Vegetarian Taco

I ate vegetarian tacos the other day at this place in Somerville, MA called Taco Loco and I had the Vegetarian tacos. I was a little bit skeptic about them at the beginning, but once I try them I was in love!

So today I kind of made my own version, I guess I could have added some guacamole to make it better but sincerely it was really good!

So I'm leaving you guys the recipe here in case you want to try it out.

Ingredients:

Serves 2

Flax seed whole wheat tortillas

Or any kind of tortilla of your choice but read the ingredients.

1 whole cauliflower

Broccoli florets (a bunch)

1 small Red bell pepper

1 clove of garlic (chopped in tiny pieces)

1/2 a medium size onion

6 medium plum tomatoes (or a can of organic dice tomato)

1 Can of tomato sauce (organic)

Sea salt and Red (cayenne) Pepper to taste

1 tbsp of olive oil (or canola your choice)

1 tbsp of earth balance butter

1 tbsp of vegetable seasoning

Preparation:

Cut the cauliflower into small pieces

Wash your cauliflower and Broccoli florets and steam or boil in a medium saucepan until soft.

Chop your onion and tomato into small pieces and half

Your red pepper in julienne cut and the other in small chunks

Set it aside.

Instructions:

Melt the earth balance butter in a medium non stick pan, add the vegetable seasoning, the red julienne cut bell pepper and part of the chopped onion. Let it cook for about 2 to 3 minutes. Add the cauliflower and the broccoli florets and let them cook for about 6 minutes moving and turning constantly until a nice golden color is around the cauliflower. Season with sea salt and pepper to taste.

For the tomato sauce.

On a medium size non stick saucepan, heat the olive oil over a medium high heat for about a minute

Add in the onion the garlic and the chunks of red bell pepper and let it cook for about

3 minutes.

Add in the chop tomato and let it cook for about 5 minutes moving occasionally.

Next, add in the tomato sauce and bring the heat to medium to low. This should cook for

About 7 more minutes, then add the sea salt and cayenne pepper to taste.

Building your taco

Heat your tortilla on a big non stick pan for about a minute turning it both sides. You can leave it on for a little while until it's toasted a little and even add some butter or oil but I like mine soft.

Then add in as much cauliflower and broccoli you want, top it off with the sauce and voila! Eat it!

I hope you guys like it! I really did! Like I said add whatever else you want, maybe some guacamole and some cilantro. If is a Friday you can indulge and make yourself a margarita!

Being vegan doesn't have to be boring!! ;)

Enjoy!

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So I have been vegan for about a month, vegetarian for about 2 and have been trying this lifestyle for years!

What can I said I guess the sad faces of the chickens and cows and pigs were not enough for me before that.

I did watch the movies: Earthlings, Meet your meat, If slaughter house were made of glass, as well as other great informational videos about this topic. But I guess my point of view was that, even If I, one person, stop eating meat, this will not make any difference. Many animals will still get slaughtered every single day with nothing I could do about it.

I tried going meatless for a whole month and for some reason I thought I felt weak, people started to tell me that It was important to eat meat and so I just went back.

Then, looking for ways to lose weight I stumble upon "The master Cleanse diet" and Bingo! That was it! I did the lemonade diet for 10 days. (I did cheat one day, I had a banana, but I had a headache and you can't have ibuprofen without food on your system right?) And another day I had 3 pretzels (blame my daughter for that one)

The master cleanse book talks about the awful truth regarding meat and dairy, what it does to your system, and how long it really takes for your stomach to process animal flesh.

After I read all of that, tt all kind of click! I didn't want to keep on putting my body thru all that! So I just went vegetarian cold turkey. (Tofurkey)  Though I only had eggs once and never really had any dairy except for butter on my bagel in the morning. Days later I bought the book, The Kind Diet by Alicia Silverstone, and that really helped me transition completely into becoming a Vegan.

I must say that It's been so much fun cooking, food shopping and just having something different to eat everyday. No more chicken salad sandwich for lunch and boring chicken ceasar salads. No more disgusting meat and milk that would just hurt my stomach.

My skin complexion cleared, I lost weight I already feel more strong and energetic! I can truly say I'm a changed woman!

This is just the beginning of these changes, though, and I would love to share my journey with other fellow new Vegans or Vegetarians. So if that's you please do follow my blog, I'll do the same and we can all support each other!

We are the champions of our own life! And there is no life without dreams! Let's just think about that everyday and make it a new healthy inspiring cruelty free experiend!

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