Are you craving taco night but you are vegan (plant based)? Or want to incorporate more meatless meals into your weekly rotation?? What to do?!
Follow this super simple (and inexpensive) recipe on a classic dish!
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While tacos have been traditionally made with ground beef/chicken, hard shell tortillas, and cheese- I’ve made some small adjustments for the best flavor. My recipe calls for all plant based ingredients (hello lettuce wraps!) But you can substitute ingredients of your choice! It's one of our favorite dishes and I think you're really going to like it!
Growing up I used to enjoy assisting my Dad with preparing enchiladas (which was always a favorite dish in the Hill household) but oddly enough we didn’t have taco night often.
Now as an adult, taco night happens at least once a week. So what is so great about these tacos anyways?!?
We love them for a number of reasons
Fast to assemble
nutritiously filling foods
Extremely low calorie meal
Tasty flavors
inexpensive
Never gets boring because you can tailor the ingredients based on your tastes
Cleanses out body of excess waste
prep time: 8 minutes Servings: 3-4 Calories: 155
Ingredients
One Head of Romaine Lettuce
One bell pepper
one medium onion
One can of black beans
One ripe avocado
bushel of fresh cilantro
fresh salsa
grape tomatoes
Instructions
Tear each romaine leaf off of stock and wash thoroughly using produce wash
Sautée chopped bell pepper and onion over medium/high heat. Season with your favorite spices (cayenne pepper, chili peppers, pepper, salt etc)
Open and rinse can of black beans
Take one or two lettuce leaves and create the taco “boat" on your plate
Fill the “boat" with the heaviest ingredients first. beans (lentils, sweet potatoes, brown rice) then peppers and onions mix, avocado etc
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Optional substitutes
One medium sweet potato diced and baked
Lentils
Pickled jalapeños
Homemade hummus
Brown rice
Tabouli
Fire roasted corn
Siete brand Wraps (cashew, cassava, almond)
Instead of using a wheat, corn, or flour tortilla, I use romaine lettuce leaves as the wrap. I like to sautée red bell peppers, and onions together using various spices, and add any type of beans or lentils for the filling. Sometimes I also warm up refried beans and add a plant based cheese of choice.
As a garnish, I top the veggie tacos with slices of fresh avocado, cilantro, fresh salsa, and grape tomatoes.
Full meal for $8
I also like to challenge myself with creating meals made up of all organic ingredients for less than five to ten dollars and this meal certainly fits that criteria! Remember to make a list before heading to the grocery store! I find I can always save more money when I plan out my meals and necessary ingredients before shopping. (Remember To Use Reusable Shopping Bags Whenever You Shop. A Lot Of Stores (Like Whole Foods) Give You Money Back For Using Your Own Bags. If You Click On My Ibotta Link)
Organic head of lettuce: $2.99
One can of organic black beans: $1.09
Organic onion: $0.80
Organic Bell pepper: $0.99
Jar of organic salsa: $2.99
Total: $8.86 score!
This meal is also amazing because it is very filling. You won’t go to bed hungry that’s for sure! And you'll have plenty of leftovers for lunch the following day!
Side note: You could even lose extra weight by eating this meal. Thats because this meal is extremely fibrous! So be mentally prepared to go #2 the following day. But look at it this way- who doesn’t love losing extra weight due to excess waste?!
You can swap out or intermingle ingredients each time you make these tacos based on what mood you're in. I especially enjoy making my tacos super spicy one week, to sweet and salty the next week. Its like a choose your own adventure!
Let me know how you like to prepare your tacos!
Xoxo,
Mari