One of the things we looked forward to the whole time we lived in Ohio was getting back to some good Tex-Mex food in Texas. Up North they just don’t know how to do Tex-Mex. We have been to several restaurants and their food was always plain and bland. But Texas does it up right! We have had lots of good spicy Tex-Mex, the kind that makes smoke come out your ears!! So, for 3 and a half years that is what we were looking forward to.

Now, I’m here and I’m a vegan. There ain’t no such thing as meatless, non-dairy Tex-Mex (at least at the restaurants we know of). So, my wife knowing my ( and her) passion for spicy Tex-Mex, went and bought some Boca meat and cooked up some tacos. She cooked it in medium salsa. She put dairy cheese on hers and I put soy cheese on mine. Mmmmm, were they good!! And they weren’t dripping with that orange grease that you get with normal taco meat. The only thing I haven’t found yet is non-dairy sour cream. But I did find a recipe for making my own using coconut milk. Got a recipe for non-dairy mayo too!

Then my wife made some chili with the Boca meat. I spiced mine up with my own spices (the kids won’t eat spicy food). We have learned that we can make our own Tex-Mex. It is guilt-free and cruelty-free, good for you Tex-Mex!