Lentil Black Bean Tacos

Tacos are awesome! I made these lovely guys on Cinco de Mayo. Just getting around to posting them. The cool thing about these is they are vegan. If you haven’t tried vegan food I dare you to make these tacos. I dare you! ;P These tacos are so good! Max and I are seriously obsessed with them. And keep in mind Max is a meat lover. Not only are the lentils and beans pretty flavorful but the guacamole and pico really just send it over the top. I never tried guacamole until Max made me try his recipe a little after we got married. I’m totally hooked! Now for the pico de gallo. I make it a little different than most. I’m really not a fan of raw onion so I just substitute it with some finely minced garlic. I love garlic so I think this is some of the best pico in the world. Enjoy!

Ingredients

Lentil and black bean mixture

1/2 onion
2 large garlic cloves
Olive oil
1 cup lentils
2 cups water
1 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 can black beans

Corn tortillas

Pico de gallo

4 Roma tomatoes
1/3 bunch of cilantro
One lime
2 cloves of garlic
Salt to taste

Guacamole

2 Avocados
1/4 to 1/3 cup salsa
1 teaspoon juice from orange

Directions
1.  Chop onion and mince garlic cloves. Sauté in olive oil till onion is translucent. Add cumin and salt and pepper and cook for one minute.

2. Add lentils and 2 cups water. Bring to a simmer until lentils have soaked up the water. Check to see if lentils are cooked through. If needed, add more water and continue cooking until lentils are cooked through.

3.  Rinse and drain can of black beans. Add black beans to the lentil mixture and cook till heated through.

4. To make the pico de gallo chop up the tomatoes and cilantro and mince the garlic. Place in a bowl and squeeze in juice from like. Add salt to taste and stir.

5. To make the guacamole, start by mashing two avocados. Add the salsa and mix together. Finish by adding the juice from an orange.

6. To assemble the tacos, heat the tortillas and then add the lentil black bean mixture and top with guacamole and pico de gallo.