Taco Tuesday

tracefan

Taco Tuesday in my house. Every week. Kids look forward to it. So for myself I take some ground turkey to make the taco meat and put it in a bed of greens. Add tomato and red onion. No dressing needed. Delish.

Cynsonya

Sounds great!

RaeBeeBaby

I make a taco out of just about any protein. Eggs, meat, fish, legumes. I use mostly corn tortillas and pile on the veggies. At least 3-4 meals a week of tacos. YUM!

Re: ground turkey - unless you are using ground turkey breast, regular ground turkey can have as much OR MORE fat and calories as lean ground beef. Read the labels!!

tracefan

RaeBeeBaby wrote: »

I make a taco out of just about any protein. Eggs, meat, fish, legumes. I use mostly corn tortillas and pile on the veggies. At least 3-4 meals a week of tacos. YUM!

Re: ground turkey - unless you are using ground turkey breast, regular ground turkey can have as much OR MORE fat and calories as lean ground beef. Read the labels!!

OH THANKS! I usually get lean .. I hope I'm reading the label correctly. Thanks

Alatariel75

I make tacos with the shells, cheese, salsa and sour cream and only come out at 430 cals for two. I don't consider tacos a particularly calorie unfriendly meal.

verdebug

I love me some tacos - especially with homemade corn tortillas. Mix water and maseca and about five minutes later you have fresh shells, ready to fill with whatever goodness you have on hand.

williams969

Mmm...tacos I make mine with toasted corn tortillas (basically dry frying them on the stove), pinto or black bleans, leftover shredded chicken breast with spices, and/or meatless meat or pork loin. Serve with lime wedges, lettuce, tomatoes, and fat free Greek yogurt instead of sour cream. You can have three tacos made this way for under 500 calories.

owlprincess1234

I make tacos with strips of pork.

750grams of pork
1 green pepper cubed
1 red onion cubed
1 jalapeño chopped
1 tomato chopped
Reduced sodium mix
A bunch of extra spices I add
Garlic

Makes about 8 giant stand and stuff tacos, with a ton of salsa and some guacamole. It's about 500cals for 2. Super filling and great to eat as left overs.

pinggolfer96

Trader joes baked tortilla chips are amazing! Very macro friendly!

arditarose

Alatariel75 wrote: »

I make tacos with the shells, cheese, salsa and sour cream and only come out at 430 cals for two. I don't consider tacos a particularly calorie unfriendly meal.

Eh...I can eat a huge dinner for 430 calories. Two little tacos aren't going to satisfy me. This is why I was fat I guess.

owlprincess1234

Tacos do not need to be little.

Camo_xxx

It's all about taco Sunday for me. Local mexi joint carves the El Pastor right off the spit into a hot tortilla that mamacita just hand pressed and grilled a moment before. A splash of freshly made tomitillo salsa and a pinch of salentro with some Caso crumpled on top. Viva Mexico !!!

scastor27

Love tacos! I have some sort of variation at least once a week. Tonight we used lime seasoned tilapia for the protein with all the fixins and a slaw I whipped up too...all served on toasted corn tortillas. I had three over stuffed ones for right around 500cal. YUM!!!

scolaris

This week is taco Wednesday because I forgot to soak the beans :-/
But I love tacos too. All kinds. Eat 'em up, yum!

sanfromny

We did ours last night with whole wheat taco shells and spinach wraps..Came out great

AmazonMayan

I eat tacos I make at home often. The fast food type are never filling vs the calories.

For lunch today I made 2 soft tacos with reduced carb wheat tortillas from trader joes - I'm not low carb but these are pretty low calorie and actually taste good with good texture - and cod that I cooked on the foreman grill, made my homemade salsa, a little fat free plain yogurt and half an avacado chopped and a bit of fresh squeezed lime. Very filling and delicious. Macros pretty good too.

Eta the calories after peeking at my diary - 376 calories. If I were more hungry I could have added a serving of refried beans smeared on the tortillas for 120 calories more and all that fiber with some more protein.

senecarr

arditarose wrote: »

Alatariel75 wrote: »

I make tacos with the shells, cheese, salsa and sour cream and only come out at 430 cals for two. I don't consider tacos a particularly calorie unfriendly meal.

Eh...I can eat a huge dinner for 430 calories. Two little tacos aren't going to satisfy me. This is why I was fat I guess.

Who said two little tacos, Alatariel makes these:

arditarose

senecarr wrote: »

arditarose wrote: »

Alatariel75 wrote: »

I make tacos with the shells, cheese, salsa and sour cream and only come out at 430 cals for two. I don't consider tacos a particularly calorie unfriendly meal.

Eh...I can eat a huge dinner for 430 calories. Two little tacos aren't going to satisfy me. This is why I was fat I guess.

Who said two little tacos, Alatariel makes these:

Lol my size

fishshark

we probably have tacos 2 times a week with left overe.. i gottaaa have a freshly fried shell for that crunch.. been lovin sproted corn tortillas but i also make homemade from blue corn masa. ok now i need tacos