Chips and Tortillas

I really like the Tortilla Factory Whole Wheat tortillas. The small ones are only like 50 Calories and good for you! Nothing tastes as good as the real thing, but it's not worth 150 calories to me. I could have 3 tortillas for that!

I buy the mission extra thin yellow corn tortillas, cut them into strips and bake at 425 for 8-12 mins. Let sit 5 mins to fully crisp.

I also use either black bean/corn chi chi's salsa or original recipe chi chi's salsa. 20 cals in 2 TBSP's.

AWESOME and lowest sodium tortilla out there.

2 tortillas are 80calories and I usually have 4 and get a bowlful of homemade chips.

@mhanson18--do you use any oil or just put the tortilla straight on a pan in the oven?

I love tortillas and chips, and recently started making my own corn tortillas, you totally control the sodium, and since you can make them as thin as you like, control the calories per tortillas. These can then be cut up into 12 pie shaped slices or strips, whatever you prefer, and baked, no oil. I am going to experiment with using the water to steam spinach, to bump up the nutritional value of the corn tortillas. I will also try tomato juice, and possibly finely chopped tomatoes for nutritional value.

They are super easy to make, it helps if you have an aluminum tortilla press http://www.tortillapress.org/images/cast-aluminum-tortilla-press.jpg as I use a rolling pin for flour (more fat, and calories), and you only use two ingredients, one of which is water. I use Maseca corn masa, I do use a bit of salt, and you can add a bit of lime to act as a preservative so they store in the fridge for a bit longer than normal.

I recommend lining the tortilla press, or whatever surface you use with a rolling pin with a thin sheet of plastic to easily release the thin tortilla after pressing/rolling.

My favorite store purchased flour tortillas are Tortilla Land brand uncooked, same calories as most other flour tortillas, but bigger, and in MHO much tastier.

I like to use fiber one 80 calorie wraps in place of my tortillas. I usually stuff one full, more like a burrito and that's all I can eat!