I love tacos. When my best good friend Eva and I get together for more than a day, we always have taco night. There isn't even a question of whether it'll happen, just when. I haven't had a lot of tacos lately because there was a recall of all the vegan mince a while back, and it still isn't back in stores. But I went minimally fancy (nowhere near schmancy) tonight by making some stuff from scratch!
Tonight's dinner was homemade corn tortillas from Viva Vegan!, tofu chicharrones (also from VV!), and tinned refried beans (I forgot to soak beans and also I'm having an allergy attack). I'd never made either of the VV recipes, but luckily I chose what turned out to be two really easy ones.
When Terry says if you can lift a bag of masa, you can make tortillas, she's not kidding. These were so easy. I was thinking about pancakes while making these, and I realised I could probably make 2-3 dozen tortillas in the time it would take me to make a single batch of pancakes. It doesn't hurt that I have a tortilla press - it makes wee baby tortillas (well, smaller than I'm used to)! - but I bet rolling them out wouldn't take all that long either.
The chicharrones took a long time but weren't a lot of effort. Most of the time is waiting - freezing then thawing the tofu, then pressing and marinating. But it's about 30 minutes of actual work, which was great tonight when I was sneezing so much I thought my whole face might come off. You can make the marinade and throw the tofu in it, then make the tortillas, then fry the chicharrones in the pan you used for the tortillas and have dinner ready in half an hour.
I'm so excited to eat leftovers tomorrow and make my co-workers jealous that my lunch is so much more awesome than theirs.
I have to say, I'm not even at the mild level of the cleanse and my mood has improved. Now I just need to decide what to make for next Taco Tuesday!
Oh yeah, Mike insisted I post this educational video for those who might not know the difference between tacos and burritos (NB - not vegan!):
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