Taco Night

I don't like to work at creating Taco Night. I think it should be an easy, light and fun meal, so I buy a lot of prepared foods and keep them on hand for when the family says "taco night!". At the time of this writing, the ingredient lists of all the store-bought items were vegan and didn't contain dyes, preservatives, etc. For readers in the NYC area I added the type of stores where I find them. There are probably other good brands available, but the ones I listed are the ones I've vetted. Please feel free to add in the comments more brands and sources in NYC or wherever you live. 

Put out on the table as many of the following as desired:

• Taco Shells: Garden of Eatin' or Old El Paso
• Mission Tortillas (vegan, with healthy ingredients, available in supermarkets)
• Lightlife Smart Ground® Mexican Style (ready-made vegan beefy taco filling, available in the produce departments of some supermarkets such as Stop & Shop and Shoprite, or health food stores and food co-ops)
• Amy's Organic Refried Beans with Green Chiles (our favorite, available in some supermarkets such as Stop & Shop and Shoprite, or health food stores and food co-ops)
• Daiya Cheddar Style or Pepperjack Shreds (vegan cheese, available in health food stores and food co-ops)
• Ortega Taco Sauce (vegan, with healthy ingredients, available in supermarkets)
• Follow Your Heart Vegan Gourmet Sour Cream (good substitute for the real thing, available in health food stores and food co-ops) or home-made sour cream
• Picadillo (spiced ground meat: see Pastelillos/Empanadas)
• Bean & Corn Taco Filling
• Guacamole (there are good vegan products out there but my recipe rules!)
• Cooked rice
• Romaine lettuce, shredded
• Tomatoes, de-seeded and diced