Hey hey!  A goal I have for myself is to eat meatless at least two times a week.  In a perfect world of mine, I'd be on a plant based diet, but I really do love some dairy products so it's all about baby steps for me.  In the kitchen, I love to experiment with recipes I find on Pinterest or shared by other bloggers.  This weekend, I saw a yummy enchilada recipe and decided to give it a try.  The dish came out DELICIOUS so I wanted to share it with you guys!  Enchilada's are my jam and finding a version of it that doesn't contain cheese, and that I'm okay with, was hard.  If you're just like me and not willing to give up the cheese on your enchilada's, this post is for you!  It was weird to not miss it or even care that it wasn't part of the recipe.  Ready to try them for yourselves?  Let's go over the details.

Vegan Potato Kale Tacos

Hola, amigos (as)! If there's one thing I know about food, it's to eat very well so you can feel well.  I work at Taco Bell headquarters and as you can imagine, I'm always surrounded by food that's not always the best.  Of course I give in to treats, but for the most part, I would definitely say I'm pretty conscious about what I like to put in my body.  In the spirit of wellness, I've decided to eat some kind of vegan meal once a week, starting on a twist to my beloved tacos.  I picked up this recipe from the incredible Dora from Dora's Table who has introduced me to vegan Mexican food and I'm just simply obsessed.  Anyway, let's go over what you'll need and how to make!

What You'll Need

Kale

Cubed potatoes 

Corn tortillas

Garlic salt

Olive Oil

**the above measurements will depend on how much you're making.

Cilantro Sauce Ingredients

3/4 cup washed and chopped cilantro

1/4 cup diced onion

1/2 cup raw cashews soaked in water for 3 hours

1/2 serrano chile

1 squeezed lime

1/3 cup water

1/2 tbsp salt

How To

1. In a pan, pour a friendly amount of olive oil and turn up your heat to medium-high.

2. Pour your chopped up potatoes and stir around making sure your potatoes don't stick to the pan.

3. Let the potatoes cook until they're soft and turned golden, then pour in your washed and chopped kale.

4. Let the kale simmer in for a few seconds and then stir and blend the ingredients until the kale is cooked.

5. While cooking, season your ingredients with garlic salt, or whatever seasoning you'd like and stir again.

6. When finished, place the taco mix into a bowl.

7. Heat up your tortilla's and serve a decent amount of the potato/kale mix over the tortilla.

How To Make the Cilantro Sauce

1. In a bowl, place your raw cashews in water and let them sit for three hours.  I know this sounds like a long time, but they need to get soft -- trust me, it's worth the wait. 

2. After your cashews have sat in water, toss them into a blender with the rest of the ingredients mentioned above.

3. Simply blend the mix and pour the sauce into a container.

Enjoy!

Xo,

Melissa Victoria