Quick and easy Mexican recipes with 400 or fewer calories costing less than $1.5 per serving

Easy Red Enchilada Sauce

A Tex-Mex 101 sauce for enchiladas and tamales. Makes enough for about 12 flour tortilla enchiladas, which absorb more sauce than corn tortillas.

Salsa

This salsa is truly authentic the real taste of Mexico!

Skinny Mexican Style Chicken and Cornbread Casserole

My husband and I love this main course casserole so much, we ended up eating it 3 days in a row! The skinny for…

Crispy Chicken Tacos with Jalapeno Slaw

Arroz A La Mexicana

Crockpot Pulled Pork for Tortilla Dishes and Tamales

This is a filling recipe to use in making tacos, enchiladas, chalupas, other tortilla dishes, and tamales.

Mexican Black Bean and Corn Salad

This is a great side dish for picnics and outdoor parties since there is no mayo in it. The cilantro, fresh…

Roasted Tomatillo Salsa

I picked up a bunch of nice looking tomatillos at the local farmers market this week that were crying to be charred on the grill and made into a…

Ellie's Black Bean & Chipotle Dip

Thanks to Ellie Kreiger for this healthy and zippy dip - just the thing on a day when you're cooped up,…

Corn and Black Bean Salad

A refreshing side to any meal

Salsa Verde

Traditional Mexican Green Salsa.

Mexican Rice Pilaf

Generally, Mexican cooks make this rice with fresh tomatoes, but ever the corner-cutter, I use petite diced, drained.

Slow Cooker Beef Chili

Slow Cooker Beef Chili is an easy, delicious, hearty, healthy, low calories, low fat, low sugars, low carbohydrates, WeightWatchers (6) PointsPlus…

Tequila-Flamed Mangoes Over Vanilla Ice Cream

Before the mangoes are flamed they are baked with brown sugar. This process makes them sweet and syrupy. Over…

Layered Mexican Salad