Get Ready for Cinco de Mayo!

     

  Being from Florida I have always had a lot of Spanish speaking friends. Growing up in a small orange producing town, many were from Mexico and I was able to celebrate the holiday Cinco de Mayo, The 5th Of May, with their families.  This commemorates the victory of the Mexican militia over the French army at The Battle of Puebla in 1862. It is not, as many people think, Mexico's Independence Day, which is actually September 16. There was always a lot of music and dancing, but the best the part was always the food!

       Substituting lower calorie ingredients for high calorie ingredients is one of the best ways I know to live healthy and not feel like you are missing out on life. Here are a few recipes for you to try this Cinco de Mayo to help cut some of the fat and calories a party can put on you.

      

Easy, Taste Good Substitutions

• Replace regular sour cream with reduced fat sour cream or Greek yogurt.
• Replace milk cheese with cheese made from 2% milk.
• Replace fried (hard) taco shell with soft, low-carb tortillas.
• Replace ground beef with meatless, chicken or even better fish tacos! At the very least drain the fat off the ground beef. Who wants a soggy taco anyway?