excerpt from: A Vegetarian Cooks’ Book, The
Green Cutting Board Press, 2004
4 tortillas
1 ripe tomato cut into chunks
1 Cup prepared black beans drained
1/2 Cup black olives sliced
1/2 Cup Monterey Jack shredded
1/2 Cup baby portabella mushroom sliced
1 Tbls vegetable oil
taco seasoning (see home made)
soy sour cream
ready-made salsa
Prepare everything that needs to be sliced, shredded,
drained or thawed in advance, this goes very quickly once you start.
Preheat a large frying pan to medium-high with1Tbls of
vegetable oil. One a time crisp each tortilla about 1 minute on each side layer
between paper towels to drain (better yet use today’s newspaper, the ink won’t
hurt you and it’s a nice recycle)
Cut each chicken patty into 6 or 8 strips. Dredge the strips
in a pool of salsa and lightly dust with dry taco seasoning. The strips are
already cooked so just heat them through in one side of the pan and
Sauté the mushrooms in the other side until they start to
soften, add the black beans, heat through. You’re done
Let everyone build his or her own salad, top with
everything.
Awards go to the tallest salad
Serves 2
Vegetarian