Meals from Mel! Earthfood-Loaded Nachos + Better-4-You Rice Crispy Treats
This week’s Meals from Mel features: Earthfood-Loaded Nachos + Better-4-You Rice Crispy Treats
Nachos for dinner and rice crispy treats for dessert?! Hell yeah! Why not? Unlike those greasy nachos found at baseball concession stands across America, you can feel good (and a little naughty…not really) about treating yourself to these bad (not really) boys.
Although I’m not vegan, I made these nachos 100% plant-based because it was actually easier to do! Feel free to substitute ground turkey or grass-fed ground beef for the Walnut Taco Meat and Organic Valley sour cream for the coconut or cashew yogurt.
You may be tempted to use regular cheese, but I want to challenge your taste buds with the Sunflower “Cheese” Sauce recipe. Created by vegansandra.com, this simple and tasty dairy-free, plant-based “cheese” won’t make you feel bloated…and it’s full of real-food ingredients.
You can enjoy these nachos alone, or, do what we did and pair it with a big old leafy green salad with chopped veggies.
Now let’s talk about those rice crispy treats. Listen- they aren’t a health food, they simply replace less-wholesome ingredients with better-for-you ones—like raw honey and cashew butter in place of marshmallows.
Let yourself feel like a kid again!
This week’s Meals from Mel:
- Main: Earthfood-Loaded Nachos
JUMP TO RECIPE - Sweet: Better-4-You Rice Crispy Treats
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Prep Time | 20 minutes |
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- 3 big handfuls grain-free tortilla chips I like The Real Coconut brand of coconut flour chips or Siete brand cassava chips
- 3/4-1 cup prepared Sunflower "Cheese" See 'Recipe Notes' below for the link to the recipe
- 3/4 cup prepared Walnut Taco Meat See 'Recipe Notes' below for the link to the recipe
- 1/2 large ripe avocado, peeled, seeded and diced
- 1/2 cup diced tomatoes
- 1/2 cup canned black or pinto beans, rinsed and drained
- 1/4 cup sliced green onions
- 1/4 cup sliced black olives, drained
- salsa to taste
- 1-2 dollops unsweetened coconut or cashew yogurt
Ingredients
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- On a platter or large plate, layer all ingredients in order listed above. Dig in!
Nutrition Facts per serving (1 square): Calories: 110; Total Fat: 5 g; Saturated Fat: 1 g; Sodium: 40 mg; Potassium: 73 mg; Total Carbohydrate: 15 g; Dietary fiber: 0 g; Net Carbohydrates: 15 grams; Sugar: 8 g (8 grams added sugar from honey); Protein: 2 g
Prep Time
10 minutes
Servings
Prep Time
10 minutes
Servings
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