Mexican feast recipe ideas wanted

Hmmm.. I love mexican food and I am mexican myself..lol. but I love guacamole.. avocado has a lot of healthy fats and if you add onions and tomatoes you eat some veggies. For food anything with chicken you can make a chipotle rub or marinate... then grill the chicken and make tacos. Some salsa. Fajitas are pretty healthy as long as you're not using too much oil. Tilapia tacos are one of my favories. You can make turkey meatballs in a green tomatillo sauce. I always add 1/4 of an egg to the inside of the meatball . Then serve with some pinto or black beans. Snacks.. I love cucumber or jicama with hot sauce and lime. A lot of fresh fruit like mangos, bananas.. Authentic mexican food is prety healthy but tex.mex and americanized version are not..

I just did a Mexi night for friends (might not be authentic, low fat/low calories, but it was great)

Mexi shredded pork (roasted with onions, tomitillo's, tomatoes, cumin, cilantro, oregano-like a salsa verde) for tacos
jicima and cucumber pico
guacamole with tomatoes, onions, lime juice, cilantro
spanish rice (with extra tomatoes, onions, etc)
homemade refried beans with onions and jalepeno (I didn't use bacon grease, just mashed them in the pan and used reserved liquid from the can of pintos)
corn tortillas for the tacos (not the hard ones, get the real ones and heat in the oven in tinfoil)
and of course the normal toppings of lettuce, tomatoes, onions, jalapenos, cheese, etc.

I also do a fish taco night, and make a mango/pineapple pico to go with that and I skip the guacamole and just serve on the side plates sliced avocado, tomatoes topped with fine minced jalapenos, green onions, cilantro and a squirt of lime juice.

I just created a new dish last night I found to be deee-lish!
I call my creation Turkey Street Tacos


Lean Ground Turkey 90/10
Black Beans
Corn -no salt added
Honey Mustard Salad Dressing
Avocado (optional)
splash of lime
Corn Tortillas-not fried, simply heated up on stove

It was amaze! I created a recipe on my profile that allows me to eat two of these for under 400 calories ( although I couldnt include the avocado since it was too high on the calories)... but my husband sure loved it!


I saw someone else post fish tacos, another excellent idea!!!!!

Google Fine Cooking Cinco de Mayo menu. I love Fine Cooking website, the recipes are relatively accurate and ingredients are normally healthy. You can always substitute low fat/calorie items without compromise the taste. Then take them all out dancing or break a pinata to burn the calories away~~

In for the noms and to see what people consider Mexican food, lol.

About a month ago, I made this recipe for the first time. It's AWESOME and EASY! I had hubby take some to our son and he loved it so much that he sent me a text from work! (That's a big deal because he never does that. LOL)

From Food.com. (Link Below) 299.9 calories per serving


Ingredients:

Serves: 4

Yield:

18

tacos

Units: US | Metric

1 lb frozen boneless skinless chicken breast
7 ounces caned chipotle chiles in adobo (not drained)
1 (15 1/2 ounce) can black beans (drained)
1 (15 1/2 ounce) can no salt added whole kernel golden sweetcorn (not drained)
1 (10 ounce) can Rotel tomatoes & chilies (optional,drained, it can it super spicy)

Directions:

1
put the frozen chicken on the bottom of the crock pot
2
add the rest of the ingredients on top.
3
spread over the chicken and make sure the top is coated as much as possible.
4
Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
5
shred then enjoy (Make sure that you shred up the chipotles too).

Read more: <a href="http://www.food.com/recipe/crock-pot-shredded-chipotle-chicken-422079?oc=linkback">http://www.food.com/recipe/crock-pot-shredded-chipotle-chicken-422079?oc=linkback</a&gt;

Oh yeah, you can make Chicken Tinga. There are plenty of recipes out there, not sure where mine is...

This is actually a decent looking recipe. Can use a different type and/or less oil I would think. My recipe (ok, my mother's recipe) doesn't use any oil that I recall.

ETA: recipe link

* bumping for later because I LOVE Mexican food! *

Lengua. I dare you.

Lengua is awesome!

^Umm, no thanks.

Fajitas are always a good choice, especially if you grill the meat and veggies. Can be a very low calorie choice if you choose to omit the tortilla and toppings.

American Mexican???

BAKED Chicken Fajitas Recipe:


(Serves 4-6)
2 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into strips
1 (4 oz) can diced green chilies
1 medium onion, sliced
1-2 large bell pepper, 2 red peppers, 1 yellow pepper seeded and sliced
3 Tbls. vegetable oil
3 tsp.. chili powder
3 tsp.. cumin
1 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1 1/2 tso. dried oregano
1/4 t. salt
12 flour tortillas, warmed to serve

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Grease a 13×9 baking dish. Mix together chicken, chilies, peppers, and onions in the dish.

In a small bowl combine the oil and spices. Drizzle the spice mixture over the chicken and toss to coat.
Bake uncovered for 20-25 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and the vegetables are tender.

Serve with diced tomatoes, cheese and sour cream to add to fajitas.

Serve with warmed tortillas