Four Essential Tex Mex Dishes

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“Essential” Tex Mex dishes is the topic of this post. So what do we mean by “essential?” Well, because Tex Mex meals are – essentially – Americanized versions of traditional Mexican dishes as brought to the U.S. via Texas’ Tejano culture (people of Mexican or Spanish descent who moved to Texas before it became a republic) , we’re talking about …

The Calorie Counts of Some of Your Favorite Tex-Mex Foods

Posted in Healthy Eating

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Few of us really want to know how many calories we’re eating in our Tex-Mex burritos, guacamole dip, tortilla chips, and margaritas. But it’s still a good thing to know (if at least to understand why – Oh, why! – you’ve gained a couple of pounds after a hearty and delicious Tex-Mex meal). So read below for the calorie counts …