Recipe Directions

  • 1. Place all ingredients in food processor.
  • 2. Process until a texture similar to the photograph is reached. (1-2 minutes)
  • 3. Enjoy immediately or store in fridge for up to 4 days.

The Rawtarian's Thoughts

By The Rawtarian

This walnut-based raw taco filling is an excellent, hearty vegan topping for tacos or a taco salad. It keeps in the fridge extremely well for up to 4 days. A food processor is required.

This recipe is an excellent, hearty base. It’s a perfect addition to a whole foods vegan meal because it adds a heartiness and depth that’s hard to get without faux meat soy products.

This recipe calls for sun-dried tomatoes that have been soaked in oil. Usually, you will purchase them pre-soaked.

If you don’t have walnuts, pecans will work equally well in this recipe.

As you can tell by the ingredients, the size of this recipe is quite small. Double up as necessary.

This raw taco meat recipe has been an excellent, hearty base and my husband loves it--more than I do, even. I often spread this recipe on romaine lettuce, and I top it with tomatoes and fresh sprouts. Sprouted adzuki beans go surprisingly well with this recipe. It's a perfect addition to a raw meal because it adds a heartiness and depth that's hard to get on a raw food diet. I have been a vegetarian since 2001. Once I went vegetarian I immediately replaced meat with soy products. One of the most difficult parts of my transition to the raw lifestyle has been to give up the soy and tofu products that were staples in my husband's and my diet. I seem to like small recipes because I am thrifty and I want to try a small batch before I invest 2 cups of this or that into a recipe that doesn't turn out well.

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Nutrition Facts

Nutritional score: 67 out of 100
  • This recipe is very low in Carbohydrates, and Sodium.
  • This recipe is a noteworthy source of Protein, Iron, and Vitamin B6.

Amounts per 40 g (1 oz) suggested serving

NameAmount% Daily
Calories 251 10 %
Protein 5 g 9 %
Fat 24 g 31 %
Carbohydrates 7 g 2 %
Dietary Fiber 2.9 g 9 %
Sugars 2.5 g
Calcium 37 mg 4 %
Iron 1.5 mg 11 %
Sodium 198 mg 9 %
Source: USDA

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Hi Emmeline, this older video explains it a bit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrC9UY7SOWU

And here's a wee write-up :) http://therawtarian.com/how-i-became-raw-vegan/

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Hmmm, smell of sundried tomatoes.... Perhaps you can use the ones that have been soaked in oil first, they don't smell as bad.

Lettuce wraps, very simple. I just lay out a big piece of romaine, fill it up lengthwise, and then close it lengthwise and gobble it up!

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It was awesome but I hate the smell of sundried tomatoes! Do you have any idea what to do about it? And how do you wrap the lettuce?
Thanks!

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Sabina's Review

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Delicious and sooo easy !!

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What is a good substitute for sundried tomatoes? Could I use fresh tomatoes? I do not like sundried tomatoes. Thanks.

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I cannot eat sundried tomatoes. Every time I try, I feel sick. I love every other tomato. Can I just process some tomatoes instead for this recpe? I am attempting to go raw for health reasons and I am looking forward to trying all the wonderful recipes on this site. I would appreciate any advice on sundried tomatoes substitutes since they seem to be in a lot of recipes. Thanks!

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meryla's Review

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I made a quick salsa and served with raw corn and cashew cream buffet style. It was absolutely delicious. My kids (7 & 9) have never liked tacos. So much so that I hesitated to call these tacos at first, fearing I would get an immediate look of apprehension from them. But these were a hit with everyone!

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Do you buy sundried tomatoes and then soak them in oil or do you buy sun dried tomatoes in a jar that are soaked in oil already?
Thanks!

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Michelle Norton's Review

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? Delicious.

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Michelle... you've been busy!

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Pjlacy's Review

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We literally could not stop eating this recipe! I served it with avocados and cauliflowers rice in lettuce wraps..topped with a little hot sauce...YUM! I just went to eat in our local Healthy cafe and ordered the raw taco salad...it was good but maybe only a 7/10 your recipe is a 10!

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You made it a 10!! xox

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You are so nice to comment and keep up with your posts?

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Only on the good ones :) :)

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Shouldn't the walnuts be soaked to make it easy to digest?

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Hi Stephanie,

I do not recommend soaking for this recipe.

However, you can soak them in advance if you prefer or if your stomach is sensitive to nuts. Be sure to drain and pat them dry before using, as you don't want much extra water to be added into the recipe by using wet nuts.

I hope this helps!

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OK, thank you!

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:)

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If you were to substitute the oil what would you suggest using?

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Hi Conrad! It kinda needs some kind of oil to keep it together... you could do olive oil or coconut oil or... reduce it a bit? But I'm going to say that it does need the oil, otherwise it just won't be the same.

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Thank you,

Challenge accepted :-)

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Let me know how it goes :)

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candicer's Review

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It was very good but even better when you have avocado, green onion, tomatoes and jalapeno. We made it wrapped in butter lettuce like tacos with a raw cashew cheese sauce. We will deff make it again.

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You enjoyed it in a perfect way, Candice!

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MicheleV's Review

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Yummy. I added my own homemade taco seasoning mixture since I am a wimp with spicy/hot spices. Great on top of a salad.

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I am equally wimpy when it comes to spices!!

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Just made this recipe and didn't turn out like the pictures. I attached my picture. Any idea what I did wrong?

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The texture looks right, it's just a little darker :)

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