There are some simple swaps that can make the tacos a healthier choice for you and yours.
1: The cheese is definitely a comfort of taco night, but let's be honest, it doesn't add a lot of flavor. There are fat free or low fat cheeses out there that can give you the texture and cold element to your tacos if that is what you prefer. Or you can leave the cheese off completely.
2: If you are like me, then you love the sour cream on your tacos! The cold smooth texture with a slight sour element added to my hard shell tacos is the best. However, switching the sour cream to Greek Yogurt can eliminate some of those unwanted calories and some of the fat as well. It also adds probiotics and you are not eating a thick sour Greek Yogurt on its own (if you are not into that).
If you do not enjoy Greek Yogurt, the sour cream can always be replaced with light or fat free sour cream. I had to do this until I got used to it, and then I switched to Greek Yogurt.
3. Growing up, we always ate ground beef tacos. I loved the smell and couldn't wait to load it on to my growing pile that would soon resemble a taco. A few years back, I decided to try ground turkey instead. It was fabulous! It had the same texture and the flavor was more mild. I have never gone back to ground beef. It is a poultry, so it is a leaner choice of protein. I have already switched my families point of view on this as well.
4. Hard shells! Yum! Who doesn't love hard shells with their tacos? I actually love the tostadas (flat hard shell). I would heat up my oil and let it sizzle, snap, and pop until it was golden and crisp. I knew that I was just eating all the oil that was soaked up into the tortilla, but I didn't care! It was my comfort food. After starting to be more health conscious, I would eat soft shells, knowing they were more healthy for me. Until one day, I decided to bake them! Brilliant! Only, they were never as crisp as when they were fried.
Luckily, there is a solution! I now heat my oven to 350* and spray both sides of the tortillas with Pam. I then throw them in the oven and let them get crisp. I never have to flip them over because the Pam helps to conduct the heat against the baking sheet. They are now just as crispy and golden brown as when I would fry them.
These are a few of the ways you can adjust your tacos to be more healthy. You could also add vegetables to them or leave out the meat entirely and have veggie tacos. Tacos are a great meal to make adjustments to because there are so many components that small swaps will not be highly noticed.
I would love to hear what swaps you make to your taco night...
1: The cheese is definitely a comfort of taco night, but let's be honest, it doesn't add a lot of flavor. There are fat free or low fat cheeses out there that can give you the texture and cold element to your tacos if that is what you prefer. Or you can leave the cheese off completely.
2: If you are like me, then you love the sour cream on your tacos! The cold smooth texture with a slight sour element added to my hard shell tacos is the best. However, switching the sour cream to Greek Yogurt can eliminate some of those unwanted calories and some of the fat as well. It also adds probiotics and you are not eating a thick sour Greek Yogurt on its own (if you are not into that).
If you do not enjoy Greek Yogurt, the sour cream can always be replaced with light or fat free sour cream. I had to do this until I got used to it, and then I switched to Greek Yogurt.
3. Growing up, we always ate ground beef tacos. I loved the smell and couldn't wait to load it on to my growing pile that would soon resemble a taco. A few years back, I decided to try ground turkey instead. It was fabulous! It had the same texture and the flavor was more mild. I have never gone back to ground beef. It is a poultry, so it is a leaner choice of protein. I have already switched my families point of view on this as well.
4. Hard shells! Yum! Who doesn't love hard shells with their tacos? I actually love the tostadas (flat hard shell). I would heat up my oil and let it sizzle, snap, and pop until it was golden and crisp. I knew that I was just eating all the oil that was soaked up into the tortilla, but I didn't care! It was my comfort food. After starting to be more health conscious, I would eat soft shells, knowing they were more healthy for me. Until one day, I decided to bake them! Brilliant! Only, they were never as crisp as when they were fried.
Luckily, there is a solution! I now heat my oven to 350* and spray both sides of the tortillas with Pam. I then throw them in the oven and let them get crisp. I never have to flip them over because the Pam helps to conduct the heat against the baking sheet. They are now just as crispy and golden brown as when I would fry them.
These are a few of the ways you can adjust your tacos to be more healthy. You could also add vegetables to them or leave out the meat entirely and have veggie tacos. Tacos are a great meal to make adjustments to because there are so many components that small swaps will not be highly noticed.
I would love to hear what swaps you make to your taco night...
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