Eating out: Mexican food dos and don'ts

Mmmm...Mexican food. We're lucky enough to have two authentic Mexican restaurants in our small city, and we've visited both plenty of times. However, though traditional Mexican fare is actually pretty healthy -- lots of plant-based foods and fiber-rich beans -- Americanized Mexican food can mean diet disaster with its sour cream, fatty refried beans, and hefty servings of red meat.

Ediets wants you to enjoy Mexican food, but they want you to stick to your appropriate daily calorie intake too. So they recently created a list of five things to enjoy at a Mexican restaurant and five things to avoid. I'm going to have to keep this list in mind the next time we go out, since a handful of those freshly made nacho chips are usually the first thing I reach for!