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7 Healthy Recipes for Cinco de Mayo

How to make low-calorie margaritas, seriously savory empanadas, and more for this weekend’s fiestas.

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo without packing on the pounds with these healthy recipes. Photograph by Ali Eaves.

It’s Cinco de Mayo this weekend, an occasion that is—in America, at least—traditionally celebrated with a margarita and a heaping bowl of guac. But it’s no secret that Mexican food isn’t exactly waistline-friendly, so these healthy recipes whipped up by local dietitians are here to help. From a low-cal margarita to salt-free baked tortilla chips, these lightened-up versions of favorite foods will make sure you can chow down without weighing yourself down.