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Healthy Taco Recipes

These healthy taco recipes include all kinds of fun twists on everyone's favorite dinner. There's a variety of alternative tacos plus taco versions of pasta, pizza, soup, casseroles, skillets, mac and cheese and more!

You'll find so many delicious ideas for taco Tuesday and beyond. Plus a few must-try side dishes to go with your recipes for tacos to round out the meal.

Some don't miss recipes:

  • Close up of a large serving bowl of cheesy taco pasta with avocado, sour cream, jalapenos and lime wedges on top and a wooden spoon resting in the side for serving.
    Taco Pasta
  • Crispy taco shells baked in a casserole dish and stuffed with shredded chicken, rice, refried beans and toppings
    Baked Shredded Chicken Tacos
  • Close up of a serving spoon resting in a casserole dish with a taco mac and cheese topped with cheese and tortilla chips.
    Baked Taco Mac and Cheese Casserole
  • Close up of sliced homemade taco style pizza with lettuce and avocado on top on a wooden cutting board.
    Taco Pizza {5 ingredients}

Add your favorite toppings and dig in to some of these easy taco recipes! Enjoy!

  • A fork resting in a green bowl with yellow rice topped with piles of black beans, salmon bites, chopped lettuce, pickled red onion, diced avocado and cilantro dressing drizzled lightly on top.
    Salmon Taco Bowls
  • Close up of a bowl full of taco soup with cheese and cilantro on top and additional toppings in bowls to the side.
    Crock Pot Taco Soup
  • Close up of a chip scooping up some guacamole from a serving bowl.
    Easy Guacamole Recipe
  • Close up of a spoon resting in a blue bowl of fluffy steamed brown rice with chopped fresh parsley on top.
    Perfect Brown Rice
  • Close up of no mayo coleslaw in a blue and white bowl with colorful napkins nearby.
    Easy No Mayo Coleslaw {3 ingredients}
  • Avocado salad with tomatoes in a large white bowl
    Avocado Salad
  • Close up of a trio of crunchy taco shells stuffed with seasoned shredded chicken mixed with salsa.
    Instant Pot Chicken Tacos
  • A rectangular white plate with a soft shell taco with rice and leftover turkey with bowls of toppings on the side
    Leftover Turkey Tacos
  • Egg and sausage breakfast tacos in a soft tortilla shell with cheese, avocado and green onion on top
    Breakfast Tacos
  • Creamy homemade refried beans in a blue bowl with cilantro, avocado, tomatoes, cheese and pickled jalapenos to the side of the bowl as toppings
    Instant Pot Refried Beans
  • Shredded cooked chicken served in a large white bowl
    Crockpot Shredded Chicken
  • Close up of cauliflower tacos tucked together on a white plate with avocado slices to the side.
    Cauliflower Tacos {vegan}
  • Close up of a loaded taco salad with ground turkey and peppers over a bed of spinach, with salsa and avocado as toppings to the side.
    Healthy Taco Salad
  • A spoonful of cooked black beans being lifted up from a pressure cooker
    Instant Pot Black Beans (+ video)
  • Close up of a bowl of cheesy brown rice with a garnish of parsley on the side and a fork nearby on a teal napkin.
    Cheesy Brown Rice
  • Two sweet potatoes stuffed with ground taco meat and topped with cheese and toppings
    Taco stuffed sweet potatoes
  • A colorful black bean and mango salad with peppers, corn, cucumber and tomatoes in a glass bowl.
    Black Bean and Mango Salad
  • A fork lifting up a few strands of red onion from a jar
    Quick Pickled Red Onions
  • A bowl of homemade salsa with cilantro and jalapeno with a chip for dipping on the side
    5-minute Homemade Salsa
  • Black bean and bell pepper mixture on top of a tortilla shell with toppings in bowls in the background
    Vegetarian tacos (+ video)
  • Large skillet with cooked ground turkey, brown rice, black beans and veggies and cilantro for garnish
    Turkey Taco Rice Skillet
  • A skillet of a colorful brown rice with peppers and cilantro and a wooden spoon resting in the pan.
    Confetti Brown Rice
  • A white serving bowl with creamy coleslaw with black beans, corn and peppers mixed in.
    Mexican Coleslaw
  • Close up of a bowl of slow cooker salsa chicken with sprigs of cilantro to the side for garnish.
    Slow Cooker Mexican Shredded Chicken {3 ingredients}
  • A small spoon resting in a white bowl of jalapeño relish with fresh jalapeños to the side.
    Easy Fresh Jalapeño Relish
  • A serving fork resting in shredded saucy mole chicken in a large platter with sliced green onions sprinkled on top.
    Easy slow cooker mole chicken
  • Side angle styled photo of healthy 7-layer Mexican dip on a green serving platter with bowls of chips, avocado and olives in the background and a sprinkling of green onions.
    Healthy 7-layer Mexican dip (+ video)
  • Turkey taco spaghetti squash boats with veggies and melted cheese being served on a large white plate with forks stuck in each one and small bowls of pico de gallo and Greek yogurt nearby.
    Turkey Taco Spaghetti Squash Boats
  • Three shrimp tacos in flour tortillas set on a green serving platter with bowls of sauce and a cabbage slaw to the side with fresh pineapple in a bowl in the background.
    Shrimp Tacos with lime cabbage slaw and spicy yogurt sauce
  • Close up of a baked chicken taco casserole with cheese and tortilla chips on top in a glass baking dish with sprinkled cilantro on top and a bowl of salsa to the side.
    Healthy Chicken Taco Casserole
  • A taco-flavored vegetarian power bowl with sweet potatoes, black beans and a spiced yogurt sauce - an easy, healthy vegetarian dinner!
    Taco-flavored vegetarian power bowl
  • Close up of a plate of shredded slow cooked tequila chicken over a bed of rice with cilantro leaves and lime slices on top.
    Slow Cooker Tequila Chicken
  • A large skillet with a wooden spoon resting in a mixture of taco turkey meat with potatoes, all topped with diced tomatoes, cilantro and a dollop of sour cream.
    Healthy Taco Turkey and Potato Skillet
  • Tender shredded pork tenderloin with a salsa verde sauce coating it and taco shells and steamed rice in the background.
    Slow Cooker Salsa Verde Pork
  • Close up of a white bowl filled with a black-eyed pea salad with onions and bell peppers.
    Mississippi Caviar
  • A soft flour tortilla on a white plate with spinach and a creamy shredded chicken mixture topped with sliced green onions for making into tacos.
    Creamy Shredded Chicken Tacos
  • Close up of a colorful skillet mixture of sautéed corn and bell peppers.
    Quick Corn and Pepper Sauté
  • A flour tortilla on a white plate with seasoned flaked mahi mahi topped with salsa verde and sprigs of cilantro sprinkled around.
    Mahi Mahi Fish Tacos
  • A small white bowl with a homemade taco seasoning mix beside measuring spoons and a hard taco shell.
    Homemade Taco Seasoning
  • Three hard shelled ground turkey tacos served on a white plate with cheese, spinach, salsa and sour cream as toppings.
    Turkey Tacos

Meet Kathryn

Hi there! I’m Kathryn Doherty, a cookbook author, mom of two, and devoted food and home cooking nut. I’ve got lots of easy recipes to help you get delicious food on the table for your family!

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