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Who Needs Meat When You Have Lentils?

There are so many ways to hide lentils in different meals! Today though, we are going to focus on lentil tacos!
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Dinner, Lunch, Main Course, Snack
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup lentils
  • .5 cup textured protein
  • 1 avocado
  • 1 cup vegetable broth
  • cilantro
  • 2 tbsp vegan mayo
  • salt
  • 1 tbsp lime juice
  • olive oil
  • garlic
  • onion
  • 1 red chili pepper
  • cumin
  • chili powder
  • garlic powder
  • oregano
  • pepper
  • tomato paste
  • hot sauce (optional)
  • tortillas
  • red onion
  • cashews

Instructions
 

  • Sort through and clean the lentils. Let them drip dry off.
  • In a large pot add water and vegetable broth, bring to a boil. Add in lentils and textured protein. Let cook for 15 minutes.
  • Add avocado, cilantro, vegan mayo, salt, lime juice, and garlic to a food processor. Process until incredibly smooth.
  • This is cream for our tacos. Put it in a jar and let it rest in the fridge.
  • Put a non-stick pan over a medium/high heat with olive oil then add in minced garlic, onion, and chili pepper.
  • Add in the lentils along with cumin, chili powder, garlic powder, oregano, salt, pepper, water, and tomato paste. Mix and let this all simmer together.
  • Prepare tortillas, then add on the meat, avocado cream, minced red onion, cilantro, and cashews. Enjoy!
Keyword Avocado, cashew, Cilantro, Cream, easy dinner, high-protein, Lentils, Lunch, Mexican, mexican dinner, Protein, Tacos, Tasty, Vegan, vegan dinner, vegan lunch, Vegetarian
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