Vegan MoFo Day 20: Deconstructed Taco

Let's work our way backwards through yesterday's eats, shall we?  I was going to make yet another a salad (zzz) for dinner until a friend told me he was making red curry.  Red curry.  Red curry!?!?  I couldn't take that lying down.  I figured my favorite Thai restaurant wasn't exactly cleanse-friendly, but I thought that just maybe I could swing a Chipotle meal?  Hmm, I'd have to do the salad, no rice.  But then wouldn't I be missing the point?  On second thought, I decided that maybe I could try something similar at home.  Thoughts of my peanut avocado unroll brought me to this.

Why yes, that is a Mexican-inspired salad within an avocado half boat; how nice of you to notice! 

Sometimes you feel like a taco.  Sometimes you can't.
serves 2

1 avocado, halved (slice the bottoms so they're flat)
1 avocado, cubed
1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 can corn, rinsed and drained
1 tomato, diced
1/2 medium red onion, diced
2 small jalapenos, minced
1/4 cup lime juice
sea salt to taste

mix all ingredients and serve in and around halved avo

my last 2 Topsy Turvy jalapenos of the year- good & hot

While I did miss the tortilla, this was one of my favorite meals of the cleanse besides my zucchini spaghetti.  It looked good, smelled good, was good.  Success!  (I would like extra credit for resisting the urge to make a side of cornbread.)

For lunch there was the purple kale salad with cucumbers and green goddess dressing I'd made the night before.  Yep, more cucumbers.  I can barely stand it!  Moreover, is there such a thing as skunk kale?  Because this is the second batch of purple that has been less than stellar and kinda weedy.  If I can't enjoy my kale salad, what do I have left!?

Do you know what the problem with eating cucumbers for breakfast is?  You become grossly full...of cucumber.  It might take 2 cucumbers to make just 1/4 cup of juice, but it takes eating only one, large one to be nauseatingly full of it.  Cuke, that is.

In case anyone is keeping track, today I found myself thinking of Mighty O donuts, thanks to this post.  I have extremely fond memories of my Don King from Portland and began planning a trip straight to the source- Seattle, around mid-afternoon.

Also, it should be illegal for people to toast bread at work; that aroma is intoxicating.  That is all.