Holiday Challenge: Make a Healthy Vegan Mexican Meal I’ve been exploring the vegan and vegetarian dining options in Loreto, BCS as part of a travel advice series. It’s interesting because it’s difficult to find healthy options other than salads. The only vegetarian protein source I’ve reliably seen is cheese. Don’t get me wrong, I love…
Category: Vegetarian Mexican Recipes
Easy Mexican Corn, Chic Pea Salad, Vegan
Try this easy Mexican Corn, Chic Pea Salad as a vegan main course or a side dish to any meal. Perfect for #MeatlessMondays. Healthy and inexpensive protein source. I cook chic peas most weeks in Baja. I haven’t seen canned chic peas and I prefer the taste of home cooked anyway. I cook them in…
How to Make Fresh Killer Salsas, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Baja Salsas
Anyone can make fresh killer salsas with a few mix and match ingredients from the market. Pick one or two ingredients from each category, chop, dice, mix and adjust seasonings. You’ll have a fresh salsa on the table in 15 minutes. Serve with anything or everything. Use the freshest local produce and experiment with the…
No Cook Meals for Burning Man, Healthy Recipes
Don’t show up in the Black Rock desert empty handed, impress your friends with these no cook meals for Burning Man. No need for fire or refrigeration. Pack your tu tu, feather boa, a festive burner bike, lots of H2O, adult beverages, everything on this list and something to barter with. This post contains affiliate…
Grilled Sweet Potatoes and Peppers and The Big Green Egg
Grilled sweet potatoes, poblano and red peppers are amazing together and easy to cook. You will love this sweet, smoky, caramelized side dish to serve with grilled meat or fish. Allow at least 20 extra minutes to roast the sweet potatoes before you grill the meat. I microwave the sweet potatoes for 5 minutes to…
Vegetarian Mushroom Tamales, Swiss Chard Wrapped
Make these vegetarian mushroom parmesan cheese filled tamales wrapped in Swiss chard leaves without corn husks for a special occasion or weekend meal with friends. Corn husks are readily available in every Baja market and they are traditionally used to make Mexican tamales. They lend an earthy (dusty) corn flavor to tamales which I…
Vegan Chorizo Black Bean Burrito Bowl, Make it Mexican
#MeatlessMonday: Make it Mexican Vegan Mexican style chorizo burrito bowls are an easy healthy weeknight one bowl meal. For best results make the mushroom walnut chorizo a day in advance so the spicy chorizo seasonings can develop. Save leftover chorizo for tacos, stuffed sweet potatoes or tostadas. You can purchase soy chorizo but I prefer…
Mushroom Walnut Vegan Chorizo – Turn up the heat and make it Mexican
Try this vegan chorizo, made with walnuts and mushrooms in any Mexican recipe for tacos, tostadas or tamales. I think it would be great in stuffed poblano, Baja zucchini boats or red bell peppers. I let the mixture rest in the refrigerator for a day and the flavor was even more delicious. I topped tiny…
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