I put on weight easily and take it off slowly. If I’m not careful I can gain 5 lbs in a week, and it’s not water weight. I’ve learned since I was a child that I need to be careful with my food choices if I want to enjoy being a normal sized person. I’m excited to discover, thanks to my husband splurging on the new taco bell tacos, that corn tortillas not fried make great soft taco shells. Here’s the kicker: 1 4.5 inch corn tortilla has 30 calories! My old flour tortillas have 150! Just making that 1 change saves 120 calories per taco and I usually eat 2, so 240 calories saved on the meal.
I used them today for lunch fajitas. The filling was 3 mini-bell peppers sauteed with 1 sliced green onion. I tossed in a 4 oz bag of chicken strips and topped them with cilantro, romaine lettuce and salsa. I didn’t even miss cheese. The whole meal was very filling and had a total of 228 calories! That included 26 grams of protein and a lot of vitamin C. It was pretty too. Forgive my paper plate. I’m being a terrible example, but I have excuses all thought up.
nice post. thanks.
Looks yummy! My mom used to make them soft by putting a saucepan with a little boiling water and then a cooling rack over the water and steaming the corn tortillas. Works well and then don’t break as easily. I’m enjoying your blog and enjoying saving money on groceries!
Where can I find your recipe for the tortillas?
Elizabeth, You caught me. I bought these. But have been researching how to make corn tortillas. I can do flour, but corn has been more intimidating to me.
Corn tortillas are easy!! I’m intimidated by flour tortillas, but I made corn tortillas for the first time a few months ago, and now I’m hooked.
You start by buying masa flour.
Then you follow the directions on the package. That’s it. It’s masa flour, water, and a pinch of salt. Knead together for a couple of minutes, shape into balls, flatten, cook 50 sec on each side in a hot ungreased skillet.
You can have fresh tortillas on the plate in under 30 minutes, depending on how many you are making.