Mexican food is SO perfect for vegans, vegetarians, and plant-based eaters! The recipes are so wonderfully centered around robust spices, grains, beans, and fresh vegetables. This week, in honor of this Mexican + Mexican-American holiday, let’s celebrate My Vegetarian Family style! Tara’s Tips for a Plant-Based Cinco De Mayo Celebration will not disappoint! What a gift I have for you!!!!!! All of my Mexican recipes in one place! So healthy + easy + yummy, you won’t miss the meat.
Tara’s Tuesday Tips For a
Plant-Based Cinco De Mayo Celebration
Here at MVF, we eat Mexican food every chance we get. We have learned some very important lessons in our taco-loving years, and I am here to share them with you today!
Reasons To Cook Plant-Based Mexican Food
- To Celebrate Cinco De Mayo!
- Inexpensive
- Made with fresh, unprocessed ingredients
- Easy + quick to turn a few simple ingredients into a snack or a meal
- Perfect for feeding a crowd or large family
- Easily made gluten-free or dairy-free
- Naturally plant-based
- Healthy
- Perfect for meal prepping
- You can eat it for breakfast or lunch or dinner or snack
Essential Kitchen Staples For Plant-Based Cinco De Mayo Cooking
- Beans: pinto or black
- Produce: tomatoes, onions, peppers of all varieties, avocado, corn, cilantro, lemon, lime, garlic, lettuce
- Spices: cumin, smoked paprika, salt, oregano, taco seasoning powder
- Rice: white, brown, black, cauliflower, quinoa
- Nutritional Yeast
- Tortillas: corn, white, wheat, sprouted, almond flour, rice flour, cassava flour, chips (of course)
- Tofu, Tempeh
Tara’s Shopping Tips for a Plant-Based Cinco De Mayo Celebration
- Firstly, you can find lots of healthy options in the freezer section including cauliflower rice, fire-roasted corn, cooked quinoa or brown rice, tortillas
- Secondly, jarred salsas are available in lots of stores, make sure you look for one without added sugar.
- Thirdly, chips make the meal! Read your labels and look for chips made with pure corn or almond flour and avocado oil. You can also make your own by baking a tortilla + cutting into triangles.
- Fourth, canned beans work! Look for vegetarian beans in cans free of BPA.
- Most importantly, read your labels! Taco shells, chips, taco seasonings, and tortillas can have sneaky ingredients such as food dyes, oils, refined sugars and flours. There are healthy + inexpensive options!
Tips For a Plant-Based Cinco De Mayo Celebration MENU:
Can you believe this?!?! ALL of the plant-based Mexican recipes I have created in one place!
Copycat California Pizza Kitchen Tostada Pizza
One Pot Vegan Taco Cauliflower Rice
Chili Lime Tahini Dressing (Vegan!)
Vegan Black Bean Stuffed Poblano Peppers
Avocado Corn Salad (Oil-Free!)
Quinoa Black Bean Salad with Lime Dressing
Air Fryer Buffalo Cauliflower Tacos
Air Fryer Refried Bean Taquitos
Instant Pot Vegetarian Refried Beans
The Easiest Instant Pot Black Beans
Roasted Jalapeno Blender Queso (Dairy Free + Easy!)
Vegan Potato Cheese Sauce (nut-free + oil-free!)
Copycat Chipotle Cilantro Lime Rice
Food For Thought
As with any holiday, I hope you find the time to understand what we are celebrating, and honor + remember the sacrifices made to make this day a holiday. We here at MVF, are grateful to all of you reading this + hope you loved learning with me this week. I am SO happy to share all of my tips with you! This Cinco De Mayo + every day, I hope you enjoy good food in the company of good people!
All the best,
Tara 💛
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