I really enjoyed this book, however I would call this more of a taco base book than an end-all-be-all book.

Because that is how I used it.

Finding a taco that looked good, I would examine the recipe and instructions, then add in other things I wanted and take others out. I did like having this as a fall back for general instructions on what the best way/most efficient was when making my tacos.

Directions were clear and to the point, which I greatly appreciated. A good book if you are wanting to start making your own tacos and not just relying on the food truck.

Chock-full of taco recipes and taco accompaniments/seasonings, this cookbook is a taco-lover’s dream! The “Food Truck Tacos” and the “Slow Cooker Beef Roast Tacos” were terrific. I do not like cilantro, salsa or avocado and was happy to see recipes that did not include these 3 Mexican staples. I now feel more confident to experiment with what ingredients to put in my taco shells/tortillas and merge flavors I would never have thought of before.

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I love tacos. It is one of my favorite foods. This books has 52 recipes for tacos, it also has recipes for salsa'. guacs, dressings, tortillas, tostadas and more. These books also has a bunch of mouthwatering pictures. There is more to a taco then ground beef, seasoning, lettuce, tomato, cheese, and sour cream.

There are tacos for all times of the days. Breakfast lunch and dinner. These look and sound amazing. There are even some vegan and vegetarian taco recipes.

I received this book from the Author or Publisher via Netgalley.com to read and review.

This is a cookbook all about making tacos and all the fixings: Pico de gallo, guacamole, etc. and also homemade tortillas.
There are plenty of options for meat and veggie lovers.
Lots of pictures.

Who knew there could be so many fillings for Tacos! I am a Taco newbie after trying some amazing ones recently so I was really keen to look at this book.

It's beautifully laid out with bright appetising photographs and clear easy to follow recipes. Laura is so upbeat throughout and makes it all seem so effortless including right down to making the actual corn tacos.

I love the salsas and sauces recipes and how there were plenty of veggie recipes alongside some mouth watering meaty world food recipes. All the ingredients are easy to source and I have all of the spices in my cupboard at home. I will definitely be starting a Taco Tuesday!

Thanks for letting me review it!

Laura Fuentes brings us a concise, detailed cook book with eye grabbing photos that will make our Taco Tuesday nights exciting again. Many of the combination of ingredients she has gathered together didn't occur to this busy wife and mother but now that they have I'm going to love our TV nights again.

I received a free electronic copy of this cook book from Netgalley, Laura Fuentes, and Fair Winds Press in exchange for an honest review. Thank you all for sharing your hard work with me.

Everyone loves tacos, so Laura Fuentes’ cookbook, The Taco Tuesday Cookbook: 52 Tasty Taco Recipes to Make Every Week the Best Ever is a dream come true for busy cooks who want to put good things on the table quickly. This excellent cookbook seems to have everything. It has sauces for dozens of international-food type tacos, as well as traditional sauces for tacos with a Mexican flair. It also covers homemade tortillas, fillings of every kind, and ideas for serving.

The breakfast taco chapter is amazing; it has tacos such as Black Bean and Queso Breakfast Tacos, Breakfast of Champion Tacos (eggs, sausage, & Maple Syrup wrapped up in pancakes instead of tortillas), and Steak and Egg Tacos (fabulous!), to name a few. Most of these breakfast tacos are in my queue for trying as soon as possible. There is a chapter with vegetarian tacos that will appeal to both vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike (Blackened Zucchini Tacos – Yum!), and an entire chapter on innovative and delicious chicken tacos such as Jamaican Jerk Chicken Tacos, Buffalo Chicken Tacos, and Chicken Enchilada Tacos. The Beef chapter includes traditional ground beef tacos, as well as Carne Asada Tacos ,Greek Steak Tacos with Cucumber Salsa, and Korean Beef Tacos to name a few. There is also a chapter on Pork Tacos, and another covering del mar (seafood) tacos. Fuentes even includes a chapter with refreshing beverages to go nicely with the dozens of tacos in the book. Fuentes has borrowed flavors from everywhere in the world and crafted tacos that are scrumptious.

Photographs are essential for a good cookbook, and this one has excellent photos of every recipe. It makes it very difficult to decide what to make next. The recipes are written in such a way that anyone – beginners to advanced cooks – can easily follow them. And the ingredients are mostly those that are easy to find in grocery stores across the country.

Since tacos are appealing to everyone, this is a cookbook that everyone should include in their personal collection. Fuentes offers something for everyone here – from the pickiest to those who love everything. Quite honestly, there isn’t a taco recipe in this cookbook that isn’t appealing. Fuentes has outdone herself with her innovative ideas, and those lucky enough to own this book will be happily making tacos for years to come. Highly recommended.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.

Fair Winds Press and NetGalley provided me with an electronic copy of The Taco Tuesday Cookbook: 52 Tasty Taco Recipes to Make Every Week the Best Ever. I was under no obligation to review this book and my opinion is freely given.

Beautiful photographs dot the pages of this cookbook, with recipes from sections entitled: The Essentials, Tacos, Tacos, Tacos, and Más! Refreshing Beverages. Readers are treated to great instruction on the building blocks of Mexican cuisine, with recipes for basics such as Guacamole, Pico de Gallo, Salsa Verde, Corn Tortillas, and Flour Tortillas. Exciting new offerings are also included in this cookbook, with modern flavor profiles in recipes for Cilantro Chimichurri and Pineapple Salsa.

The Taco section of the book is portioned out to organize recipes with many different protein elements. The first set of recipes include offerings for breakfast, like Black Beans and Queso Breakfast Tacos, loaded with the protein that is key for starting the day with energy. The classic Huevos Rancheros is made into a taco, filled with the flavors that may be familiar, but are presented in a different manner. Meatless recipes include Chickpea and Butternut Squash tacos, so delicious that meat eaters will not miss the beef. My personal favorite from the Vegetarian taco section is Southwestern Tacos, packed with colorful vegetables, salty Cotija cheese, and a finishing squeeze of lime. The most interesting dish in the Chicken Taco section is Buffalo Chicken Tacos with Homemade Ranch, which gives the flavor of a messy wing in a neat package. Korean Beef Tacos include the crisp snap of cabbage and is paired with flavorful beef. Barbecue Pork Tacos with Honey-Mustard Slaw is deceptively simple to make, with complex flavors that will have guests asking for seconds. A modern taco cookbook would not be complete without offerings from the sea, as fish and shrimp tacos have become exceedingly popular. Rounding out The Taco Tuesday Cookbook are beverage recipes for adults and for children, giving instructions for making alcoholic beverages that are associated with Mexican cuisine.

There are recipes for every flavor profile and skill level, making this cookbook one that will work well for anyone desiring to spice up Taco Tuesdays.

I relocated from San Antonio back to New England within the past five years, and I still miss the San Antonio food scene. Especially since down there a “taco” isn’t the seasoned-ground-meat-and-crisp-corn-shell creation found at Taco Bell; a San Antonio taco is something more interesting, even if it is from Taco Cabana. Needless to say, I was delighted when NetGalley approved me for what I had hoped would be a guide to recreating some of the fabulous San Antonio tacos in my own New England kitchen.

The Introduction of the book offers a helpful primer on the “Taco Basics,” which includes instructions on how to adapt the taco recipes into taco bowls (basically serving the taco recipe on a bed of rice) and taco salads (serving the taco recipe over a bed of greens).

After the Introduction, the book is divided into three sections: Essentials, Tacos, Refreshing Beverages. The Essentials section features approximately 20 pages or so of a wide variety of guacamoles, salsas, sauces, seasonings, and even three different types of homemade tortillas. The Tacos section runs about one hundred pages of fifty-two different taco recipes, which are arranged by the type of filling. These recipes range from breakfast tacos to seafood tacos. And the Refreshing Beverages section has seven recipes for nonalcoholic and alcoholic quaffs to accompany the tacos.

Each recipe is boldly titled, followed by the number of servings in the recipe and a short headnote. Sometimes the headnotes a little heavy handed in their cross promotion of the author’s websites and previous cookbooks. The ingredients are listed in order of use, in both American and metric measurements. The recipe steps are written in paragraph form, ending with a paragraph about how to store the recipe and how long the recipe will last. Since the majority of the recipes are very simple - the tortilla recipes seem to be the most complex - the recipe steps are clear and easy to follow.

It is pretty obvious that this cookbook is geared toward families with children because some of the recipes seem to be very simplified. For example, the Steak and Egg Tacos, a breakfast taco, relies on finely chopped deli roast beef and frozen fajita vegetable mix. Both the Buffalo Chicken Tacos, the Jamaican Jerk Chicken Tacos and Barbecue Chicken Tostadas rely on store bought buffalo sauce, jerk seasonings, and barbecue sauce. Rather than customize the spice mixes to the recipes, the author provides a recipe for Arriba! seasoning in the Essentials section of the cookbook and uses that in many of the taco recipes.

The full color photography is excellent. Each recipe is accompanied by a well-styled full color photograph of the finished recipe. The more complex tortilla recipes are accompanied by a step-by-step photomontage of how to use a tortilla press to create perfectly shaped tortillas.

I may consider buying this cookbook for friends with busy schedules (but no kids) who really enjoy taco nights at their house. It was an interesting variety of recipes, all of which are fairly easy to execute.

I have yet to prepare anything from the recipes in this book. When I do, I will update my review.

The Taco Tuesday Cookbook is a good resource for the busy home chef. Tacos are almost universally loved, and this cookbook shows why. The combinations for taco fillings are nearly infinite, but it's easy to get into a rut. The Taco Tuesday cookbook would be a great one to have on hand for weeknight meals. The photographs are beautiful, the recipes are uncomplicated but still sound delicious, and the instructions seem easy to follow. A solid choice for any cookbook or taco lover.

Thanks to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Can't wait to try some of these recipes. Added the book to my Amazon cart so that I can add this to my cookbook collection.

My family loves tacos but we are the rut of ground beef tacos one time and shredded chicken the next. This book will hopefully get us out of the same routine with different variations to try.

Love this cookbook. Why? Extremely practical and versatile. You could eat tacos for years and never eat the same one twice. I also like how well written the recipes are as they are extremely easy to follow and simple to prepare for anyone. This is written for the home cook and is a guide. You don;t have to follow each recipe exactly but can easily mix and match ingredients and sauces. If you want a starter guide to "real" Mexican cuisine then this is a great cookbook to have. From here you can try other various authentic recipes such as mole's, soups, and various other meals. Please read and get this cookbook. It is an essential book for your library.

If you want to make your Tuesday awesome, this is the cookbook for you! The Taco Tuesday Cookbook contains 52 taco recipes. Some awesome, creative ones here! I can't wait to try the Butternut Squash tacos.

Lots of fun! A great gift book too!

Many thanks to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for my ARC. All opinions are my own.

I love cookbooks that are a feast for the eyes. Every recipe is accompanied by a gorgeous photograph of the food. Expect to drool and eat tacos daily for a month at least. There are a handful of vegetarian recipes but a great variety of tacos for breakfast, lunch and dinner. A chapter on beverages is als0 included at the end for a well rounded cookbook.

If you're a taco lover like me, Taco Tuesday will be an essential part of your kitchen library. Packed with 52 different taco recipes (enough for an entire year's worth of original meals!!!), clear and concise directions, and beautifully detailed photos, this book delivers everything the home chef needs to make fun and filling breakfast, vegetarian, chicken, beef, pork and seafood tacos, as well as seasonings, salsas, sauces and tortillas. This will definitely be a go to cookbook on my shelf! 5 stars!

Laura Fuentes' new cookbook is super fun and visually appealing. It is organized by protein source which I found to be super helpful when planning meals. While some recipes are ones that I am familiar with, there are a lot of creative twists and new ideas to explore.

Love almost everything about this book. The color scheme screams tacos and is light and airy. I enjoyed the photos but there were a few that definitely fell short such as Chapter 2 - Black Beans and Queso Breakfast Tavos. The picture is unappealing and makes me not want to try this recipe. The photo for the Heurvo Ranchos screams “I want to try this recipe!”. I really enjoy the 52 days of tacos in the back! Some of the pages were less than desireable with the amount of “white” space.

To me a Taco is only the crunchy crispy type, so I was quite surprised to see that all the pictures were for tortillas stacked with a variety of ingredients - how we Brits have been misinformed over what a Taco is especially as its only recently that soft 'stand n stuff' types have been introduced to us.

The title of Taco Tuesday Cookbook is totally worthy as this cookbook provides the reader with fifty-two recipes to use throughout the year, be it chicken, vegetable, fish, beef or pork, though unusually the first recipes it provides in the book as not for tacos, those come a little later on. No the first recipes provided are the guacamoles, salsas and dressings.

The book is divided into three main sections, starting with The Essentials, The Tacos and Refreshments. The Essentials provides recipes to make seven Guacamoles & Salsas, five Sauces, five different Tortillas which includes a recipe for pancakes and two Seasoning mixtures to make.

The Taco's section of the book, starts with Breakfast Tacos of which there are eight recipes, Vegetarian provides eight recipes, there are ten recipes in both the chicken and beef taco's section, seven pork and nine fish (or taco del mar) ones. Some of the recipes don't use the traditional taco, a lettuce cup is used instead. Finally the book finishes with seven different refreshments, including how to make the perfect margarita and a Spanish sangria.

Each recipe is accompanied by full colour photography, though a few for the Tacos/pancakes are not provided. The ingredients and instructions are laid out well and easy to follow, with suggestion of the correct Taco to use and a note of which page to find the recipe on or if not you are making your own, it does suggest store-bought ones. Some of the ingredients are in American terms and each recipe has measurements in both metric and imperial terms but no Gas Mark information is provided for oven temperatures. The recipe servings are not all the same, some provide a serving of four others six. Finally, at the rear of the book, there is also a suggested weekly plan so you can have Taco Tuesday every week of the year.

The author does mention a number of times in her introduction that this is not the first cookbook she has written and that one of her seasoning mixes has already been in another cookbook. The changes from one main ingredient to another (say vegetarian to chicken) is only marked by a small wording change in the top right or left hand corner of the page; would have preferred something bolder than that to denote the change, even if the coloured line up there had moved along.

I received this book from netgalley in return for a honest review.

If you love tacos (and who doesn’t), the Taco Tuesday Cookbook is for you!

Filled with 52 taco plus guacamole, salsas, seasonings, beverages and tortilla recipes, this cookbook has something for every taste. Starting with eight easy breakfast tacos, the author includes tacos made with chicken, pork, beef, fish and shrimp. There are also eight vegetarian choices like Blackened Zucchini Tacos and Curried Cauliflower Tacos with Pineapple Salsa. If the thought of eating Mexican tacos every Tuesday for a year doesn’t appeal, don’t worry. There are Jamaican Jerk Chicken Tacos, Asian Thai Rib Tacos and Philly Cheesesteak Tacos. Skillet Beef Tacos and Food Truck Tacos are available for the traditionalist too. Overall, there is plenty of variety here. Most of the recipes take 20-30 minutes to cook though there are recipes using a slow cooker too.

I picked up the Taco Tuesday Cookbook because I’m gluten-free and corn tortillas are much tastier than most of the gluten-free breads. Even though some of the recipes call for flour tortillas, the author has included a gluten-free “flour” tortilla recipe or store-bought corn tortillas could easily be substituted. All the recipes include pictures that look delicious! The only flaw is no nutritional information is included. Still, this book is recommended for home cooks looking for fast and easy weeknight meals. 4 stars!

Thanks to Fair Winds Press and NetGalley for an advanced copy.

Beautifully illustrated, mouth watering book! The recipes look absolutely delicious. It makes you want have a taco NOW! I love the simple margarita recipe also.