My Mexican food health ideas:
*use sprouted grain tortillas rather than white flour ones
*use vegetarian canned refried beans to sidestep lard
-or-
*cook your own refried beans from dried beans, season with spices rather than salt
*make fresh pico de gallo (Sarah Kramer's recipe in the Garden of Vegan
is amazing!) or salsa*use sauteed veggies to "beef" up burritos and tacos in a low-fat way: squash, zucchinis, and sweet potatoes work great
*use unexpected fillings such as crumbled polenta or Spanish Quinoa
*use vegan cheese, dairy cheese (for dairy eaters) sparingly, or just sprinkle on some nutritional yeast
*serve some raw veggies on the side: cherry tomatoes, baby carrots, avocado slices, cucumber, etc.
Here's some recent fiesta food!
No-salt Spanish Quinoa with corn- seasoned with garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder, & lime juice!
Sprouted grain burrito, quinoa, polenta topped with refried beans
Becky's Pico De Gallo from The Garden of Vegan
Veggie Tacos
Fiesta yums!
6 comments:
Nice ideas. I've been trying to perfect the burrito of late!
I'll have to check out that recipe from GoV!
All of that looks and sounds delicious!
I love polenta and I love refried beans - yet I've never put the two together. Bring out the chopped tomato and a little green onion and I smell dinner.
B&Y- I like to make a big batch of homemade polenta to use initially for polenta lasagna. I freeze the excess polenta in big blocks and defrost whenever we want to add it to meals :)
I'm sure that other menu items are great as well, but I go there is a web burritos are pretty hefty meal.
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