{"id":20883,"date":"2010-05-04T01:05:02","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T06:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=20883"},"modified":"2010-05-03T21:31:43","modified_gmt":"2010-05-04T02:31:43","slug":"enjoy-a-healthy-cinco-de-mayo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/enjoy-a-healthy-cinco-de-mayo\/","title":{"rendered":"Enjoy a Healthy Cinco De Mayo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/enjoy-a-healthy-cinco-de-mayo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-20897\" title=\"strawberry-salsa\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/strawberry-salsa.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" \/><\/a>Cinco De Mayo &#8211; the 5th of May; a holiday that commemorates the victory of the Mexican militia over the French army at The Battle Of Puebla in 1862. More importantly, it is a day to celebrate <a title=\"mexican food\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/taco-bells-drive-thru-diet\/\" target=\"_self\">Mexican food<\/a>! Mexican food is my very favorite, and it&#8217;s my weakness. But tortilla chips, cheese and margaritas can really wreak havoc on <a title=\"diets\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/\" target=\"_self\">your diet<\/a>, leaving you with tight jeans and a caloric hangover worse than any fruity mixed drinks.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There are ways, though, to enjoy this fun day without regret. Eating out at a restaurant? Pass up the chip basket. Say no to the queso dip. Avoid the words <em>crispy, fried, refried, cheesy, and breaded. <\/em>Look for entrees that are grilled or baked and served with fresh vegetables or a salad. Avoid the sour creams and limit the guacamole. But salsa is a great, low-fat choice. Enjoy the burrito or the fajitas without a tortilla.<\/p>\n<p>Want to celebrate Cinco de Mayo at home? Check out some of these great recipes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Weight Watchers Nacho Cheese Bake\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/weight-watchers-nacho-cheese-chicken-bake\/\" target=\"_self\">Weight Watchers Nacho Cheese Bake<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Low Carb and Weight Watchers Margaritas\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/low-carb-and-weight-watchers-margaritas\/\" target=\"_self\">Low Carb and Weight Watchers Margaritas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Baked Chimchangas\" href=\"\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/baked-chimichangas\/\" target=\"_self\">Baked Chimichangas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Cheesy Enchiladas\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/cheesy-enchiladas\/\" target=\"_self\">Cheesy Enchiladas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cinco De Mayo &#8211; the 5th of May; a holiday that commemorates the victory of the Mexican militia over the French army at The Battle Of Puebla in 1862. More importantly, it is a day to celebrate Mexican food! Mexican &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/enjoy-a-healthy-cinco-de-mayo\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[1491,340,1492,29],"class_list":["post-20883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-cinco-de-mayo","tag-holidays","tag-mexican-food","tag-nutrition"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20883"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20893,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20883\/revisions\/20893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}