Lettuce tacos – vegan, gluten-free and paleo, healthy

These healthy lettuce wraps are vegan, raw and anti-inflammatory. And satisfying! So don’t let (pride and) prejudice stop you, go ahead and fix them in 15 minutes! You’ll be surprised (in a good way)

If you read our post about how much we hate meal prep, you might remember a picture of a healthy paleo and vegan lettuce taco.

No? Well here it is again.

This little lettuce taco proved to us that we've been a real jerk all these years. You know why? Because never in our life did we think we would eat something raw vegan.

Or at least kinda raw vegan.

We would hear raw vegan and we would roll our eyes and think of an eating disorder.

Like you’re vegan and you’re eating raw?

So basically you’re eating nothing.

Nichts. Nada. Ничево. Told you – a real jerk, but at least we know the word nothing in 4-5 languages.

Okay, so needless to say we take all of our “thoughts” and “opinions” back.

Because this is one of the most satisfying things we have eaten in a while.

Well, admittedly we ate a lot of crap last few months, but still – it is. And it counts, because we still have our taste buds.

And we kinda like these wraps more than vegan tacos with lentils, beans or tofu. They surprised us.

See, usually we know pretty well whether we would like something or not. Even before we make it. But this wrap has surprised us. We thought we'd be hungry and would miss “real food”.

None of that. Wasn’t hungry and this is real food.

We decided to make these wraps because we wanted to try something new and to eat more salads, drink more smoothies and just load on vegetables and nuts.

Well, since we had never tried anything raw vegan, we decided to make our own nut-meat – combining 3 types of nuts, lots of spices, herbs and mixing some fresh vegetables in all that.

We just used whatever we had at home.

We also don’t even know if this is a taco anymore, because we removed pretty much everything a real taco is known for. But hey, it looks a little like it.

And it tastes notable.

The only kinda “negative” thing about this almost raw recipe is that it’s cold.

But that did not bother us at all and we're sure you won’t care about it too. Can’t imagine someone eating a warm lettuce wrap.

And the nut-meat? It tastes like ground meat. Even a little better in our honest opinion.

It’s also filling – with two lettuce wraps you’re just done. Satisfying and satisfying.

Our Two Days Of Being Almost Raw Vegan

Altogether our experience as an almost raw vegan lasted about 2 days. But during those two days we felt incredibly healthy and energized. We think we have never had this much energy in our life.

And we were also a child at some point of our life, you know? Aaah what a fun last year it was.

So during our almost raw vegan 2 days, we would have a smoothie, or a smoothie bowl in the morning, a salad with Brazil nuts for lunch and these lettuce wraps for dinner.

And we felt so full all the time.

We would also snack on cashews and have a green smoothie in between.

Now this doesn’t seem like a lot of food, or like something that would inspire your food day dreams.

And now that we read it sounds kinda depressing. But like we told you – we felt better than ever.

Now we'll stop talking, before we tell you how good we felt for the millionth time.

Options

• If you don’t want to mix all these types of nuts and seeds you can just use just walnuts, as we don’t think almonds would make a good mixture on their own. If you have nut allergy, you can try a pumpkin + sunflower seeds mix and add some olive oil or water to the mixture so it can get chunky.
• As a sauce you can add something with avocado (try this dip) or a dip made with vegetables (like peppers, zucchini, garlic with some olive oil – blend all that until smooth). This is a great option, because the nut-meat could seem a little heavy. By adding the dip you can lighten things up and give some nice contrast to the meat. Plus, it makes it simple to eat more vegetables.

Health and Beauty Benefits

Needless to say these wraps are healthy and good for your skin. They’re anti-inflammatory and the filling is rich in omega-3’s, antioxidants, vitamin C and E, fiber, B-vitamins, iron, zinc, magnesium and protein.

It made 6 tacos for us

Should you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask 🙂

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