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Raw and Vegan Tacos with Corn Salsa & Cashew Sour Cream

Raw and vegan tacos are incredibly healthy with greens for covering, a spicy, protein-rich walnut “meat”, salsa, and velvety cashew sour cream.

A shot of a row of chard growing in between two rows of raspberry bushes on a sunny day.

An overhead shot of ingredients for raw and vegan tacos on a white speckled countertop.

There’s a gal at work who will jokingly declare “My body is a temple!” prior to naturally grabbing something that might or might not promote one’s health (brownie scraps are my preferred example for numerous factors). I constantly laugh since I completely state that type of hippie BS all the time, however like half seriously. In fact, mainly really seriously haha.

It holds true that at any offered time, there are numerous containers of coconut oil open in my home for any and all usages. It’s likewise real that I utilize the natural sandalwood conditioner that contributes 47% of its income to ecological relief companies, despite the fact that it tangles the heck out of my curly hair. The majority of my closet can be referred to as “flow-y.” I discuss vibes a lot.

All of that is simply ridiculous shallow things though. I discover summer is when my excellent practices slip a bit. There are all the apparent factors and events. My whole being is more in the minute in a basic sense. I have actually never ever been one to state no to an outdoor patio beer and a salted treat once the sun begins setting. This is a recurring thing as long as the nights remain warm!

So when I get to a point where I’m yearning some freshness, I make myself an actually luxurious and mainly raw meal as a little bit of a “reset” maneuver. Simply whatever fresh on a plate. Great deals of chewing and savouring and brightness.

Offering tacos the raw treatment isn’t brand-new! Practically any raw dining establishment will have a variation on its menu, and I will constantly purchase it. So excellent. Whether they make a dehydrated tortilla to enclose the goodness in or it’s simply a basic lettuce wrap, the mix is so gratifying.

There’s some nuts ground into a chunky mix with spices, some type of salsa, an avocado part, cashew sour cream, other veg in some cases, great deals of lime and flavour. If you have a food mill or mixer, it could not be much easier to reproduce in the house either. I chose to make a corn ceviche-ish salsa for mine simply to shake things up a bit and include a little sweet taste. Do not be sorry for that relocation one bit. More terrific raw-ish, veg heavy dishes in the kind of: cauliflower and roasted chickpea salad with avocado, cold veg and mango noodle salad with spicy sesame dressing, and fall sushi with celery root “rice.”

4 photos: an up close shot of a wrinkly head of cabbage, an up close shot of corn salsa before mixing, an overhead shot of chard leaves having their stems removed on top of a wood cutting board, and an overhead shot of the assembly ingredients for raw and vegan tacos.

A 3/4 angle shot of a platter of raw and vegan tacos, all encased in cabbage and chard leaves.

An overhead shot of a raw and vegan taco inside of a cabbage leaf on top of a light blue plate. The taco features ground up spiced walnut “meat,” corn salsa, a slice of avocado and a bright white squiggle of cashew sour cream.