Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with these 5-star TLS recipes. So mouth-watering, you’ll be cooking these up all week. Be sure to tag us in your photos @tlsweightloss.
Chipotle Chicken Stuffed Peppers (serves 2) – Also great with ground turkey, pork or tofu.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Fresh pico de gallo topping:
1 – 3 small tomatoes diced
1 tablespoon red onion minced
Small handful of fresh cilantro chopped roughly
Fresh lime juice from 1 small fresh lime
Dash of salt and pepper
Combine and set aside
Peppers
2 large peppers
2 chicken breasts – cut up into small cubes
1 cup cooked Quinoa
½ of medium yellow onion of choice diced and minced
1 – 2 tablespoons of chipotle powder
1 tsp garlic powder or 1 clove of fresh garlic minced
Low sodium Veggie or Chicken broth
¼ cup shredded cheese or non-dairy cheese alternative (cheddar, jack or other favorite)
Prepare baking sheet with tin foil, cut peppers in half with paring knife, careful to keep the pepper intact as you core and destem it. Coat peppers very lightly with a little avocado oil and place on tin foil and put in oven for 3-4 min, flip for another 3 min. Take out of oven and set aside.
Season chicken with ½ of the chipotle & garlic powder, a dash of salt and pepper. In a pan over medium to high heat, a drizzle of avocado oil and 4 tablespoons or low sodium veggie stock, cook up cubed chicken. When chicken is nearly done, add in onions, once soft then add in 1 cup of cooked Quinoa and rest of chipotle and garlic. Stir and mix thoroughly.
Scoop chicken and Quinoa mix into the peppers, pressing it down into peppers with a fork, fill all 4 peppers. Sprinkle on the cheese and place in oven until cheese is melted 3 – 5 minutes at most.
Serve up the peppers on a plate with a hearty helping of the Pico de Gallo on top or off to the side. Enjoy.
Southwest Zucchini Taco Boats (Serves 2) Great with chicken, ground beef or tofu as well.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees and prepare baking sheet with tin foil on top.
Fresh pico de gallo topping:
1 – 3 small tomatoes diced
1 tablespoon red onion minced
Small handful of fresh cilantro chopped roughly
Fresh lime juice from 1 small fresh lime
Dash of salt and pepper
Combine and set aside
Zucchini
3 medium to large Zucchini sliced in half and middle cored to create your “boats”
Coat peppers very lightly with a little Avocado oil and place on tin foil and put in oven for approximately 4 minutes, flip for another 4 minutes. Take out of oven and set aside.
1 lb ground turkey
½ onion chopped and minced
1 small pepper (any color) chopped and minced
4 tablespoons of low sodium veggie or chicken broth
Salt & pepper
1- 2 tablespoons of Southwest or Taco (salt-less) seasoning blend
In a pan over medium high heat, a drizzle of avocado oil, ground turkey, 4 tablespoons of chicken broth and southwest seasoning.
Mix while it cooks, once turkey is nearly done, add onion and peppers and salt & pepper to taste. Stir and mix thoroughly until onion and peppers are soft.
Scoop into zucchini boats Optional – sprinkle ¼ cup shredded cheese or non-dairy cheese alternative over the zucchini boats and place in the oven for another 5 minutes.
Serve with a hearty helping of Pico de Gallo on top or off to the side. Enjoy!
Shrimp Fajita Salad (Serves 2) *Great with chicken or tofu as well.
Make up a bowl or 2 plates of your favorite greens chopped up:
Try colorful variety of romaine and butter lettuce, tomatoes, yellow peppers, cucumbers, avocado and ¼ – ½ yellow, white, or red onion sliced.
Mix your Fajita Spices:
1 tablespoon of chili powder
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp garlic powder
Season 8 – 10 large or jumbo shrimp with your spice mix.
Mix your dressing:
½ cup your favorite salsa, ¼ cup sour cream or non-dairy alternative for sour cream, mix thoroughly and set aside.
Shrimp
Sautee shrimp & onion in a pan over a drizzle of avocado oil and 2 tablespoons of water. Serve sauteed shrimp and onions over your veggie salad with 2 – 3 tablespoons of dressing. Enjoy!
Melanie’s Ultimate Guacamole
2-3 ripe avocado
1 small ripe tomato or 5 – 6 grape tomato, diced or minced
1 lime, cut in half, squeeze for juice
Red onion, 1 – 2 tablespoons finely minced
A handful of Fresh Cilantro chopped well
1 small clove of garlic minced or ¼ tsp garlic powder
½ tsp of Sea Salt
A dash of pepper, dash of cayenne
Instructions:
Scoop out avocado into a bowl, add all fresh ingredients and mash together till desired consistency. Add pepper and cayenne to your desired taste and serve with fresh yellow and red peppers and celery sticks.
Sosan’s Quinoa Wraps (8-10 small wraps)
A healthy TLS alternative to taco shells or tortilla wraps. High in protein and gluten free.
Prepare your favorite taco or fajita fillings first so everything is ready once your wraps are ready.
Ingredients:
1 cup quinoa (white or black or mix – your choice)
1 cup water
1/4 tsp sea salt
¼ tsp garlic powder or onion powder
¼ tsp cumin powder
1 tbsp avocado oil
Directions:
- Rinse quinoa quickly and pour the quinoa into the blender, add water, salt, garlic powder and cumin powder and blend until a smooth thick batter. You may want to add 1-2 tbsp of extra water if it is too thick and can’t be poured out from the blender.
- Heat your large frying pan over medium heat, brush the pan with avocado oil. Pour ladle of the batter onto the pan.
- Use the ladle to swirl the batter to ensure it is thin enough (similar to a crepe). The longest part of this recipe is standing over the stove and cooking them one at a time over medium heat.
- Enjoy with your favorite filling!
Let us know in the comments which recipe(s) you’ll be cooking up and be sure to tag us, @tlsweightloss, in your photos. Happy Cinco de Mayo!
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