Traditional Mexican Dish

corn tortillas

🥗Healthier: whole wheat tortillas

💰Cheaper: flour tortillas

Whole wheat offers more fiber.

cooked meat

🥗Healthier: grilled chicken

💰Cheaper: ground beef

Grilled chicken is leaner and lower in fat.

salsa

🥗Healthier: fresh pico de gallo

💰Cheaper: store-bought salsa

Pico de gallo is fresher and lower in preservatives.

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: none

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

Introduce the dish, Chiles en Nogada, a traditional Mexican dish.

Mention that it includes ground pork or some type of meat with a sauce made from walnuts.

Describe the topping as made from parsley and pomegranate seeds.

Explain that the dish has all the colors of the Mexican flag.

Discuss the tortillas, stating they are made by drying them in the sun and then frying them.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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