Level Up Your Fitness Game With This Delicious Mexican Prawn Recipe

Do you also constantly struggle between eating delicious food or staying fit and lean? It feels like a battle we can never win, with our taste buds pulling us one way and our fitness goals pulling us the other. Imagine you come home after a long day at work, your stomach is growling, and all you want is to sink your teeth into something delicious. Yet, there’s that nagging thought in your mind reminding you of your commitment to staying healthy. It is a frustrating dilemma, isn’t it? But worry not. You don’t have to choose between taste and health this time. We have a way out for you to enjoy flavourful meals while still sticking to your weight loss goals too.

Mohita Mascarenhas, a nutritionist and weight loss coach, has offered a solution to this on Instagram. She has shared a recipe that is both healthy and delicious, perfect for those looking to lose weight without sacrificing taste. According to her post, you can prepare a Mexican prawn bowl as per her recipe. It is a low-carb weight-loss meal that can be prepped ahead for busy workdays.

Ingredients:

• 120 grams of raw prawns
• 1 teaspoon Mexican or taco seasoning
• 75 grams of boiled sweet corn
• 75 grams of red, green, and yellow bell peppers
• 30 grams (2 tablespoons) Greek yogurt
• 50 grams avocado
• 1/2 teaspoon sunflower oil

For the tomato salsa:

• 1/2 small onion, finely chopped
• 1/2 medium tomato, finely chopped
• 1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
• 1/2 jalapeno or green chili, finely chopped
• A handful of coriander leaves, finely chopped
• Juice of 1/2 lemon
• A pinch of salt

Mohita has also shared an easy step-by-step preparation method for it.

Marinate the prawns: Marinate prawns in 1 tsp of Mexican or taco seasoning and salt to taste.

Saute the bell peppers: Heat a pan on medium heat, add 1/2 tsp oil and sauté bell peppers with a pinch of little salt for 2-3 minutes and take it off the pan.

Cook the prawns: Cook the prawns on both sides. Take off the heat as soon as the prawns curl up and turn orange.

Prepare the tomato salsa: Add finely chopped onion, tomato, garlic, jalapenos or green chilli and a handful of coriander leaves. Mix them in a bowl along with 1/2 lemon juice, and a pinch of salt.

Assemble the bowl: To a big bowl, add boiled sweet corn, sautéed peppers, prawns, salsa, mashed avocado, greek yoghurt and a drizzle of lime juice.

Your Mexican prawn bowl is now ready to be enjoyed.

The nutritionist has also shared some alternatives in case you don’t wish to consume prawns.

If you don’t like prawns, you can easily swap them with 70 grams of sliced chicken breast. “Vegetarians can replace prawns with 100g firm tofu. This meal will provide 20g of protein,” she adds.