Craving Mexican Food, Recipes Required!

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  • amelia_atlantic
    amelia_atlantic Posts: 926 Member
    ohsheglows.com just had a fantastic vegan enchalade (sp) with a creamy avocado sauce!
  • katiedid1226
    katiedid1226 Posts: 231 Member
    Make "bean dip" out of anything. - cauliflower, broccoli, lentils, peas, avocado......just add cumin, garlic, onion, red chili powder....
    and dip with celery, carrots, cukes, etc. Even my kids like this.
  • NoleGirl0918
    NoleGirl0918 Posts: 213 Member
    Hi - i love mexican also :-) If you check out the food list, i've added a recipe for Chicken Fajita Casserole. It's always a hit at my house even with two young kids! It can be eaten alone or with tortilla chips.
  • bzmom
    bzmom Posts: 1,332 Member
    Tacos de arrachera

    You will need

    Arrachera (skirt steak)
    [you will need cilantro, onion, lawrys season, and lime to marinade]


    tortillas
    guacamole
    queso fresco (<--mexican crumbling cheese)
    salsa

    grab a big enough container where the meat will fit. Season the arrachera with with lawrys and lime. place a layer of onion and cilantro first, then meat, then onion and cilantro again, then meat well you get the picture. Fire up the grill and grill those babies. Warm up your tortillas and create your tocaos topping them up with guac, cheese and salsa.. YUM
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    back to share later
  • qasim91
    qasim91 Posts: 25
    Good stuff. Should get my mum and dad to make some of these recipes instead of the same boring food all the time.
  • returntorural
    returntorural Posts: 339 Member
    Try this one: http://www.food.com/recipe/tortilla-soup-470832

    It's my favourite soup ever and it's low in calories!
  • Nightterror218
    Nightterror218 Posts: 375 Member
    Ok.....anyone have a kick *kitten* salsa, spicy or not.

    I make my own during the summer but its only ok. Looking for something amazing, restaurant style goodness.
  • erinf79
    erinf79 Posts: 25
    Here's a version of salsa I make at home: Roast the tomatoes, onion, garlic, and jalapeno all drizzled with olive oil in the oven first. Then remove the skins from the tomato and jalapeno. If you want it spicy leave the jalapeno seeds, otherwise remove them for mild. Put all of that with cilantro, salt, pepper and more olive oil in the food processor and serve either warm or cold.
  • Pixie8504
    Pixie8504 Posts: 174 Member
    I mix together brown rice, black beans, salsa and a little taco seasoning. Put in a tortilla and fold into a burrito. Top with a little extra salsa or taco sauce.
  • JessicaJoanJarvis
    JessicaJoanJarvis Posts: 80 Member
    I'm going to a mexican restaurant tomorrow evening for dinner, what do you suggest?

    I don't really like fish, so was thinking maybe just a salad, but considering I eat salad for lunch / dinner most days, it'd be nice to have something different.


    xxx
  • lazergirl21
    lazergirl21 Posts: 24
    Bump - low calorie Mexican food = heaven!
  • nalie879
    nalie879 Posts: 12 Member
    We have tacos once per week in our house. Most of the time fish tacos, and that's one of our days to get fish in :). I don't eat any grain or startches due to digestive issues, so I make the below tortillas/crepes. They are filling and protien packed - much better than the carb-loaded ones you find. Roast fish/chicken/beef with taco seasoning, shred, add avacado to these tortillas and enjoy...delish!

    http://urbanposer.blogspot.com/2011/08/savory-crepes-with-garlic-rosemary.html
  • micheleld73
    micheleld73 Posts: 914 Member
    bump to check out recipes later!! Thanks!
  • rebbylicious
    rebbylicious Posts: 621 Member
    My favorite is My fish taco recipe!

    Bake talapia: in oven sprinkled with chili powder, onion powder, lime juice, and a little sea salt (drizzle olive oil lightly)

    My favorite mango salsa: chop up the fruit from 1 mango, a handful of fresh cilantro, 2 large tomatoes, a finely chopped slice of onion (or 2 scallions),( you can add a pepper of your choice if you want spicy) the Juice of 1 lime, and sea salt to taste

    To assemble-
    Your choice of tortilla based on diet needs, 1/2 filet of tilapia, some shredded romaine lettuce, and 2-3 tbsp of your fresh salsa.

    I have done this with shrimp instead of talapia too
  • rebbylicious
    rebbylicious Posts: 621 Member
    Ok.....anyone have a kick *kitten* salsa, spicy or not.

    I make my own during the summer but its only ok. Looking for something amazing, restaurant style goodness.

    Yes- I am partial to mine
  • mcdonoughjl
    mcdonoughjl Posts: 34
    bump! :smile:
  • crystalfisher89
    crystalfisher89 Posts: 196 Member
    I love to make enchiladas and they happen to actually be relatively healthy :)

    Here my recipe:

    You'll need

    1 lb of 93% lean ground beef
    8-12 yellow corn tortillas (these tend be smaller- great for smaller portions
    1 cup of Monterrey Jack Cheese
    1 Packet of McCormick Enchilada Sauce
    1 8 oz can of tomato sauce
    5-6 green onions sliced (if desired)
    9x13" cake pan

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees
    Brown the beef and empty out the extra grease, thoroughly wet down your corn tortillas so they don't crack when you wrap them. Place a spoon full of beef onto tortilla, sprinkle a little bit of cheese inside, and wrap up, setting opening side down onto cake pan (or whatever you've got). After you're done putting all the enchiladas in the pan, spread prepared enchilada sauce all over the tortillas and sprinkle remaining cheese and green onions on the top. Bake for 15 minutes and Enjoy :) This is my favorite and it takes about a half hour to make :) 1 enchilada is figured out to be about 150 calories :)
  • babynew
    babynew Posts: 613 Member
    There's some good ideas and sites I want to share with my son here.
    Thanks :flowerforyou:
  • Artemis00diana
    Artemis00diana Posts: 90
    bump
  • Bejede
    Bejede Posts: 191 Member
    Bump--I too need spicy recipes that are easy and low carb!
  • SbetaK
    SbetaK Posts: 400 Member
    Ole! Topar con....
  • arturo_marti
    arturo_marti Posts: 13 Member
    Hi there ! I´m mexican. And , well, sorry to tell you that fajitas and burritos and chili are not real mexican food.
    :-(


    Thats more like tex-mex food, but that is another whole thing. (and I like it too, by the way).

    If you want a light and delicious food I could recommend you to google "ceviche de pescado" (fish ceviche, or shrimp) which is a mixture of your choice fish and shrimp with avocado, mayonaise, lemon, salt, pepper and other things, or a mexican shrimp coctail

    Here is the "Aguachile de camaron" recipe here, which is really easy and really yummi. (and lots of protein and low calorie!)

    You will need

    1 fresh cucumber
    sea salt
    18 shrimp (big ones)
    1 rosemary little branch (optional)
    1 cherry tomato (optional)
    8 pieces of REAL MEXICAN LEMON (this is the most important!) Its the small, very green , very acid lemon, used in key lime pie)
    1/4 red onion
    6 tostadas de maíz or a bag of totopos
    2 serrano pepper
    1 jalapeño pepper

    You will need :
    Blender

    Preparation:

    + Put in the blender the juice of the lemons, the serrano peppers (remove seeds) , the jalapeño (remove seeds) , a bit of salt, and half the onion that you already cutted. Blend.
    + Peel the cucumber (with a potato peeler) , and put 1/4 of the cucumber in the blender too and blend.

    + + Clean and devain the shrimp. Give it a butterfly shape. Put them on a glass bowl.
    + Pour the mix you blended over the shrimp.
    + Cut the rest of the cucumber in slices or into small squares, as you wish. Also the other 1/8 of the onion :-) -- Put over shrimp.
    + Garnish with the cherry tomato and the rosemary branch. (optional)
    + Put sea salt to taste.
    + Leave it for five minutes and eat on tostadas or totopos. (and salsa if you want to!)

    Try it !
  • mrswine
    mrswine Posts: 263 Member
    I grew up eating freshly made tortillas and authentic Mexican in near Chicago where it was REALLY authentic. This is the best homemade Mexican I have found. It's a little annoying to get the the recipe but I promise it is worth it. It's called chicken adobo and if you follow this link and click on the 4th picture I promise you will not be disappointed!

    http://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/shop-once-eat-week
  • Nightterror218
    Nightterror218 Posts: 375 Member
    bump
  • lagray13
    lagray13 Posts: 7 Member
    Made this tonight.... Absolutely amazing!!!!
    http://www.skinnymom.com/2012/09/28/skinny-deep-dish-taco-pizza/
  • Ang108
    Ang108 Posts: 1,708 Member

    I do love my Mexican! Just ditch the chips (I doubt actual Mexicans use them anyway) make your own seasonings to cut down on the salt and leave out the cheese and sour cream and its all perfectly healthy!

    Actually we do eat tortilla chips and call them " totopos ". We don't eat them regularly, but often at a more formal family dinner, with guacamole ( which is a special dish ) and on holidays. What we don't eat, is most the things mentioned in this thread, especially not all that melty cheese on everything. But here in Mexico City burritos are the rage now and I expect people to eat more Tex-Mex food soon.
  • Ang108
    Ang108 Posts: 1,708 Member
    If anyone says anything about putting shredded cheddar cheese on mexican food.... I WILL END YOUR EXISTENCE.
    Does chihuahua cheese work for you?

    No existences need to be ended, because no matter if it is Cheddar ( which is perfectly fine ) or Chihuahua cheese, we don't use the amounts that are used for Tex-Mex food. Mexican dishes, if requiring cheese, usually use fresh white cheese like Panela, Canasta or other non-melting cheeses. Even the traditional enchiladas have white cheese on them and a little bit of cream maybe.
  • MissyPoo2013
    MissyPoo2013 Posts: 190 Member
    Bump.
  • duvella
    duvella Posts: 30 Member
    i'm a huge fan of mexican food. when i started on focusing on what i was eating I started amending my receipes of nacho mince.
    It's gone from turkey mince, to now brown rice (give texture of mince), courgettes, mushrooms onions & peppers. natural herbs & seasonings, home made tomato sauce & baked tortillas - full flavour without the guilt.
    shared with friends & they didn't even notice the difference.

    good to see others take on mexican food - why go without

    feel free to add me or check out my profile :)

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