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8 Simple Healthy Family Friendly Mexican Recipes

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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? 

Mexican Chicken Tortilla Chip CasseroleMexican chicken tortilla chip casserole combines the crunch of tortilla chips with Mexican flavors in this delicious dinner meal. Rotisserie chicken and jared salsa make for quick dinner prep and then bakes into a satisfying healthy family meal for any night of the 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

Chicken enchiladas Green Chile Yogurt Sauce recipe cuts fat and calories, not flavor. Made with leftover or rotisserie chicken, Greek yogurt, green chilies, great northern beans, and green enchilada sauce, this is a must try gluten free recipe! The perfect dinner casserole.

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 CupsBaked Taco Cups are a simple weeknight dinner meal that everyone in the family will love. Made with flour or corn tortillas rather than greasy tortilla shells found in grocery stores. Load your taco cup up with your favorite taco topping, bake, and enjoy! A healthy twist on tacos. via createkidsclub.com

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.  

Southwestern Nacho Bean BowlsSouthwestern Nacho Bean Bowls are a nacho meets veggie bowl combo. This healthy spin on nachos pleases everyone and saves calories and fat.

Southwestern Nacho Bean Bowls are a festive meatless meal that is fun for the whole family to make and are even more fun to eat!

CROCK POT MEXICAN QUINOA CHICKEN CASSEROLE

This Quinoa Casserole is the best way to get your eating the nutritious grain. Mexican flavors blend perfectly with the chicken, beans, and corn. A complete one pot dinner meal that can easily be put together quickly in the morning and be ready when you get home on a busy night. This is a must try casserole the whole family will love. Eat the leftovers cold for lunch the next day, or top a green salad with a scoop. via createkidsclub.com

This Quinoa Casserole is 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 CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUPChicken Tortilla Soup is a slow cooker dinner meal full of beans, quinoa, and vegetables. This soup comes together quickly with common items already in your pantry. A great use for leftover chicken.

Crock Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup is a one pot meal packed full of nutrition from beans, quinoa, and lots of veggies.  A great use for leftover chicken.  

CROCK POT REFRIED BEANSCrock Pot Refried Beans are so simple and inexpensive you will make them again and again. Unsoaded dry beans are blended with spices and water then cooked all day to make this delicious dinner side dish. Naturally gluten free, vegetarian, and a great source of plant based protein. Freezes great.

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.  

Enchilada SauceHomemade Enchilada sauce tastes so much better than sauce out of a can. This recipe is made in just 10 minutes with ingredients you probably have in your pantry. It is gluten-free and freezes well. via createkidsclub.com

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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8 Simple Healthy Family Friendly Mexican Recipes are perfect for Cinco de Mayo, Taco Tuesday, or any Mexican Food night. All are easy to prepare and guaranteed to please your whole family.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  2. acktive life says

    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!

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    • Create Kids Club says

      Great choice! I am all about chips and guac. I think a nice big scoop of gaucamole would go great on this dish! 🙂

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    • Create Kids Club says

      Me too, Kelly! And it falls on Friday this year! I feel like that means a Corona can happily go along with dinner 🙂

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