In March of 2011, I decided I wanted to make the transition to become healthy, free of carcinogens ingested from food and ultimately cruelty free. Here I will post pictures and recipes of my adventure to cut out the use of animal products from my diet and lifestyle. Please check back often to see my progress that I'm sure will be full of triumphs and struggles.
April 2, 2011 - Vegan (mostly) Tacos
Today I made mostly vegan tacos. I say "mostly" because I'm sure the corn tortillas I used to make the shells aren't vegan, but it's what I had on hand. I used Yves Taco "Meat", Follow Your Heart Cheddar "Cheese", Tofutti "Sour Cream", tomatoes, and avocado. The cheese did melt, but coagulated again very quickly leaving a weird gelatinous glob. The meat, cheese and sour cream individually taste pretty bad, but together I was surprised at how good they taste. The "cheese" doesn't have the feel of dairy cheese and I think that threw me a little bit. The flavor of the tacos was good, but I think I expect the replacement products to taste just like what they're replacing. The "cheese" doesn't taste like cow's cheese, etc. I have tasted vegan sour cream that tasted EXACTLY like dairy sour cream...I'll have to ask my roomie abut that one. I have to say that the best part of my tacos were the fresh tomatoes and avocado (not to mention the non-vegan, oil fried shells). Perhaps I'll mostly stick with non-processed foods and who knows, maybe I'll take this as far as to become a raw foods vegan.
