Kristi HavlinMacro coach and trainer
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Layered like a lasagna, built like an enchilada, and the Greek yogurt is doing the work that sour cream usually does — which is where the protein number comes from.
Source: Recipe and macros: Kristi Havlin, KH Macro Coach & Trainer.
Per serving
Makes 5 servingsServing size 1 bowl
Ingredients
- 20 ounces cooked pork loin
- 28 ounce can red enchilada sauce
- 1 cup plain non fat Greek yogurt (227g)
- 10 corn tortillas
- 5 ounces Monterey Jack cheese
- 5 teaspoons cotija cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and arrange oven safe containers on a cookie sheet. Spray lightly with cooking spray.
- Warm corn tortillas in the microwave for 30 seconds, or over the gas burner until crispy.
- In a bowl mix Greek yogurt with about 1/2 cup of the enchilada sauce.
- Begin layering in all ingredients in this order: about 1/4 cup enchilada sauce, 1 corn tortilla, 2 ounces pork, 1/8 cup Greek yogurt mixture, 1/2 ounce Monterey jack cheese. Repeat. Top with cotija and bake for 30 minutes.
- Let cool before covering with lids and placing in the refrigerator up to 5 days.
Keeps: Airtight containers, up to 5 days in the fridge.
Yogurt instead of sour cream
A cup of plain non-fat Greek yogurt carries about 22 grams of protein and almost no fat. Cut with half a cup of enchilada sauce it stops reading as yogurt entirely — this is the swap that turns a comfort meal into a 45-gram-protein one, and nobody at the table notices.
It is a layer cake, so build it in order
Sauce, tortilla, pork, yogurt, cheese. Repeat. The bottom layer of sauce is what stops the first tortilla welding itself to the glass.
Where this one fits
455 calories is the biggest of the three recipes on this blog, and deliberately so. This is the container for a day you did something hard — a Body Burner at 4:30, a spin class and the strength floor after it. On a rest day, the turkey bowls are the better fit.
Written by people who work in a gym, not by doctors. Nothing here is medical advice — if you are pregnant, injured, or managing a condition, talk to your doctor or your physical therapist before you change what you are doing. Our instructors will happily modify any of it for you; ask before class.