Quick & Easy Healthy Dinners: #1 Mexican Tacos (Vegan, Gluten-Free)

in vegan •  7 years ago 

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I know sometimes I can get pretty fancy-smancy with my recipes and ya’ll are over there reading my posts, rolling your eyes being like “That’s amazing @heart-to-heart, now I’m hungry because it looks so good but I don’t have time to make that!”


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I get it, I hear you. This series is for you. If you don’t have much time but you’re trying to change up your diet, try a little meatless Monday, do the Veganuary challenge or even just participate in some of the contests going on here, I have you covered. These recipes are going to be fast, simple and delicious so you can come home after work and whip them up, no stress!

I’m starting with tacos because if you know me, I LOVE tacos. If I could eat tacos every day of my life, I would and never complain (I ate tacos basically every single day I lived in Central America so I would say definitely over 300 days of tacos!) That being said, it kills me that my stomach can’t stomach ;) (see what I did there?) flour and therefore flour tortillas are off the menu for me 😭Wahhh. Wambulance. 😭

Luckily, today there are tons of other options like the coconut wraps I'm using here!

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Secrets to this recipe:

Half of healthy eating is prep. If you can make some of this all at once and save it for later/future meals, you're going to be super happy with yourself!

  1. Boil your corn WHILE you're doing something else like throwing your ingredients in the processor for the cheeze! (Make extra for some of our other quick meals!)
  2. Soak your beans the night before this, just throw them in a jar with water, drain when you wake up, rinse and you can use them! If you have more time/patience, let them sprout (but this may be asking too much so if you don't want to soak, just boil your beans for use or go with BPA free, organic cans if you need something faster!)
  3. Make extra so you can have some for lunch!
  4. Use a food processor to cut your veggies to stir fry in no time!

What you need:


'Taco'

  • 2 cobs of corn (boiled and cut)
  • 1 cup of soaked beans (I used a mix of pinto and black)
  • 1 package of mushrooms (I used white oyster)
  • ½ head cauliflower (in place of rice)
  • 1 green pepper
  • 1 onion
  • 3/4 tomatoes
  • garlic
  • nutritional yeast
  • coconut oil
  • pink Himalayan sea salt
  • Cajun spice
  • 1 lime
  • gluten-free wraps (I used Thrive Market’s organic, coconut wraps which I am in love with!)

'Cheeze'

½ cup almonds
½ lemon (only juice)
1-2 tbs coconut oil
1-2 tbs filtered water
1 clove garlic
Sprinkle pink Himalayan sea salt


What to do:


  • Soak beans over-night (at least- different beans required different times for soaking, making them more digestible)
  • Boil and cut your corn from the cob.
  • Chop up veggies and throw the corn, cauliflower, pepper, onion, mushrooms and beans in a pan with coconut oil and Cajun seasoning, let fry together until your veggies are tender.
  • Add in tomatoes at the end to have them saturate in the flavor, cover, turn off heat and set aside for now.
  • Start preparing your cheese while your flavors are mingling.
  • Put all of the cheese ingredients into a food processor until it turns into a thick paste.
  • Lay out your wraps, layer with the stirfry, top with cheese and nutritional yeast. Decorate with lime,
  • Bam! Healthy, vegan, gluten free tacos!
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MY biggest problem is that living in Bali, I have to get people to bring me my coveted coconut wraps SO, if you’re visiting Bali, let me know if you can fit like 20 packages in your bag for me <3

Listen my friends, as I was reading through this, I know it may seem intimidating but this meal took me no longer than 30 minutes. The wraps were pre-made, the veggies got chopped in no time in the food processor and I was doing plenty of other tasks while my veggies were simmering and corn boiling so, it's all about multi-tasking to get this delicious meal on the table in record time! Good luck and enjoy!

Sending you love through food today and every day!
XO,
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passing by watching with keen interest.

I'm just working on the menu you've been requesting :)

Awww...don't i just love you!

i need food like this thru the whole crypto shabang

I hope one day that we can share food virtually somehow, that would be a dream :)

@heart-to -heart I love to try vegan tacos but of we don't have that sauce here and alternative?

Hi @gratefulayn, I made the sauce myself (cheeze) so I think you should be able to too as it isn't bought from a store. Most of this is made from plants from the farmer's market that are grown in my country (Indonesia). I know that some of the items may be hard to find but you can use other ingredients where you need to :) The important part is to use something with protein that is not meat, so here, we used beans :) I hope this helps! <3

30 minutes? For 30 minutes I will half the research for a new post. It's either wife cooking or nothing.. I will show her what you suggest here :)

Haha well, if you show her how and tell her to do the easy steps to make it fast, it'll happen! Of course if you take pictures, record the recipe and then do a post about it like me, you are now looking at hours instead of a quick little 30 min adventure ;) <3

Well, that's for sure.

If she likes the recipe, I'll consider tossing a picture of the meal here to boast about her skills.

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

So Delicious but not enough for me.
Plz follow me @wakeel

Well these are packed with protein so are much more filling then they may seem but you can always eat more than 1! =D

Hehehe 1 is enough for me im just joking..but you not upvote or comments on my post?😢

I will follow you if you cook one of these for me! :P

Is this for me?

This is obviously a delicious food, that is beneficial for our healthy body & increasing nutritional power.
Thanks.
@Resteem & follow has been done.

Hi :) That is my passion! I love sharing recipes that are healthy for our bodies! I believe we can heal many illnesses through food and so I love inspiring and sharing ways to incorporate those healthy foods into our lives :)

Already am salivating. Nid to v a taste of Dis delicious lkin delicacy.

Yummy...very tasty 👍👍😉

Wow! I like the tacos 🌮! This recipe looks so good, especially it’s vegan 100%.

Thanks for the recipe! Looks great :)

I love tacos! 🌮 And these are so healthy and easy too! 🌱

I have only used cashew nuts to make vegan cheese before. How does the almond vegan cheese taste?