Tostada Salad Recipe with Ground Beef – 7 Point Total
Tostada Salads have always been a favorite Mexican food of mine. There’s just something about that crunchy shell that I adore! However, in traditional tostada salad recipes, the shell is fried, thus adding tons of fat, calories and weight watchers points. My slimmed down version has just a 7 Point Total, (for the entire dish) and still offers that yummy, crunchy shell – but baked, not fried. Plus, it’s loaded with fiber! And the best part, is that is still has all the delicious flavors of the ground beef tostada salad that you would buy from your favorite Mexican restaurant. Though this is not an official one of Weight Watchers Salad Recipes, it’s a fabulous meal idea for any one who wants a low calorie Mexican recipe!
Tostada Salad Recipe with Ground Beef
Ingredients:
- 1 La Tortilla Factory Smart & Delicious 100 Calorie Tortilla
- 4 oz extra lean ground beef
- 2 tbsp black beans
- 1/2 packet taco seasoning mix
- 1 cup shredded Romaine lettuce
- 1/4 cup 0 Point Pico de Gallo
- 1 tbsp reduced fat sour cream
- a few sliced jalapenos (optional)
Directions:
Making the tostada shell…
In a medium sized frying pan, brown your ground beef and mix in the taco seasoning and black beans. Now fill your tostada shell with the lettuce and top with the ground beef. Next, add on your pico de gallo, sour cream and jalapeno slice.
Each serving = 7 Point Total
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May 8th, 2010 at 10:48 am
I make flat tostadas all the time, what a great idea to shape them! :) I will try that soon! Thank you!
May 12th, 2010 at 8:46 am
Would using ground turkey reduce the points for these? They sound yummy!
May 13th, 2010 at 7:24 am
It may…but barely. Possibly not even a whole Point. Extra lean ground beef has about 140 calories for 4oz, and ground turkey has about 120. So, we aren’t talking about a huge difference here. But hey, every calorie counts, so if you prefer the ground turkey…go for it!
June 9th, 2010 at 7:16 am
If you add 1 oz of low fat shredded cheddar how many pts would it add? 3? Also, how do you figure pts for guacamole?
June 9th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
In order to figure out the Points for the cheese, I’d need to know the nutritional stats…but I’d guestimate that to be about 2 Points. Adding guacamole will definitely add extra Points. The exact number will depend on which guacamole it is. But, I’d suggest you try my 1 Point Guacamile Recipe: http://www.laaloosh.com/2009/02/05/weight-watchers-guacamole-recipe/. :)