Healthy Mexican Food

[iamdetermined]

I am planning on doing fajitas tonight with LF cheese and plenty of free onions, mushrooms, peppers and salad but what can i do without SOUR CREAM????

Has anyone tried the 0% Greek yoghurt instead?

Any other suggestions for healthy Mexican style food? How about any spicy rice suggestions?

Thanks

 

[Shrinking_Bev]

I am planning on doing fajitas tonight with LF cheese and plenty of free onions, mushrooms, peppers and salad but what can i do without SOUR CREAM????

Has anyone tried the 0% Greek yoghurt instead?

Any other suggestions for healthy Mexican style food? How about any spicy rice suggestions?

Thanks

I always use 0% Greek yoghurt Iamdetermind, and it works really well as a substitute

 

[MadameLaMinx]

0% greek yogurt is ace. I make all sorts of stuff using that, including a cucumber raita with fresh mint for a curry. Its proper nom.

I am sure it would be a more than fab replacement for sour cream.

 

[Mrs Harley]

Add lemon juice to 0% greek yoghurt, it will give it the tangy taste of sour cream....

 

[louisedan]

Add a little garliC AND/cumin to it.

 

[GeordieChris83]

Add lemon juice to 0% greek yoghurt, it will give it the tangy taste of sour cream....

Great idea Mrs Harley, I LOVE Mexican food so the thought of going without sour cream upsets me, I'll be sure to give this a try!!

 

[cheekychinchilla]

I add a bit of pepper and lime to mine for use with Mexican food

 

[mumlisa]

I have always wanted to know about mexican food so i must try it

 

[RDunbar]

I have always wanted to know about mexican food so i must try it

It's amazing! I'd live off mexican food if i could! My love of it has extended to my dog, who i decided to call 'Taco'

 

[MommyNOriana]

Being from the states, mexican food is more of a staple here like curry is to the brits. And in my opinion, one of the easiest cuisines to make "lean". Fajitas are GREAT and u can pile so much veg in there. A fajita salad is also amazing and doesn't really need dressing. Refried beans are AWESOME and they're easy to make. And spanish rice. YUM! I guess I know what I'm making for dinner now!

 

[LorraineM]

Being from the states, mexican food is more of a staple here like curry is to the brits. And in my opinion, one of the easiest cuisines to make "lean". Fajitas are GREAT and u can pile so much veg in there. A fajita salad is also amazing and doesn't really need dressing. Refried beans are AWESOME and they're easy to make. And spanish rice. YUM! I guess I know what I'm making for dinner now!

How do you make refried beans hun?? I have only ever bought them in a tin! I love them, cant believe they are free!!!

Mmmm think I might factor in a mexican night this week - We all like Britmums fajita pasta!

 

[MommyNOriana]

U just have to buy pinto beans. Dried or canned. I'll find u a recipe and post it on here.

 

[wooly]

ohh yummy I love SW ,soo many lovely things to try , deffo gonna try 0% and some refried beans too fajitas used to be a fave of mine

 

[MommyNOriana]

Fry up some onions and minced garlic with frylite. Add cooked pinto beans a little at a time, mashing as u go with a little stock or water. To get the thinner restaurant style, puree them or half of them. They should have a smooth creamy texture. Traditional refried beans use lard. Frylite will have to do.

 

[Tracy831]

Thanks for that recipe mommynoriana, I'm making tacos tonight so this will go well but I will do it with kidney beans as that's all I have!

 

[MommyNOriana]

Kidney beans?! Hmmmm. How did that go? I'm sure there was a difference in flavor but did it work out nicely?

 

[Princess_Stevie]

Mmm, sounds very yummy! How did they work out? I love Mexican food! X

 

[Tracy831]

They were good although the skins of the beans are a bit thicker.
I am making it again tonight with spicy rice and fajitas yum yum

 

[MommyNOriana]

Well I'm so glad they were good! Mexican is such an easy cuisine to make sw friendly. Eat up!

 

[mejulie70]

hi does anybody know which are the lowest syn's in tortilla wraps/taccos cause they seem to b quite a lot of syns each . . . unless im lookin up the wrong ones . . . the asda ones are 4.5 syns each . . but id need at least 2/3 . . supose as a one off they wouldnt b too bad