Raw Vegan Tacos, Take 2

The internet proved to be a wonderful and rewarding place this week.

I received this comment on my first post regarding raw vegan tacos from a fellow raw food blogger based in Perth, Australia:

Your salsa looks yummy! I had taco’s for dinner tonight, layering spicy walnut meat with a salsa and a guacamole into a Cos lettuce leaf to replace the taco. It was very tasty! I’ve also seen recipes for raw taco shells but it seems too involved to be worth it (unless it’s a special occasion perhaps!).

I was a little surprised to get a comment from Perth, Australia, but more importantly i was excited about the suggestion. I took it upon myself to email my blog commenter, asking if she wouldn’t mind sharing her recipe for ’spicy walnut meat.’ She graciously rewarded my inquiry with the recipe, and its reference. As it turns out, the recipe for spicy raw walnut meat is adapted from ‘Rawvolution‘ by Matt Amsden.

Wow, what a difference that made in my raw tacos. The spicy walnut meat makes a huge difference in the raw taco.

Spicy Raw Taco Meat, blend the following:

  • 1 1/2 cups of walnuts
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons Cumin powder
  • 3/4 teaspoons Coriander
  • 2 tablespoons Nama Shoyu

as my fellow blogger suggested:

‘Add a little bit of olive oil if you want it to stick together more (it’s a little loose) and I usually add some chili or cayenne powers, or a few pieces of parsley or coriander to give it a bit of color.’

i took her up on her suggestion and added:

  • 1/2 tsp cayenne
  • cilantro

spicy raw walnut meat

added a little guacamole

guacamole

topped with tomato, green leaf lettuce and some lime juice

raw vegan taco

18 Comments so far

  1. Kate on October 17th, 2007

    Hey, they turned out really well! What kind of bread do you have it on? Your guac looks spectacular also :)

    You shouldn’t be surprised to find a comment from Perth, Australia! Being raw and tech savvy means you can connect to the worldwide community in greater ways than pre-internet. We even have a cafe serving raw food here, which is fantastic and showing how the movement really seems to be picking up!

    Best of luck,

    Aussie Kate :)

  2. suvine.com on October 18th, 2007

    I love guacamole. Its so good

    suvine.com

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  5. Kelly on February 8th, 2008

    Hi! I was wondering about the 3/4 coriander–is that coriander powder or can you use fresh?

  6. Chadd Biehler on February 8th, 2008

    I used coriander powder, and also used fresh cilantro.

  7. gizli kamera on March 25th, 2008

    looking very delicous , i will try it thanks

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    Enjoy!

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  11. Taco Catering on May 11th, 2009

    My business obviously has to cater to vegan way because at any party we go to, there is at least one. And what are they going to do, not eat? No way. Thanks for these recipes and my clients’ guests thank you too. Much appreciated.

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  13. Kimberly Loomis on July 10th, 2009

    Do you think this would work with pecans?? I am allergic to walnuts but they have the same consistency, right?

  14. taco cart catering on July 15th, 2009

    I think some tumerick powder would work with that too. Give it a little more kick.

  15. abiye on July 18th, 2009

    interesting artisle thaks…

  16. FreeSpirit on October 19th, 2009

    Thanks,
    I will try this tonight! :-)

  17. FreeSpirit on October 20th, 2009

    Thanks.
    They turned out great.
    I added a little pasta sauce and the husband could not believe it either..LoL

  18. Jeff G. on October 24th, 2009

    I love spicy food so I had to jump on this recipe and try it out – very good, I had really turned up the spice by adding some tabasco sauce to it :)

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