Mexican main dish recipes with 200 or fewer calories costing less than $2.5 per serving

Chicken Enchiladas with Homemade Enchilada Red Sauce

Corn tortillas filled with flavorful shredded chicken breast, homemade enchilada sauce and two different…

Cherry Pork Carnitas with Cherry Chipotle Salsa

lazy enchilada pie

it's hard for me to stand to roll these.

Santa Fe Stuffed Chicken

A stuffed chicken breast with a great Tex Mex flair and flavor.

Grilled Shrimp Tacos

I cannot get enough of them. I love everything about this dish. Depending on how spicy you like your shrimp you can grill them with no spice, a…

Shrimp Relleno

Shrimp (“camarones” in Spanish) are one of my favorite foods to cook. This easy to make Relleno Sauce complements the shrimp well and goes great…

Grilled Vegetable Tostadas

Mexican food, one of my favorites any day of the week. In fact, I am pretty sure I could eat some type of Mexican food inspired dish every day of…

Favorite Enchilada Sauce

When I was a kid growing up in the 50’s my folks had a rustic glazed terracotta casserole dish they bought in Mexico. Once or twice a month my dad…

Healthier Slow-Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup

This is from Allrecepies and it is really good.

Mexican Beef and Bean Stuffed Peppers

I found this recipe on eatbetterica.com, it calls for Fiber One cereal but I used Kashi Go Lean.

Salsa Verde Pork

This recipe is mainly from the Taste of Home Comfort Food Diet Cookbook, but I didn't add the dried apricots or hot pepper sauce. This pork makes…

Spicy Crab Tostadas

Tostada is a open face taco, generally with more fillings than a standard taco. The taco shell is baked not fried You can make the tostada salad…

Spicy Sauteed Shrimp & Quesadillas!

Very spicy! Easy to make in about 15mins. Healthy but very tasty!

Taco Seasoning Mix (Dry)

Delicious Pork and Bean Stew for Tostadas, Tacos, or Burritos

This is an easy slow cooker recipe that is delicious and versatile. Serve this as filler for any mexican dish,…