Healthy Tacos
Healthy Eating.
Tacos are easy and fast to make and can also be very healthy.
Get Bethenny Frankel’s recipe for healthy tacos and find out how you can spice up your next taco dinner.
Ingredients:
1 pound lean ground turkey
2 teaspoons chili powder
1/4 heart romaine lettuce, shredded
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1/2 cup shredded reduced fat cheddar cheese
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 cup shredded reduced-fat Monterey Jack cheese
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon Worcestershire
Skinnygirl sour cream (1 cup sauce nonfat Greek yogurt mixed with 1 tablespoon fresh lemon)
1/2 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
4 whole-wheat tortillas
Directions:
1. Spray a nonstick skillet with cooking spray and put over medium heat. Crumble the ground turkey into the pan. Add the next nine ingredients and cook, stirring and breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon or spatula, until the meat is browned. Set aside.
2. Wrap the tortillas in a towel and heat in the microwave for 15 to 30 seconds. To serve, put the meat, tortillas, and toppings on serving plates. Everyone can make their own taco.
Use any of these variations, or mix and match them according to your tastes.
VARIATION 1: Instead of ground turkey, try any ground or shredded meat or poultry, cooked shrimp, refried beans, veggie crumbles, canned black beans, drained and rinsed.
VARIATION 2: Instead of chili powder, try taco seasoning mix, cajun seasoning mix, 1 tablespoon prepared.
VARIATION 3: Instead of garlic salt, try any regular or seasoned salt.
VARIATION 4: Instead of Worcestershire sauce, try soy sauce or tamari fish sauce (for shrimp tacos).
VARIATION 5: Instead of Tabasco sauce, try any other hot sauce.
VARIATION 6: Instead of red pepper flakes, try cayenne pepper or chili powder.
VARIATION 7: Instead of or in addition to the toppings listed, try 1 fresh tomato, chopped, mixed with 1 or 2 scallions, chopped, with or without a little bit of chopped fresh or pickled jalapeño pepper, chopped fresh cilantro, red or green salsa, chopped iceberg lettuce, any other sharp cheese, Mexican cheese, feta cheese, or goat cheese; Guacamole or avocado slices.
To buy Bethenny’s new cookbook, “The Skinnygirl Dish: Easy Recipes for Your Naturally Thin Life,” visit amazon.com.
Friday August 13th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
Hi Wendy! I am one of your biggest FANS. I think you are witty, articulate, interesting and personable. . . . but, there is one thing that I feel like I must say (and I don’t do ”blogs”, etc. – so this is different for me. I hope you do get it. I miss . . well, I MISS the audience coming to the mike to dish with you. I truly miss it. I’m not feeling the eye candy for the day at all. I’m sorry cause I’m not one to complain or state my feelings. . . . I’m just saying . . . .
Tuesday August 10th, 2010 at 1:28 am
Wendy do you, cause you keep it really real. It’s your show and if you want to lick your fingers do just that. I feel you from one thick curvy black woman to another. We keep it real here in Texas, in the litchen we get down and messy! How you doinnnnnnnnnnn!
Thursday March 4th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
LOVE DISH BECAUSE IT HAS SO MANY VARIATIONS AND CAN STILL BE HEALTHY OR EVEN A LITTLE UNHEALTHY IF YOU WANT THAT NICE TASTE FROM BEING A LITTLE NAUGHTY
Sunday February 28th, 2010 at 2:17 am
lol 2 cute wendy u lookin gd girl and by the way hw u doin
Friday February 26th, 2010 at 10:55 am
you needed to get Bethanny on your couch..!!!!
Thursday February 25th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
Wendy,
Bethany is so annoying! Please don’t have her on your show again! She tries to control everything and is so self centered
Wednesday February 24th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
Wendy. I watched the episode with Bethany Frankel on it today. I noticed that before you ladies made your tacos, you both touched your hair at least twice. Ugh!
Oh, by the way, I tried the Hall’s in the tea. FABULOUS! Try it with Earl Grey tea.
Love, love, LOVE the show. Everybody in South Carolina does.
“How we doin?” Great when Wendy’s on!
Wednesday February 24th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Wendy,
I enjoy your show and watch everyday, but we did not get to hear Bethanny discuss her recipes. You only ask her about the show. As a person trying to lose weight I am always interested in good recipes. Thanks
Wednesday February 24th, 2010 at 11:57 am
Wendy, don”t even think about it. She needs to get over it. Wendy is a star and if she does’nt like it, too bad!!!! I love you, You are the greatest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday February 24th, 2010 at 10:56 am
Wendy, Wendy, Wendy … I love your show, but I’m not sure what was going on in your head. You turned me off today by licking your finger full of sour cream. What were you thinking? You’re not in your private kitchen – we don’t need to see that! I know you say your show is messy, but that was a bit extreme. But I still love you anyway
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