Tahini Sauce

What You’ll Need:

3 cups sesame paste (tahini)

1 lemon

3 cups water

teaspoon salt

What To Do:

1. Mix together then enjoy.

1 Serving

What substitutions did I make with a traditional recipe and why? See make your own sauces.

Kale and Quinoa Salad

What You’ll Need:

1/2 pound of kale

olive oil

10 cherry tomatoes, cut in half

3 radishes, thinly sliced

1/4 cup cooked quinoa

2.5 tablespoon tahini, mixed with 1/4 cup of water and the juice of 1/4 of a lemon

juice from 1/4 lemon

What To Do:

1. Destem kale and massage with olive oil

2. In a large bowl mix all the ingredients in the order listed above. Then enjoy. 🙂

What substitutions did I make with a traditional recipe and why? See alternative salad to iceberg lettuce and oil instead of butter.

Island Tofu Tacos

What You’ll Need:

1 tablespoon canola oil

1 block of extra firm tofu, drained, dried, and cut into 1-inch thick slices

1 plantain

1/2 can cooked black beans (recipe here)

 

2 garlic cloves

1/4 onion

1 tablespoon honey

3 teaspoon cayenne pepper

3 teaspoon parsley

3 teaspoon paprika

1 teaspoon cinnamon

salt

pepper

1 cup Monterey Jack cheese

1 tomato, diced

1 cup of shredded lettuce

13 corn tortillas

What You’ll Do:

1. Mix garlic, onion, and honey in a food processor until it becomes a liquid.
2. In a bowl mix cayenne pepper, parsley, paprika, cinnamon, salt, and pepper with a little bit of canola oil.
3. Add both mixes together in the bowl.
4. Coat the tofus slices with the mixture.
5. Heat a pan with canola oil and fry the tofu until it is brown.
6. While tofu is browning, poke plantain with a fork several times. Place the plantain with the peel but with the ends cut off in the microwave for about 3 minutes and 30 seconds until the plantain breaks the peel and browns.
7. Heat the corn tortilla on medium high heat. Sprinkle the cheese and flip. Continue to heat until hot.
8. Coarsely chop plantain once cooked.
9. Layer the tofu, beans, tomato, plantain and lettuce on the tortilla.
10. Serve hot, and enjoy. 🙂

 

What substitutions did I make with a traditional recipe and why? See oil instead of butter.