Hispanics/Latinos...

Mr_Healthy_Habits wrote: »

Dinner from the other night, my tips for eating Mexican food and keeping it healthy...

Shrimp tacos...

- Don't bread and deep fry your meat, grill it and use a modest amount of coconut oil, or boil your chicken
- No salt, just seasoning
- Use dark greens, I like raw spinach, onions, and cilantro
- 1 slice of cheese in each taco, don't shred it, modesty..
- Sauce, just drizzle it on, you just want to taste it, no need to cover your food in sauce
- Don't fry the tortillas, just heat them
- I like white corn organic la tortilla factory tortillas, 80 calories each and 4g of protein... You won't find better
- Eat two, no more... This is key, learn to be satisfied with just 2, not 3... And use modest portions in your tacos, these only have like 4 or 5pcs of shrimp in each
- Sour cream is a once in a while treat for me, but you can use Greek yogurt with some lemon mixed in it, taste the same if not better
- Cheese, don't shred from a block, just use a slice, or break a slice in half and use half on each taco
- Beans, use no salt added whole black beans and smash them yourself
- Use brown rice, don't fry, less is more on the salt
- Avoid the chips and salsa, tell the water no thanks
- Restaurants, eat half, save half
- Use avocado instead of sour cream when you can
- Go meatless most days

Funny story, when my wife and I first started cooking together she made mashed potatoes and asked me where the potato masher was...

I was was like wtf is a potato masher... She pulled a utensil out of my drawer and said, it's this...

To which I replied... Oohhh, you mean the bean smasher

She was like, wtf is a bean smasher