Vegannosaurus Rex

I have an unhealthy obsession with tacos. At one point in my life i would come home drunk and bid on various taco memorabilia, tools, accoutrements, anything you could imagine. Whatever my drunk ass bid on was greeted with surprise upon arrival as I never remembered bidding on any of the items i ultimately purchased, and that was half the fun. None of these items amounted to much, it was just a pile of taco crap, most of which has since gone the way of the dodo bird. Anyway, you get the idea, i like tacos. As I have adjusted my diet I felt this was an obsession that was going to have to fade, and have had some reservations about losing this dear friend. Well, i made my first stab at a raw vegan taco last night. I’ll admit that my expectations were low, but that didn’t stop me from putting some thought and energy into making the best raw/vegan taco possible. And it worked. SOOOOO simple, and so good. You could make these in your sleep, which is convenient because i had a dream about them the night after i made them.

Delicious, absolutely delicious. I surprised even myself yet again. I made two fillings, one was a pretty basic guacamole:

• cilantro
• avacado
• roma tomato
• red onion
• salt
• serrano chile
• garlic
• lime juice

and the other a salsa/pico de gallo mixture:

• roma tomatoes
• cilantro
• red onion
• garlic
• sweet white corn

The guacamole is the same basic recipe (i add a touch of this or that from time to time) that I have been making for 10 years, as you can see from above, its nothing extra special. On paper, the salsa mixture looks super simple as well…its all in the corn. I kept the corn kernels whole, right off the cob, and i cut the tomatoes fairly large, you could fit 3-4 pieces on a fork, keep it nice and chunky:

This meal wasn’t totally raw, i did use a tortilla, slightly toasted. Line the bottom of the tortilla with some guacamole, top with the pico de gallo mix. Absolutely delicious. Enjoy.