If you like Mexican food, here are some nice plant-based recipe books to try out. Making your own food is ‘peaceful politics in action’, as you can create delicious affordable food, with real local ingredients and no plastic packaging.
Before cooking, read up on food safety for people and pets.
There is controversy around avocados, due to the methods of farming. So if you can’t find organic Fair Trade versions, either leave them out or sub with ‘smashed peas’ on toast instead!
La Vida Verde is by a Mexican-American caterer in LA. Amaze your tastebuds with Queso Fresco (fresh cheese), Árbol chiles with tomatillo, Handmade tortillas, Tortilla soup with cream and Mushrooms in green mole.
Provecho offers authentic recipes by a man who grew up in Oakland (California) as a first-generation Mexican American who spent countless hours cooking alongside female relatives, with recipes passed through notes. He’s now recreated these recipes, with Salvadoran and Colombian influences: Mini Bundt Cakes (above), Slow-simmered soups & stews, Empanadas, tamales, quesadillos, tacos, Cinnamon pancakes & breakfast burritos, Salsas, salads, ceviches and spicy tamarind juice.
Sugar Taco at Home offers recipes from a women-owned LA restaurant that’s ditching meat and dairy for juicy jackfruit, perfectly-seasoned seitan, house-made queso and more. Recipes include Sugar Taco Carne Asada, Meaty mushroom enchilades verdes, Tofu chilaquiles and Tres leches cake.
