Cilantro Taco

I threw this together today, and it turned out wonderfully. I was able to buy almost all of the ingredients fresh from the farmer's market, too.



Tortillas
Soy/Veggie Crumblers or textured vegetable protein
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
1/4 white onion, chopped
1/2 cup whole kernel corn
3 cloves garlic, chopped
2 roma tomatoes, chopped
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1 can spicy tomato sauce
1\4 c taco seasoning
1 cup cooked rice
salt, to taste
avacado, to taste

Sautee all vegetables in a skillet until mostly cooked. Add veggie crumblers, tomato sauce and seasonings. Cook on low to medium heat until warm. Add rice, continue stirring until warm. Heat tortilla, fill with deliciousness, and devour.

Veggie Balls

1 zucchini, chopped
1/2 eggplant, chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped
1/3 green chile pepper, chopped
1/4 onion, chopped
3 garlic cloves, chopped
1 hand of broccoli, chopped
2 cups flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup olive oil
1 cup soy milk
1 t salt
1 t baking powder
tumeric powder
soy sauce
basil
rosemary
thyme
oregano
Shredded soy cheese


Preheat to 400. Stir fry chopped veggies with soy sauce and spices- to your taste. Make sure the veggies are done. Mix flour, sugar, oil, soy milk, salt, and baking powder to a doughy consistency. Add more milk or flour to desired consistency. Knead dough and let sit 10 minutes. On greased cookie sheet, flatten sections of dough. Place veggie mixture in center, and fold sides of dough up to meet in center. This should create a samosa-like, or even a ball like casing of dough around the veggies. Do this for each section. You can make them large or small. Bake until dough is golden brown: 20-30 minutes. Melt cheese on top.

Stuffed Bell Peppers

Ingredients:

4-6 large, uniformly shaped (ish) bell peppers (red and yellow are the best)
2-4 cups cooked rice (any kind will do)
3/4 - 1 cup taco seasoning (or related spices)
1 package fake ground meat/ soy crumbles/ TVP
1/2 onion chopped
5-6 mushrooms chopped
shredded soy cheese (optional)
water

Start the rice a-cookin'. Wash the peppers and clean out the seeds. Cut in half and place with opening up in glass baking dish(es). Brown fake meat in skillet. Add onion and mushrooms. Add cooked rice and seasoning to meat mixture (or vice versa). Add water. Cook some of the water out. Spoon entire mixture into peppers. Bake on 350 for 45 minutes. Sprinkle cheese on top and continue cooking until melted.

Eat your heart out!

Raw Veggie Pizza

This is a dish that my cousin used to bring to family get togethers, only I modified it and became addicted.

You'll need:
1 recipe of biscuit or crescent roll dough
1 pkg Toffuti soy cream cheese
1/4 cup vegennaise
1/4 c of ranch seasoning
fresh bell peppers (I use red, green, and orange, and about 1/4 of the pepper each)
fresh onion (1/4 yellow onion)
fresh carrots (2 medium sized)
fresh broccoli (I don't know how to measure broccoli. Just use the florets, not the stems)
fresh mushrooms (1/2 cup, chopped)
fresh cauliflower (same as the broccoli)

First, roll the dough for the biscuits/ crescent rolls out flat on a cookie shit to make the crust. Bake for about 6 minutes and let cool. Chop the veggies into fine pieces. In a mixing bowl, combine the tofutti, vegennaise, and ranch mix. Stir or blend in food processor until it's creamy, well combined, and spreadable. Once the crust is cool, spread the mix onto it, then add the veggies evenly distributed on top. Press them into the cream mixture with a spatula. Refrigerate. It's best served chilled.

Enjoy!