This easy Vegan Taco Salad in a Homemade Tortilla Bowl is made with spicy tofu, fresh guacamole, and salsa. The whole family will love it!
This week has been the week of tacos. After making some Spicy Tofu Tacos I thought a Vegan Taco Salad in a Homemade Tortilla Bowl was in order.
I bought a tortilla bowl maker from a thrift store ages ago and haven't used it until now. It worked better than I expected. I wasn't sure if my brown rice tortillas would work since they want to fall apart at times.
The trick is to heat up the tortilla first to make it pliable. The tortilla gets nice and crispy after baking it.
To the tortilla bowl you pile in chopped lettuce, spicy tofu, salsa, chopped tomatoes, Kalamata olives, and fresh guacamole.
This Vegan Taco Salad is such a hearty meal that it took three meals to eat mine. Just the homemade guacamole alone is quite filling!
Change up the ingredients to your liking. Add some vegan sour cream, shredded vegan cheddar, black beans, corn, or whatever you like.
Tips
- Heat the tortilla in a microwave for 30 seconds to 1 minute to make it pliable. I didn't do that for my first one and it cracked after baking it.
- Oil the tortilla bowl maker before placing the tortilla inside. That way it makes a crispy tortilla shell that tastes like tortilla chips from a restaurant.
- If you don't have more than one tortilla bowl maker, they will take some time. Start early or the day before if you are making a bunch of taco salads.
- Make the spicy tofu the day before to make things easier. Better yet, make a double batch and make tacos or nachos.
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Recipe
This healthy taco salad is sure to become a family favorite!
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For this recipe I used a tortilla bowl maker that fits 9" tortillas.
Vegan Taco Salad in a Homemade Tortilla Bowl
Ingredients
- 1 tortilla - I used brown rice
- 1 ½ cups chopped lettuce
- ½ cup Spicy Tofu
- 6 chopped cherry tomatoes
- 4 sliced Kalamata olives
- 2 tablespoons guacamole
- ¼ cup salsa
- Handful cilantro
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Heat tortilla for 30 seconds to a minute in microwave so that it's pliable. Brush tortilla bowl maker with olive oil. Place tortilla in tortilla bowl maker in oven. Bake at 350° for 6 minutes. Let cool and place tortilla on a plate.
- Fill tortilla bowl with chopped lettuce, tofu taco filling, cherry tomatoes, Kalamata olives, guacamole, salsa, and cilantro.
Nutrition
*Note: Nutrition information should be considered an estimate only. Different nutrition calculators give you different results.
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