Vegan Grain/Gluten-Free Salad Tacos

With my new Un-Fried Beans, my creative juices were flowing!  To add to that, I went to get my salad from Costco the other day and they didn't have my organic romaine hearts!!?!?!?!?!?!?!  Eeeeeeek! What was I to do?  Luckily they had this bag of 6 organic petite heirloom lettuces.  I get home from my costco adventure and there's all these lettuces that are definitely not romaine.  We have a multicolored leaf (which actually was like romaine), a leafy crazy looking red one and a cup like lettuce.  Now, my mom can attest to this, I am a strictly romaine kinda-gal.  As I'm looking at this lettuce I realize, hey! this is really pretty!  Then my mind went into art mode and I made a funny design on the plate.........then my crazy mind went to tacos but with salad!  It turned out delicious and very yummy!  ENJOY!!!

Vegan Grain/Gluten-Free Salad Tacos
5 leaves of Romaine-like Lettuce
5 leaves of Red Leaf Lettuce-like (I really have no idea what it was called, lol)
Un-Fried Beans (as much as desired), room temperature
1 Avocado, diced
2 Scallions, sliced
6 Grape/Cherry Tomatoes, diced
Lemon juice
1 teaspoon Nutritional Yeast

Lay romaine-like lettuce in a star pattern on a plate.  Decorate in between the leaves with the red lettuce. Scoop beans onto the lettuce down the center.  Layer avocado chunks, then tomatoes then scallions on top.  Squeeze some lemon juice over the top. Sprinkle nutritional yeast over the top and ENJOY!

If you want to further the decoration, cut a lemon in half then into sections - but do not cut all the way through - and place a tomato in the middle.

Pretty lettuce design

with added beans

added avocado

added tomatoes and scallions

so pretty!

Vegan Navajo Tacos

Who doesn't love Indian Fry Bread?  I know back in the day I probably could have lived on it!  Unfortunately, it's incredibly unhealthy - fried, lard and heavily processed.  To make this dish healthier and vegan/grain-free friendly, I used vegan refried beans, lots of beautiful veggies and my Vegan Pancakes.  Keep in mind - this meal is incredibly filling :)

Vegan Navajo Tacos
Grape Tomatoes - cut in half
Red Sweet Pepper - sliced
Orange Bell Pepper - sliced
Yellow Bell Pepper - diced
Lettuce - shredded
Red Cabbage - shredded
Scallions - cut in half lengthwise
Amy's Vegetarian Refried Beans - warmed
Vegan Pancakes

On top of a hot vegan pancake add refried beans, scallions, lettuce, red cabbage, yellow bell pepper, orange bell pepper, red sweet pepper and tomatoes.  Serve hot.

a side view

With a side of roasted corn

Beautiful rainbow of veggies

Super Vegan Tacos

I think my favorite cuisine is Mexican - at least this week it is.  Of course being a grain-free vegan the options for Mexican food are really limited to chips, salsa and maybe guacamole. So one day I decided I was going to conquer this challenge.....and I did!  Here is my favorite dish, vegan soft tacos, that are so tremendously filling and super delicious.  I think I could eat this every night and never get tired of them!

Super Vegan Tacos
3 corn tortillas
1/2 can of Amy's Traditional Refried Beans (you can make your own if you prefer)
1-2 tablespoons of almond milk
3/4 of a romaine lettuce heart - diced
6-8 small tomatoes (cherry or grape) - diced
2 - 1/4 inch slices of red cabbage - diced
1 - 1/4 inch slice of red onion - diced
1 scallion  - diced
nutritional yeast

Dice all the vegetables and set aside.  Heat corn tortillas up in a skillet, set aside and keep warm.  Cook and add 1/2 can of refried beans to a skillet and add 1-2 tablespoons of almond milk until beans are smooth but not runny.  Top a tortilla with the beans, then begin to layer the vegetables - I find that lettuce, cabbage, onion, scallion then tomato is the easiest.  Top with some nutritional yeast for a cheesy flavor. ENJOY!!

Colorful veggies

mmmmmmm.....yummy!