New Year's Resolution? Eat Healthy with these 5 Must-Try Latin Food

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One of the best achievements you can try to have this 2016 is to make sure you get past another year unscathed in terms of your health. While you can't control the future, you always have a say in what goes inside your body and it could spell the difference. And, to help you out in your endeavor, here are some of the healthy and must-try Latin dishes.

Vegetarian Paella de Quinoa

This healthy dish recipe is courtesy of Mexican chef Julian Medina who just recently opened another branch of his Toloache restaurant on Thompson Street in downtown New York after the success of his two existing restaurants in New York's Theater District and Upper East Side, according to Latina.com.

When you go and visit his place, never forget to try this vegetarian paella de quinoa made up of ingredients, such as quinoa, pickled Mexican vegetables, hon-shimeji mushrooms, asparagus, and black truffle aioli. You can check out the recipe here.

Veggie Frittata

For half-Puerto Rican Reyna of the KickinKitchen.TV, the distinction of being the best chef goes to her mom and one of her favorite recipes is the frittata. The ingredients of this healthy dish are diced small onion, chopped baby spinach, diced red pepper, a dozen of large egg whites and extra virgin olive oil. For its preparation, you can go to TheLatinKitchen.com.

Tacos de Jicama

Another healthy treat from the Latin region is from Italian-born executive chef at Tortilla Republic, Cathy Shyne. "These Tacos de Jicama are served inside sliced jicama, a crunchy root vegetable, high in vitamin C and fiber and low in calorie," she said.

Chef Shyne guarantees that the combination of shrimp, tomatoes, avocados, and onions in this tasty and hearty dish will surely satisfy your hunger less those naked calories. Check out the recipe for her Tacos de Jicama here.

15-Minute One-Pot Chicken & Kale

This one is brought to us by HealthyLatinFood.com. As the name suggests, this recipe is perfect for those who are on the go but want to stay away from fast food and eat healthy food. This dish is very much Latin with the inclusion of Cuban sofrito in its ingredients apart from the chicken breasts and kale. You also have the option to replace kale with any other dark leafy green if you like.

Tortilla Chips with Fresh Summer Salsa

Another healthy recipe courtesy of the Latina is this refreshing salsa that goes well with your favorite tortilla chips. And, it is really super easy to make. All you have to do is combine all ingredients that include chopped large tomatoes, minced red onion, chopped jicama, minced small radishes, grated carrot, seeded and minced jalapeño chiles, minced cilantro, fresh lime juice and salt.