Vegan Taco Salad with Creamy Oil-Free Avocado Cilantro Dressing | healthy, plant-based

Hey there, I'm Chef Ani and today we are making beautiful taco salad. Look at this recipe, I am super excited about it. Basically taco salad is everything you love about a taco but made into salad form. So it's nutritious, it's delicious, it's colorful, it's flavorful and your friends and family are going to love it. So let's get right into this video. So enough talking, let's get cooking. So we're going to get started by seasoning our meatless crumbles. This is my favorite meatless crumble recipe, you can find it on my website. Now these crumbles are optional, you do not need to include them in the taco salad but it does add a nice texture. We're simply seasoning with some onion and garlic powder, paprika, a little cayenne pepper and some salt. Moving on to our dressing, we're starting with half an avocado, coconut milk or your favorite plant based milk, a clove of garlic and fresh lime juice really brings out a nice flavor. A little salt, add some water until you feel like you have the right consistency. And I like to add in some fresh cilantro at the end. Moving on we're going to make some pico de gallo but you could also use your favorite salsa. Starting with some tomatoes, red onion adds such a beautiful color and flavor. Next we're adding some jalapeno, I like to remove the seeds but if you want a spicier flavor, keep the seeds in. I also like to add some fresh cilantro, fresh lime juice and a little salt. I find that this recipe turns out so much better if you chop everything really fine. Time to chop up our lettuce, I like to use romaine lettuce and chop it up pretty fine so that it's easy to eat. You can get so creative in what you add to this salad. I like to make sure I have a variety of color and flavor so I'm adding in some beautiful red pepper. I mean look how much color it brings to the salad. Sprinkle in some black beans and our meatless crumbles. Now this is optional but I like to add in some shredded red cabbage. It is so good for you and look at that beautiful color. Next let's add our pico de gallo, you can make this really beautiful if you take half an avocado, slice it very thinly and fan it out to show its beauty. Now we're just adding some finishing touches, cherry tomatoes and jalapeno. Finish it off with some fresh cilantro and you can either serve the dressing to the side or drizzle it over the top. And there you have it, gorgeous taco salad. I love everything about this dish, the textures, the different flavors, the beautiful colors. It's everything you want in a taco and you can really customize it to create your own masterpiece. So thank you so much for watching this video. If you liked it please give it a thumbs up and don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel. And I look forward to seeing you next time with another video.