Just a over a year ago, my mother in-law passed away from cancer at the young age of 58. It was painful for her and difficult for all of us in so many ways as we cared for and watched her go. It was that experience that triggered us to get a lot more serious about taking care of our health. Of course we weren't completely ignorant to the unhealthy affects of processed foods and other junk and we were eating "balanced meals", but J took it upon himself to research this further to help our family be wise as to how we nourished ourselves.
As he read he found the research of Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn and their findings in the correlation between animal based diets and disease. We watched Forks Over Knives (on Netflix) and decided to make some major changes in the food we prepare for our family. We now eat a plant based diet and organic non GMO whenever possible. We now for the most part (I would say 95%) only buy plant based foods. The exception is special occasions, eating out, or when we at someone else's home. All of which are a very small percentage of our meals. We never want others to feel like they have to cook special for us and will thankfully eat whatever is put in front of us whenever we eat outside of our home. We love food!
After a year of eating plant strong meals, we have faced all the challenges you would expect especially finding recipes that a family of eight would all eat. I've decided to start blogging each day for the next month what we eat for dinner, the recipes, and how everyone rated it.
So to begin, here's tonight's dinner, tacos and beans. Simple, filling, and everyone loved it!
So what do you put in a taco without meat and cheese? Here's what we put in ours:
fresh cooked pinto beans
pure refried beans (canned and 0 fat)
guacamole
TVP with taco seasoning (it gives the texture of ground beef)
lettuce
tomato
red onion
rice
freshly made salsa
What are some of your favorites for vegan tacos?
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