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Vegan Breakfast Tacos
One of the things I’ve missed most about living in Austin is the food. In addition to the wide availability of delicious fresh produce, I adore Tex-Mex – salsa, guacamole, chili, and of course, tacos! Yesterday I revisited an Austin tradition: the breakfast taco. Breakfast tacos are traditionally filled with meat, eggs and cheese, but I created a vegan version using tofu. It was incredible! And when filled with yummy veggies and avocado, these tacos are actually pretty good for you, compared to their meaty counterparts which are usually grease bombs. These tacos are filled with high quality protein from the tofu and healthy fats from the avocado and olive oil. Most importantly, they’re delicious, as long as you get the ingredients right. The key to delicious breakfast tacos is quality salsa and good tortillas. I used Native Texan Brand Chipotle Salsa, delicious, but you could equally make your own. This was a totally random creation, so my ingredients are estimates. Vegan Breakfast TacosThese ingredients are estimations, so feel free to adjust the amount and variety of veggies to suit your tastes. You may want more or less jalapeno depending on your spice tolerance and the heat level of your salsa. Just don’t forget to use good salsa – none of that Pace junk!
1 tsp olive oil
1/4 green pepper, finely chopped 1/2 red onion, finely chopped 1/2 jalapeno, finely chopped 1 cup firm tofu, crumbled 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 2 heaped tablespoons salsa 1/4 cup cilantro, finely chopped salt 3 tortillas (corn or flour) 1/2 avocado, diced
Makes 3 tacos. Per taco (made with corn tortilla): 193 Calories; 9.5g Protein; 10.7g Total Fat; 18.5g Total Carbohydrates; 0mg Cholesterol; 141mg Sodium; 5.2g Fiber.
Want to know more about breakfast tacos? Here are a couple articles I enjoyed, both of which discuss the traditional breakfast taco, but even vegans might enjoy reading about the history of this delicious food and where you can find tasty samples in Austin:
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Sounds great! I like a good breakfast wrap.
MMMM looks and sounds fantastic! I love these types of meals, but believe it or not have such a hard time finding corn tortillas here. Tonnes of wheat ones with tonnes of additives – well no thank you. But I am on the look out.
Or maybe one day I will make my own tortillas too
That sounds so yummy!!! It kind of reminds me of the vegan tofu scramble I had the other day.
you have such a fantastic diet. and i love that you really enjoy your food! i aspire to be like you!!!
I’m late commenting/reading your blog but I hope you enjoyed Austin! It was super hot, huh? Anyway I still love your phrase ’spiritual home’ and have begun to use that phrase for my own ’spiritual home’ which is New Mexico. Anyway love your blog, your meals always look amazingly tasty & healthy. Hope you had a blast in Austin and next time we should meet up!
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