Meatless Monday - Black Bean Tacos

One of my favorite dishes is Black Bean Tacos.  Hubby and I actually ate these every night for dinner for an entire year.  We don’t have them that often now but boy, these are really really REALLY good.

If you can always try to get organic ingredients for these recipes.  In my photos below you’ll see that sometimes I have organic and sometimes I don’t.  It really depends on what’s on sale and what is available at the market.

So let’s get on to the recipe.

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Ingredients

Fresh Baby spinach

Fresh Avocado

Fresh Cilantro

Fresh whole tomato

Cheese (I use white because there are no dyes & Cabot because there is no rBST)

Raw Yellow Corn tortillas

1 can black beans

Red pepper flakes

Sour Cream

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I start out by getting my beans on the stove

Add the chopped cilantro and the chili flakes to taste (careful with chili flake, I only use about ¼ of a teaspoon) Just warm the beans through, if you boil them they’ll get mushy.

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Next I start my oil heating on the stove in a shallow fry pan.

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While the oil is heating I grate the cheese

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Chop the spinach and tomato
And prep the avocado

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The avocado is removed from the peel and mashed up with a bit of salt. Avocado can be tricky to work with so here’s a video on how to remove the pit, fan and dice.

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Using a pair of tongs, I take the raw corn tortilla shell and lay it gently in the oil.  I use the tongs to shape the tortilla in to the basic taco shell.  Traditionally these shells are simply warmed on a flat top and served but I like the extra crunch.  I also use this same technique to make my own tortilla chips.  Just cut the circles in half twice and you have little triangles that you can fry until golden brown and salt. 

Assemble all the ingredients and serve!

A couple of tips use a butter knife to coat the inside of the taco shell with sour cream and the avocado, and then add the beans.  If you do it this way you’ll get a nice bit of the mixture in every bite.  I add my cheese next so it melts over the beans.  I've noticed too, that using the avocado I use much less cheese.  

Win win!

Another wonderful Meatless Monday! 

Enjoy!

Namaste & Blessed Be

Sosanna

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