Cinco De Mayo Healthy Mexican Food!

Cinco de Mayo falls on a Thursday this year, but hey any excuse to eat tacos right!

I also found these if you are celebrating at home because why not: 

 

My all time favorite Mexican meal to make is probably White Enchiladas (see recipe here) and they aren't too difficult but we are talking about a Tuesday night people, so let's talk easy, and quick!

A regular occurrence at our house are tacos, but if you are on a constant diet like I am then you will need some healthy options for Tacos. I mean bikini season is upon us people. There are a few modification that you can make so that you can still enjoy the delicious taco flavor without all the calories and bloat. Also these are super easy. We seriously probably make this for dinner once a week at minimum. 

First you are going to switch out ground chicken or turkey for the ground beef. (If you can't do this try doing half and half to get used to it. I also suggest the half and half method for getting husbands/picky kids to eat whole wheat options). 

Cook the meat just like you would ground beef, and drain. Add your favorite taco seasoning pack (or you can make your own) and about a cup of water. Simmer and stir frequently. Next in the last 3-4 minutes of cooking I add a can of Fat Free Re-fried beans. This adds some fiber and to be honest just makes it taste better, in my opinion. 

Brown Turkey

Cut up the veggies of your choice and your meal is done. You do have the option here of forgoing the taco shells. 

We do this pretty frequently and just eat it as taco salads (less carbs and calories). I will just top with a little salsa for dressing. YUM-O!! Feels like your are eating bad and you really aren't!

I added raw corn to mine. Sooooo good!

Other Mexican Recipe Links of Interest: 
Iowa Girl Eats (she is one of my favorites)
Pillsbury Recipes - Cinco De Mayo
Hungry Girl
Skinny Taste Cinco De Mayo
The Girl Who Ate Everything
Yummly

Mother's Day Gifts

So if you are like me and come from a branching family you may have multiple Mother's to buy for, for Mother's day. Throw in the added complication of none of them are local and you start to have a little bit more of a difficult decision to make. If they were local we could go to brunch and buy them a nice potted flower or something. Since I have to mail our gifts, not only do I have to plan ahead (to allow time for it to arrive) but also buy something that can obviously be shipped. Please tell me that I am not the only one with this issue.

So the only thing to do is to spend countless hours scoring the internet looking for something that shows our love and appreciation of all these wonderful women do and have done for our family, while staying within a reasonable budget. Not an easy task I tell you. 

In comes Amazon to save the day. I am an Amazon prime member (totally worth it in my opinion) so shipping is free and will probably only take about 2 days. Imagine my surprise when the took it up a level and created this:

This will seriously help me. At the very least it has compacted my scouring down to one place!! 

I also recently smelled a sample of the Jo Malone Candle/fragrances...OH MY GOD PEOPLE!!! The Peony and Blush Suede Scent is to die for!!! But then I looked them up and they are like $65 a piece. Multiplied times 4 (3 Mother's to buy for and me :) is not in my budget...but one day I will have one of those. They really do smell that good!

Jo Malone Candle

Much closer to my price range are these Philosophy I Think You Are Wonderful gift sets. They are actually cheaper and have free shipping on Amazon right now so I will link from there. (Always looking out I know ;). I really enjoy Philosophy products and I think this would be good for my mom and step-mom, but I am not sure about my mother in law.

I also really like Kendra Scott right now and figure that the Moms would probably like that too. They are on sale right now (see sale post here). They also just started advertising these beautiful gift sets! 

Kendra Scott Gift Set

Let me know if you have any great ideas for your Mother's Day gifts - Especially if they are shipable (is that a word??).