YHE-226 A TASTE OF TEX-MEX
YHE-226, Revised Oct 1998. Barbara
Struempler, Extension Nutritionist, Professor, Nutrition and Food Science, Auburn University
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A Taste of Tex-Mex |
It's fun to fix food for your friends,
your family, and yourself. Tex-Mex foods are good to eat and fun
to make. Try these recipes and think of your own menu. Include
servings from all food groups. The five food groups are bread,
cereal, rice, and pasta group; vegetable group; fruit group; milk,
yogurt, and cheese group; meat, poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs,
and nuts group.
Sloppy Joes
This makes enough for four people.
You will need:
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1/2 teaspoon
salt
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 cup catsup or 1 can tomato soup (10-1/2-ounce), undiluted
- 1/4 cup grated
Parmesan cheese (optional)
- 4 buns, biscuits, or slices of bread
How to make:
- Break ground beef into small pieces.
- Put ground beef, onion, and salt into frying pan and cook
until meat is brown. Stir as it cooks. Drain fat.
- Add catsup or tomato soup. Add cheese if you wish. Stir well.
Cook about 15 minutes. Stir some as it cooks.
- Put meat on buns or bread.
What's Good to Eat with Sloppy Joes?
| Sample Menu: |
| Green Salad |
Apple Slices |
| Sloppy Joes |
Milk |
This menu includes servings from all of the food groups. Sloppy
Joes contain meat and bread.
Think of things you would like to eat with Sloppy Joes. Write
down two menus to serve with Sloppy Joes. Be sure to include foods
from all food groups.
Easy Tamale Casserole
This makes enough for four
people.
You will need:
- 1 can tamales (14-1/2-ounce)
- 1 can chili without beans (15-ounce)
- 1 tablespoon dried minced onion
- 2 cups coarsely crushed corn chips
- 4 slices American cheese, cut in half
How to make:
- Turn on oven to 350 degrees F.
- Unwrap tamales if they have a wrapper.
- Cut them crosswise into 1/2-inch
thick slices.
- Put them in a baking pan sprayed with a non-stick cooking
spray.
- Combine chili and onion. Spread over tamales. Top with chips.
- Bake, covered, for 25 minutes.
- Remove cover. Put cheese slices over top of casserole and
bake, uncovered, 10 minutes.
What Is Good To Eat with Tamale Casserole?
| Sample Menu: |
| Slaw |
Orange Slices |
| Tamale Casserole |
Milk |
This menu includes servings from all of the food groups. The
Tamale Casserole has foods from three of the food groups. Write
down which three food groups are in the casserole.
Think of other things you might like to eat with Tamale Casserole.
Write down two menus to serve with the casserole. Be sure you
include foods from all of the food groups.
Nacho Sandwich
- 2 flour tortillas, warmed
- 1/2 cup vegetarian
refried beans, heated
- 1/4 cup grated
cheddar cheese
- 1/4 cup shredded
lettuce
- 1/4 cup chopped
tomato
Spread tortillas evenly with beans. Top equally with remaining
ingredients. Fold over one end of each tortilla and roll up sideways.
Makes 2 servings.
What Is Good To Eat with a Nacho Sandwich?
| Sample Menu: |
| Nacho Sandwich |
Apple |
| Milk |
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This menu has food from all of the food groups. The Nacho Sandwich
has food from four groups. Write down which four groups the Nacho
Sandwich has.
Think of other things you would like to eat with Nacho Sandwiches.
Write down two menus to serve with Nacho Sandwiches. Be sure to
include foods from all of the food groups.
For more information, contact your county Extension office. Visit http://www.aces.edu/counties or look in your telephone directory under your county's name to find contact information.
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