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Lighter

Skip the fried, greasy takeout and load up on these good-for-you recipes instead! No need to sacrifice flavor to enjoy healthy Tex Mex food! Find all your favorites with made from scratch recipes that are easy to follow.

Favorites include: Charro Beans, Easy Taco Salad, and Taco Stuffed Avocados.

Bowl of black bean soup topped with diced avocado, sour cream and fresh cilantro.
Bowl of shrimp ceviche with a spoon to serve.

Easy to Make Shrimp Ceviche

Plate with sliced Chile lime chicken.

Cilantro Lime Chicken

Plate filled with pan cooked cilantro lime shrimp.

Cilantro Lime Shrimp

Mexican shrimp cocktail served in a glass cocktail glass on a wood board.

Mexican Shrimp Cocktail

Bowl of roasted corn salsa with lime wedges.

Corn Salsa (Chipotle Copycat!)

Skillet filled with refried beans, topped with cilantro and lime wedges.

Authentic Refried Beans

Bowl of pineapple salsa served with tortilla chips and lime wedges.

Pineapple Salsa

Egg salad sandwich served on a plate.

Egg Salad

Bowl of roasted red pepper soup.

Roasted Red Pepper Soup

Pot filled with charro beans topped with bacon and cilantro.

Charro Beans (Frijoles Charros)

Dressing being drizzled on taco salad.

Easy Taco Salad

Taco stuffed bell peppers topped with sour cream.

Taco Stuffed Peppers

Molcajete with guacamole topped with lime wedges.

Tableside Guacamole

Plate of roasted mexican vegetables on a white plate.

Roasted Mexican Vegetables

Plate of grilled chicken with lime halves and wedges.

Mexican Chicken Marinade

Bowl of coleslaw on a wood cutting board being served with wooden servers.

Classic Southern Coleslaw

Grilled fish tacos on charred corn tortillas served with avocado slices and cilantro crema drizzled on top.

Grilled Fish Tacos

Salad in a white bowl topped with grilled chicken, peppers, and onion plus other ingredients.

Grilled Chicken Salad

Overhead view of white plate with cubed watermelon and tajin with chamoy.

Watermelon and Tajin

Bowl filled with mexican fruits, topped with tajin and drizzled with chamoy.

Mexican Fruit Salad

White bowl filled with chopped romaine lettuce topped with tomato, avocado, radishes, cucumber, cotija and pepitas.

Mexican Salad

Avocado baked eggs with runny yolk.

Baked Avocado with Egg

Bowl filled with salad greens topped with sliced strawberries, crumbled feta, sliced red onions and chopped pecans.

Strawberry Poppyseed Salad

Tray filled with tacos de camarones with cabbage, queso fresco and a cilantro lime sauce drizzle.

Easy Tacos de Camaron (Mexican Shrimp Tacos)

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