8 Simple Healthy Family Friendly Mexican Recipes are perfect for Cinco de Mayo or any Taco Tuesday. These recipes are easy to prepare and guaranteed to please your whole family!
Make meal planning easy with these go to Mexican recipes that you can make over and over.
These 8 Simple Healthy Family Friendly Mexican Recipes are my families personal favorites. Which one will you add to your menu this week?
A flavorful dinner meal that comes together quickly wit crispy tortilla chips, rotisserie chicken, and jarred salsa. Mexican Chicken Tortilla Chip Casserole is layered then baked until crisp and golden brown.
Chicken Enchiladas With Green Chili Yogurt Sauce combines green chilies, Great Northern beans, Greek yogurt, and rotisserie chicken in to a dish so flavorful no one will realize it is a healthy dinner meal!
Baked Taco Cups cut fat and calories compared to store bought tortilla bowls and add more nutrition with the addition beans and veggies. They bake up into a crispy taco bowl that is both fun and tasty. Serve with a side salad and you have dinner.
This Quinoa Casseroleis the perfect recipe to give quinoa a try. The Mexican flavors blend perfectly together forming a one pot meal your whole family will enjoy.
Crock Pot Refried Beans turn a bag of inexpensive dried legumes into a flavorful dinner addition tag saves money and freezes well. Serve topped with cheese, use in your favorite Mexican dishes, or as a side dish.
This simple Enchilada Sauce recipe makes it easy to just say no to canned versions. Made from ingredients you probably already have in your pantry, this sauce takes just 10 minutes to prepare, and saves you money.
Which recipe will make it onto your menu this week?!
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YUMMY!!! All of these look amazing, but I would have to go with the first one…I cannot get enough Mexican as of lately and cannot wait for Cinco de Mayo on Friday…Bring on all the chips and guacamole!
SuzLyfe says
May 1, 2017 at 9:01 amI don’t know what looks the best! I can’t wait to try them all!
Create Kids Club says
May 1, 2017 at 9:20 amYeah! They are all my favorites! 🙂
acktive life says
May 1, 2017 at 10:57 amYUMMY!!! All of these look amazing, but I would have to go with the first one…I cannot get enough Mexican as of lately and cannot wait for Cinco de Mayo on Friday…Bring on all the chips and guacamole!
Create Kids Club says
May 2, 2017 at 2:10 pmGreat choice! I am all about chips and guac. I think a nice big scoop of gaucamole would go great on this dish! 🙂
Deborah @ Confessions of a mother runner says
May 1, 2017 at 3:25 pmWho could pick they all look amazing! I love a good nacho bowl
Create Kids Club says
May 2, 2017 at 2:10 pmOne of my favorites too, Deborah!
Jessica Fishman Levinson says
May 1, 2017 at 5:55 pmSuch a great roundup Jodi! I think each and every one of these recipes would go over just fine in my house. 🙂
Create Kids Club says
May 2, 2017 at 2:00 pmThank you, Jessica! When in doubt, I make Mexican food 🙂
Chrissy Carroll says
May 1, 2017 at 8:07 pmSo many tasty lookin’ dishes! If I have to narrow it to one, I think I’m going to do the enchiladas this week!
Create Kids Club says
May 2, 2017 at 2:01 pmGreat choice Chrissy! I’d love to hear what your family thinks! 🙂
Carmy says
May 1, 2017 at 9:09 pmI love making baked taco cups!
Create Kids Club says
May 2, 2017 at 2:01 pmMe too, Carmy!
Kelly Page (@TastingPage) says
May 1, 2017 at 9:16 pmI love Mexican spices. I’m so ready for cinco de mayo!
Create Kids Club says
May 2, 2017 at 2:02 pmMe too, Kelly! And it falls on Friday this year! I feel like that means a Corona can happily go along with dinner 🙂
Emily Holdorf says
May 1, 2017 at 10:32 pmHow could I pick just one to try! These all look amazingly delicious!
Create Kids Club says
May 2, 2017 at 2:13 pmI’d go with the Tortilla Casserole or the Enchiladas 😉
Jill Conyers (@jillconyers) says
May 2, 2017 at 3:17 amSo many delicious recipes.
Create Kids Club says
May 2, 2017 at 2:13 pmThanks Jill.
Excellence says
May 2, 2017 at 4:13 amYUMMY!!! All of these look amazing, but I would have to go with the first one…Bring on all the chips and guacamole!
Create Kids Club says
May 2, 2017 at 2:04 pmThis recipe is my new favorite! Great choice!
Dixya @ Food, Pleasure, and Health says
May 2, 2017 at 6:43 amthose taco cups look sooo good!
Create Kids Club says
May 2, 2017 at 2:04 pmThanks Dixya. They are super easy, which is my favorite part! 🙂
Sara Haas says
May 5, 2017 at 7:49 pmLove all of these! What a fantastic round-up!!! Yay!