This is just one recipe, but hopefully you all have similarly easy and cheap ideas.
- 1 zucchini
- Oil (whatever kind, but coconut oil works nicely)
- Salt and pepper
- Tortillas
- Hummus (basically anything but Sabra or Tribe)
- Kale (even if you hate kale, I promise you want it for this)
- Grape or cherry tomatoes
- Red onion
- Vegan cheese (optional but recommended)
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Slice the zucchini in half lengthwise, then cut the halves into strips or cubes (I do cubes). Toss in a bowl with oil, salt and pepper. Heat a pan (ideally a grill pan, but it doesn’t matter much) over medium heat. Once it’s up to temp (splash with a little water and see if it evaporates), dump the zucchini in and spread it around the pan. Leave it alone for 3-5 minutes, then shake it all around and leave it for another 3 minutes. Transfer zucchini somewhere (directly onto your tortilla, if you did step 2 while cooking). Leave the heat on for later.
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For the tortilla, I spread a nice layer of hummus on one side, a slice of red onion (spread the rings around), some halved grape tomatoes (usually 4 does the trick, but adjust to taste), then a handful of kale.
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If using vegan cheese, I put it on the other half of the tortilla (usually just one slice of fake Swiss, but use your imagination).
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Finally, roll that bad Larry up and toss it back in the pan in which you cooked the zucchini, grilling/toasting both sides to get some much needed grease in your gullet.
A medium zucchini will get you two quite filling burritos, so it’s good for meal prep or high snacking or whatever.
here’s one (i think i got it from cheap lazy vegan, on youtube?), i don’t have a kitchen so i make mine using kettle & microwave, but it’s prob easy for stovetop as well:
- noodles of some sort (i usually get udon)
- peanut (or other nut) butter (i use smooth, around 1/2 tablespoon for a 1-person serve)
- whatever mixed veggies
- hot sauce/sweet chilli sauce of some kind, however much you like
- firm tofu, cubed (optional but nice to have in there)
- cracked black pepper (optional)
- cook noodles
- if using frozen veggies then add those very close to end of noodle cooking
- drain noodles (& veg if needed)
- use a little warm water to mix with the peanut butter to make a lazy sauce, this can be thick or thin sauce, whatever you like! you can do this in a bowl or the noodle pot.
- add hot sauce and black pepper into peanut butter, mix it up good
- toss noodles, veggies, tofu through the sauce so everything is coated nicely, heat a bit more in microwave or on stove if feeling fancy