Rainbow Tacos
Red: Canned diced tomatoes blended with chili powder, garlic, cayenne, and lime juice
Orange: shredded carrot
Green-yellow: avocado + mango + pinch cayenne + black pepper + lime juice + salt
Dark green: green leaf lettuce (from the CSA box, it's so good I eat it as a snack!)
Blackish-purple: taco meat, inspiration here
Purple: beets, roasted in 375 degree oven with skins on
Browns: homemade wheat tortillas and brown rice (not shown)
Layer on tacos in this order: Blackish-purple, brown rice, red, green-yellow, orange, dark green.
Next time notes: I might use taco seasoning in the tomato sauce instead of making it taste like enchi sauce. I will also plan ahead so I can prepare some gluten-free tortillas ahead of time (maybe my bean tortillas that I made a while back!)
Omni Notes: A hungry omnivore who came back from bikram yoga (usually he's craving a huge steak after bikram) was satisfied after eating four of these tacos. I know he was satisfied because he didn't go make himself a protein shake an hour later, which is what he does when we eat my more typical light, clean meals. Sometimes when I'm cooking for the omni I add something "bad". Like, for instance if I had made my bean tortillas I would have made some flour ones as well. I try to meet him halfway so that I don't completely turn him off to my cooking ; ) Other things I do: add more fat, add margarine, use processed junk from the store like vegan sausages, use pre-made canned stuff (hey, he likes the flavors of those probably because they remind him of grandma's cookin'). The important thing is that I balance this stuff out with lots of colorful and hopefully raw ingredients on the plate.
Time to feed the fur-faces.
Nice.
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