial to avocados, salsa, plain greek yogurt, and when we can, fresh cilantro straight from the garden. Ahhhhh…. Summer, I love you.

Southwest Seasoning: Tacos, Dressing, Chili, Soups…#ANYTHING!

I love southwest flavors and would put taco seasoning in just about anything to enhance flavors.  We all know the store bought stuff packs way too much sodium to use as regularly as I'd like, so I like to put together a bulk supply of my own seasoning blend to keep in the pantry.  I keep mine salt free and add that as needed based on individual recipes.  I've made a couple notes about salt additions below the recipe.  Let me know what you think!

Mama's Salt-Free Southwest Seasoning
-Bulk Preparation-
Makes about a cup. Store in an air-tight jar in the pantry to use as needed.  Most recipes would use about 2 tablespoons at a time.

1/2 Cup Chili Powder
1/3 Cup Ground Cumin
3 Tablespoons Coriander
4 teaspoons Onion Powder
4 teaspoons Garlic Powder
4 teapoons Paprika

*Salt:  For about every 2 tablespoons of this seasoning, I would add about 1teaspoon salt to recipes, but I prefer to add it at the time of cooking so its only on an as-needed basis.

Use it to make Heathy Southwest Ranch Salad dressing too!