Vegetarian & Vegan Food and Lifestyle

[Willowy]

Taco Bell Is Unlocking A Whole Menu Of Vegetarian Items Including Some You’ve Never Seen Before

Their menu has long been one of the easiest to alter to suit preferences/needs but this makes it easier. Well played, Taco Bell.

Their current vegetarian selection is decent, I'm glad they're expanding it though. And it's good! Their meat is yucky anyway (thus all the jokes about needing a toilet soon after eating it), but the veggie selections are great. Even my niece, who is definitely a meat eater, voluntarily chose a black bean Crunchwrap the last time we went there.

 

[Kat0121]

Their current vegetarian selection is decent, I'm glad they're expanding it though. And it's good! Their meat is yucky anyway (thus all the jokes about needing a toilet soon after eating it), but the veggie selections are great. Even my niece, who is definitely a meat eater, voluntarily chose a black bean Crunchwrap the last time we went there.

The steak and chicken are OK. The ground beef is nasty. It comes out of a can.

 

[maggiedemi]

The bean burrito is one of my faves. I add potatoes, jalapenos and guacamole.

I'll have to try that! It sounds delicious.

black bean Crunchwrap

I tried one of those a few weeks ago! It was really good.

 

[muffy]

I like Taco Bell but I have diarrhea all the following day from their food.

 

[Kat0121]

I like Taco Bell but I have diarrhea all the following day from their food.

Their ground beef does that to me sometimes. I rarely eat TB. The best things on the menu are the Cinnabon Delights. They are so good.

 

[Willowy]

I like Taco Bell but I have diarrhea all the following day from their food.

Even vegetarian, huh? I thought it was that canned ground beef that did it.

 

[muffy]

Even vegetarian, huh? I thought it was that canned ground beef that did it.

For me it is the beans and the spices that causes diarrhea. I have IBS-D.

 

[popcorncharlie]

I just picked up The Blue Zones Kitchen cookbook. Sooo good. Tons of relatively simple, delicious and very nutritious recipes based on five worldwide "blue zones" -- where the longest living people on Earth live. Surprise: they all eat almost exclusively plant-based diets.

 

[maggiedemi]

Does anybody know what a rounded teaspoon means in cooking? Is that a level teaspoon or a heaping one?

 

[LTS3]

• A level spoon is the measure you get if you fill the spoon with the ingredient and then run a knife across the top to remove anything above the rim of the spoon. For liquids you will only ever get level spoon measures.
• A rounded spoon is the measure you get by filling the spoon with as much of the ingredient as possible and then tapping it a few times until the the excess has fallen over the side so that the top is rounded. This will give you approximately double the level spoon measure for dry ingredients.
• A heaped spoon is the measure you get by filling the spoon with as much of the ingredient as possible, this is known as a heaping spoon in North America. This will give approximately triple the level spoon measure for dry ingredients. For fine powders (e.g flour or cocoa powder) heaping the spoon can give measures four of five times that of the level spoon.

 

[maggiedemi]

A rounded spoon is the measure you get by filling the spoon with as much of the ingredient as possible and then tapping it a few times until the the excess has fallen over the side so that the top is rounded. This will give you approximately double the level spoon measure for dry ingredients.

Thank you! I wonder why they didn't just say 2 Teaspoons? Seems like the same amount.

 

[Xraystyle]

Thank you! I wonder why they didn't just say 2 Teaspoons? Seems like the same amount.

that's why cooking is an art

 

[maggiedemi]

Can you guys help me with ideas to make corn tortillas taste better? They are so plastic-y tasting. I prefer flour ones, but my brother bought me a lifetime supply of the corn ones. 2 huge stacks.

 

[neely]

Can you guys help me with ideas to make corn tortillas taste better? They are so plastic-y tasting. I prefer flour ones, but my brother bought me a lifetime supply of the corn ones. 2 huge stacks.

I'm with you, I prefer the flour ones too.

 

[maggiedemi]

I'm with you, I prefer the flour ones too.

I'm such a beginner cook, so I don't know if I could jazz these up with olive oil or salt, or something? Maybe bake them. I have no idea.

 

[Willowy]

I don't like the corn ones either. But they're ok if you brush them with oil, salt them a bit, and crisp them in the toaster oven (or regular oven, whatever). Then they taste like tortilla chips. If you don't want them crispy, try just browning them on the stovetop (over the open flame if you have a gas stove, on a skillet if you have an electric stove). Or make a lot of enchiladas?

 

[maggiedemi]

brush them with oil, salt them a bit, and crisp them in the toaster oven

Thanks! I'll try this. I have a toaster oven.

try just browning them on the stovetop

Dry pan or oil in it? On medium heat? It's an electric stove.

 

[Willowy]

Yeah, dry on medium heat should do it. A little oil and salt wouldn't hurt, depends what you want to do with them.You just want to give it a little flavor and texture instead of the rubbery way they are when not toasted.

 

[maggiedemi]

Thanks for your help. I want to try making enchiladas covered in sauce too. I'll have enough, my brother bought me 2 huge packages.

 

[rubysmama]

Can you guys help me with ideas to make corn tortillas taste better? They are so plastic-y tasting. I prefer flour ones, but my brother bought me a lifetime supply of the corn ones. 2 huge stacks.

I see you've already gotten replies, which is good as I had nothing to suggest, as I don't eat tortillas often. In fact, I don't even know if they're flour or corn, though I suspect flour.

I'm such a beginner cook,

You may be a beginner cook, but I think you're a fast learner, going by some of the meals you've posted that you've made.