Celebrate Cinco de Mayo the Healthy Way!

Whether it be an office party, lunch with friends, or dinner with the family, you don't have to sacrifice taste to save some calories this Cinco de Mayo. You can indulge in your favorite foods, just remember, everything in moderation.

Try this healthy spin on a Cindo de Mayo classic...the burrito! 

Chicken Avocado Burritos

Author: OMGChocolateDesserts.com

Prep time:  15 mins

Cook time:  15 mins

Total time:  30 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 2 cups cooked and shredded chicken (or 2 chicken breasts, salt and pepper- to taste, 1 Tablespoon mustard, 1 Tablespoon olive oil)
• 1 cup grated cheese (I use mozzarella)
• 1 avocado -diced
• 2 Tablespoons cilantro-chopped
• 4 large tortillas
• 4 Tablespoon sour cream
• 1 Tablespoon oil

Instructions

1. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a frying pan, place chicken breast sprinkled with salt and pepper and roast for about 5 minutes on each side. Spread 1 tablespoon mustard over the chicken, add about ¼ cup water add cook covered for a few more minutes.
2. Cut cooked chicken into thin stings.
3. Mix the chicken, cheese, cilantro, and the diced avocados.
4. Spread 1 tablespoon sour cream on each tortilla, add ¼ of the mixture, form a roll.
5. Heat 1 tablespoon oil into a pan and place all four tortillas on the pan, cook for 2 minutes on medium- high heat. Flip on the other side and cook for another minutes or until the the tortillas are golden
6. Serve warm.

To wash it down, try this recipe for a Skinny Sunrise..it's only 145 calories! 

Fresh squeezed orange juice, 100% pineapple juice, homemade strawberry simple syrup, and rum (or tequila, or vodka!) are shaken with ice, then poured into a glass and topped with fizzy club soda. Feel free to leave out the alcohol! 

What's a meal without dessert?! Try these baked churro doughnut holes! Baked is always better than fried!

{CINCO DE MAYO} hEALTHY BAKED CHURRO DONUT HOLES (GLUTEN FREE!)

PREP TIME

5 mins

COOK TIME

15 mins

TOTAL TIME

20 mins

Serves: 8

INGREDIENTS

• 1¼ cups blanched almond flour
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 tablespoons stevia baking formula (sub for raw honey, agave, pure maple syrup, or coconut palm sugar if preferred)
• ¼ cup mashed ripe banana (sub for pure pumpkin puree or applesauce if preferred)
• 1 egg, at room temperature
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted (divided, 1 tablespoon for coating)
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• Cinnamon-'Sugar' Coating
• 2-3 packets granulated stevia (sub for raw cane sugar or coconut palm sugar if prefered)
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Try an Easy Make-Ahead Breakfast Casserole

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Lightly grease a cake pop mold (I used a silicon mold), donut hole mold, or a mini muffin tin.
3. In a bowl, combine the almond flour, baking soda, salt, stevia and cinnamon. (If using a liquid sweetener, add this to wet ingredients instead).
4. Stir until thoroughly combined.
5. In a separate bowl, combine the egg, mashed banana, coconut oil and vanilla.
6. Combine the wet mixture with the almond flour mixture until well incorporated. The batter will be rather thick.
7. Fill each cup with about one tablespoon of batter.
8. Bake for 15 minutes. Once a toothpick pulls clean allow the donut holes to cool completely and remove from the pan/mold.
9. Combine the granulated stevia (or substitute) and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon in a bowl.
10. Brush each donut hole with a small amount of melted coconut oil using a pastry brush then toss in the cinnamon 'sugar' mix.
11. Enjoy!

NOTES

Makes 16 donut holes. Nutritional values will change with the use of ingredient substitutions.

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION

Serving size: 2 donut holes Calories: 150 kcal Fat: 11g Carbohydrates: 7gSugar: 2g Fiber: 4g Protein: 5g