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How to Make a Healthy Baked Tortilla Shell

How to Make a Healthy Baked Tortilla Shell

Ahhh….a healthy salad, held together by a beautiful, edible golden bowl. The problem is, you’re not getting much nutritional bang for your calories buck with that deep fried shell. To the tune of 280 calories and 16 grams of fat with not much nutritional benefit…and that’s without any filling. The average fried tortilla shell that cradles your taco salad is void of pretty much anything good for you, but there’s hope! You can still make it crispy and delicious by baking it and opting for a better-for-you tortilla that’s full of whole or sprouted grains, gluten-free, loaded with chia or...

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Babaguachetta Stacked Dip

Babaguachetta Stacked Dip

You can say, you’ve only seen it here, folks. The only place on the Internet with a recipe for Babaguachetta Stacked Dip. Why? Because I completely made it up. My roots are Mediterranean, but I live in So Cal, where’s there’s a lot of South of the Border flavor influences, so I often fuse the two and call it ‘Med Mex’ – my unique culinary point of view. Food Network, that’s one of my show names, if you want to hold if for me. Back to the story…I thought it would be fun to fuse my three favorite toppings –...

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