Showing posts with label vegan dinners. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vegan dinners. Show all posts

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Courico Tacos with Grilled Pineapple Salsa


Awhile ago we made this vegan version of Courico Tacos, which is a Portuguese version of chorizo sausage. The recipe suggests using soy curls, but we used seitan instead. Seitan is made from vital wheat gluten which is comprised of the pure protein of wheat. No, this isn't good to eat if you have gluten allergies, though I suspect this gluten allergy thing has become a bit out of hand. Many of us are having allergy issues because of all the REFINED grains we are eating, not necessarily whole grains, which is now becoming the norm in processed foods, the irony of all ironies!

It is really easy to grill pineapple. Cut it in strips, lightly brush with oil, and grill on both sides like so:


As you can see here, we use a cast-iron grill pan with the grooves. You can see it grills nicely, eh?

We got this recipe from the phenomenal Vegan Brunch by Isa Chandra Moskowitz, a brilliant self-taught vegan chef.