If it was up to me, every day would be Taco Tuesday, but since today is actually Tuesday, I thought it’d be the perfect occasion to celebrate tacos with a couple of delicious recipes. The following are two of my favorite go-to taco recipes you can easily make at home. I hope you try and enjoy them!
Smoky Mushroom and Sweet Potato Tacos
Tip: if you want to save time, you can use sweet corn kernels, quinoa, zucchini, chickpeas or bell peppers instead of sweet potatoes in this recipe.
Ingredients:
(makes 6 tacos)
- 6 soft corn tortillas
- 2 medium sized sweet potatoes, peeled
- 12-16oz mushrooms of choice, thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 small red onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tbsp liquid smoke (less if the one you’re using is concentrated)
- 2 tsp soy or tamari sauce
- 1 tsp maple syrup or coconut sugar
- 1/2 tsp of onion powder
- 1/2 tsp of garlic salt or garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
- Sea salt to taste
To serve:
- GoodFoods Avocado Salsa (2-3 tbsp per taco or as much as your heart desires!)
- 1 lime, the juice
- 1 roma tomato, chopped
- Fresh cilantro, chopped
- Freshly ground pepper (a pinch per taco)
Directions:
- Dice the peeled sweet potatoes and boil them in lightly salted water for about 20-25 minutes.
- In the meantime, sauté the onions and garlic in the oil in a non stick pan over medium heat for about 3 minutes. Then add the sliced mushrooms to the pan and cook for 5 more minutes (note: if your stove top is particularly hot, be sure to reduce the heat to low-medium) before adding the spices and other condiments.
- Reduce heat to low and let simmer for 5 more minutes.
- Once the sweet potatoes are cooked, drain them and add them to the pan. Mix well and start building your tacos.
- You can heat the tortillas if you’d like, but since the filling is hot, I usually like to just keep my tortillas as they are. Add the filling along with a splash of lime juice and top with avocado salsa, chopped tomatoes, cilantro and freshly ground pepper.
- Enjoy!
Jackfruit and Roasted Pepper Tacos
Tip: if you can’t find young jackfruit, you can use seitan or plant-based beef-style crumbles instead.
Ingredients:
(makes 6 tacos)
- 6 soft corn tortillas
- Either 1 red bell pepper or 1 jar of fire roasted bell peppers (depending on your preference and what’s available to you, both will taste great)
- 4 green onions, chopped
- 1/2 red onion or 1 shallot, sliced
- 1 can of young jackfruit, drained and roughly chopped
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp taco seasoning (or make your own by mixing chili powder, cumin, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, oregano and black pepper)
- Sea salt to taste
- 1 tsp soy or tamari sauce
To serve:
- GoodFoods Avocado Salsa (2-3 tbsp per taco or as much as your heart desires!)
- 1 lime, the juice
- 1 roma tomato, chopped
- Fresh cilantro, chopped
- Freshly ground pepper (a pinch per taco)
Directions:
- In a medium sized to large non-stick pan, sauté the onion, green onion and garlic in the oil over medium heat for just over 1-2 minutes before adding the jackfruit (note: it has to be canned young jackfruit, the fresh ripe fruit won’t work).
- Cook for 5 minutes before adding the chopped bell pepper and seasonings.
- Reduce heat to low-medium and let simmer for 5 more minutes. Add a little water or vegetable broth if need be.
- Add the filling along with a splash of lime juice to the tortillas and top with avocado salsa, chopped tomatoes, cilantro and freshly ground pepper.
- Enjoy!
Where you can find GoodFoods Avocado Salsa: You can find GoodFoods products at Target, Costco and other select store across the US. Check out their store finder here: https://goodfoods.com/store-locator/
Why I use GoodFoods:
- Practicality: I personally love to make my own dips and sauces with fresh ingredients, butt I also love the convenience of having dips in my fridge ready to go for days when I’m extra busy, I’m hosting a get together or simply don’t feel like cooking.
- Eco-consciousness: Plastic and creating unnecessary waste are a huge issue, so I choose to support companies that make conscious and tangible efforts to reduce waste as much as possible. GoodFoods is currently working on becoming a zero waste to landfill facility. They turn their avocado skins and pits into compost.
- No added chemicals: none of their products contain chemicals. No preservatives (they use a water based cold pressured process) and never any artificial ingredients, colors, flavors or additives.
Disclaimer: Thank you to GoodFoods for sponsoring this post! All opinions expressed are my own and I only work with brands whose products I personally love and buy.
Text and Photography by Kim-Julie Hansen.
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