Tex Mex Recipes

An Italian favorite gets a below the border twist. Chef Meg made just a few tweaks before giving this one her seal of approval! She adds the spices early in cooking to help boost flavor and added a full pound of turkey for a more filling meal.

This tex mex chili is amazing served with a bit of shredded cheddar cheese and sour cream. Servings are a generous 2 cup size.

Tasty simple meal, sure to please everyone!

These are really fun and really tasty tacos. Plus their low sodium. You can add other ingredients to them but obviously the nutritional info will be different.

Slow cooker

A quick casserole that is great for those busy weeknights. Also makes a unique potluck dish.

Tasty taco filling in a flaky crust.

If I weren't sparking, I'd be scooping this up with tortilla chips! This would also be great in a wrap. Right now, I'm eating it with a fork and it is fantastic!

Makes 4 huge servings at this calorie level. 6 smaller servings would lighten the calories.

This is a layered dip or main dish.

Perfect scrumptious and filling dish for a cold fall day.... or ANY day!

Minnesota is famous for its wild rice paddys and it's fairly inexpensive locally. This meatless burger was an experiment for dinner one night Pinto beans could be substituted for the black but we think the black are better in just about everything!. The grains and beans make this a more complete protein. When cooking wild rice, set aside 1c. for the freezer. I cook the dry beans as a matter of preference and cutting grocery costs, but have used canned beans, rinsed and drained when out of my cooked beans. This can be mixed up in the morning and then cooked for the evening meal. I haven't tried freezing them yet. We just reheat in the microwave though they're best eaten right away!

Adapted from the "Beef: It's what's for dinner" website. I lowered the sodium, fat, calories per serving and added a few seasonings and beans. The beans make is very filling without adding calories or fat! Super quick and easy to make and really stretches out a pound of ground beef!

I got this recipe from CooksCountry online but changed a few things, like getting rid of the crushed fritos and replacing them with small cut up corn tortillas to reduce the fat, and using medium grain brown rice instead of white. . 12 servings/ about 4.5 WW points (old system) per serving.

This hearty side dish includes pine nuts, which are a waist slimming MUFA. As a side dish, halve each half to yield 8 servings. Also yummy all by itself as a complete meatless meal! You can reduce the calorie count if you leave out the cheese or use reduced fat cheese, and it still tastes great!

this can be as mild or as spicy as you like, just do your cayenne to taste!

This is very easy to make and my daughter helped put this together.

Yummy hot! I got this recipe from VegWeb.com. You may use soy cheese and nix the sour cream to make it vegan. Delicious!

Preferrably made with ground chicken, but ground turkey is perfectly fine. A delicious alternative to your everyday sloppy joe!!

Mexican inspired, savory and satisfying,

Another Potful of Recipes - Joanna Lund

4 points. Need a break from classic chicken salad? This tasty version is chockfull of vegetables and beans, and then spiked with cumin and chili powder.

From the book The Ultimate Soup Cookbook

I whipped this up to satiate my craving for creamy stuff & cheese. (Would also be great with corn, cilantro, etc.)

cook brown or black rice, add to raw ground turkey, onions, oregano, parsley and mix. stuff into 1.5 peppers cut in half

A healthy Mexican Omelet