Craving mexican food...

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Spicy food is great for raising your metabolism!

3oz Ground bison meat or ground beef rinsed after cooked with hot water to rid of excess fat
1/2 tsp taco seasoning
1 tomato
35 grams of onion
garden of eatin' organic blue taco shells (only 140 cal for 2)
1/2 oz of cheese


for 2 tacos with those ingredients its only about 400 cal. all those serving sizes of ingredients fits into 2 tacos

TERRIFIC TACO SOUP

1 pound of ground beef
1 small onion, minced
1 small can green chiles, chopped
1 can stewed tomatoes
1 can Rotel (Mexican tomatoes)
1 can ranch style beans or chili beans
1 can whole kernel corn
1 ½ cups water
1 pkg. ranch dressing mix
1 pkg. taco seasoning mix

Brown beef, onion and chiles. Add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Simmer 20 minutes. Great with cornbread or with tortilla chips and grated cheddar cheese.

You can eat Mexican...just modify it and choose healthy. Bank your calories for the day. Do extra exercise. Live your life. This should be a lifestyle change not constant deprivation.

I LOVE what you said above. That is so true and one of the reasons why I always failed before. Need to change attitude and quantity/quality, not deprive ourselves all the time!

A low cal/low carb/low sodium option - something that I do once a week:

boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite size pieces - Saute these in a touch of olive oil until cooked through. Add some seasoning, as you like - I use chili powder, oregano, cumin, salt, paprika, garlic powder & a touch of sugar. Chop up fresh toppings - I like onions, guacamole (I use Wholly Guacamole brand), tomatoes and a bit of brown rice. And then I wrap it all up in a piece of romaine or green leaf lettuce - rather than a tortilla. You eliminate about 150 calories and over 400 mg of sodium per taco/burrito.

Super yummy and definitely satisfies the taco craving!

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There are some tasty ideas here:

http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes_menus/collections/healthy_mexican_recipes

Also, corn tortillas are great and low calorie/high fiber. You can have a small bit of low-fat cheese, some salsa, black beans and broil them on a corn tortilla. Makes a sort of mexican pizza! Add a little serving of avocado and WHAMMO....craving satisfied.

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Breakfast Burritos:

6" flour tortillas or WW equivalent
12 eggs
skim milk, or whatever your preference is for scrambling with eggs
diced red and orange peppers
diced onion
diced green onion
diced fresh tomatoes, seeded [otherwise the juice makes them soggy]
browned ground sausage meat [optional]
salsa
shredded cheddar

I make these on Sunday night, so I have them ready all week. I'm usually racing out the door and this beats a trip to McD's on my way to work.

Add eggs, peppers and onion to a PAMd frying pan. Cook the scrambled eggs and milk halfway, then add the tomatoes. Let the eggs cool to room temperature [important - if you don't do this, when you put them in the fridge, they will get soggy]. Place a portion of the egg mixture on each tortilla, add a little shredded cheddar, fold, wrap in a paper towel, then in waxed paper. Refrigerate. Microwave 45 seconds, unwrap and add salsa, then re-wrap and voila! You're ready to go!

bump -- I'm trying some of these for dinner this week!! YUMMMMM

This is what I had for dinner last night:

Don Pancho - High Fiber Low Carb Low Fat Tortilla Wraps...only 70 calories each

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I take the tortilla wrap and lay it over a paper cup and make 4 folds on it to form a taco bowl over the cup. Microwave for 1.5 minutes and take out....homemade taco salad bowl.

1/4 cup 2% cottage cheese, 2 Tbs water, 1 Tbs taco seasoning mix

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put it in the blender on liquify----makes an awesome southwest dip/dressing depending on how much water you put in....this is only 50 calories and tastes amazing (ps. you can also make this with Hidden Valley ranch seasoning for a much healthier ranch dressing/dip)

1 baked/grilled chicken breast

As much spinach or lettuce as you want

1/4 cup black beans

Put the spinach, beans, chicken and any other vegetables you want in the taco bowl and pour on the dressing on top.

Additional tortilla....microwave for 1.5 minutes flat and take out and break into chips.

2 tbs salsa (my favorite is locally made Salsa Lisa...tastes like I made it)....you can basically eat as much as you want of salsa...the 2tbs is only 15 calories.


So you get an awesome taco salad and chips and salsa for about 350 calories

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