Wow, I must really like enchiladas. While they normally can’t hold a candle to my favorite (tacos), they’re pretty much on the top of my list. Right now, the irony is that I’m SO sick of Mexican food. At my sister’s graduation party, we had literally
10 gallons of queso, and because we had 9 gallons of left overs, I’m pretty burnt out. I’ve been giving queso to everyone who will take it (and mini cupcakes, too) and am still basically drinking it to eat it all before it goes bad. My freezer will barely close from all the containers I have in there. Luckily, my coworkers will eat anything you put out, so I had a crock pot of queso going all day Monday and it was devoured before lunch. Several people waited until just barely 9 am, so they could claim they didn’t have nachos for breakfast.
But enough about queso, there’s actually no cheese in these. No real, dairy cheese anyway. And I’m pretty thankful for that. Had I known last week how much cheese would be in my life, I would’ve been eating 100% vegan in preparation. I love cheese, but even I have my limits.
This recipe was born out of laziness. These are all ingredients I usually have on hand (yes, I pretty typically have avocados chilling out on the counter, I just can’t get enough of them). If you aren’t burn out on cheese, you could totally just use a sprinkle of cheddar, but this is the perfect place to try nutritional yeast if you haven’t already. I’m constantly raving about vegan cheese sauce and this is a case where you have just a taste. It’s not everyone’s favorite flavor the first time they try it, but I promise you that you’ll fall in love if you give it a try.
Tagged with: Dairy Free • Egg Free • Gluten Free • Mexican • Nut Free • Soy Free • Vegan • Vegetarian
This looks so amazing – I LOVE Mexican food but rarely have it at home due to all the various sauces and dips involved, they end up unused after the main meal runs out… But putting in a bit of extra effort and making the sauces myself, in the right quantities, should sort that right out (besides cheesy vegan-ness = win.)
Whoa… this looks too good to be true! Before I went vegan, I used to love going into town and picking up some Enchiladas to devour. I still miss them, so I ought to give this recipe a try! Thanks for posting!
Thanks Kyla! Enchiladas are a favorite food of mine and they’re so easy to make vegan. Let me know if you try them out!
Simply and delicious. That’s what I am looking for too. I will definitely try this recipe.
These have my name written all over them, I love these Kelly, I’ve had something to this very similar and ooh it was good.
Oh Kelly, I want to hug you for this. Seriously. I’m in love! Pinning right now! Goodness gracious.
You had me at avocado AND enchiladas!! YUM!!
Looks like heaven to me! And I love your taco recipe too. We tend to go to quesadillas when I’m really lazy and want something nutritious and simple for dinner, but I think switching it up to enchiladas would be a good choice! 🙂
Quesadillas are pretty amazing too. Really, you can’t go wrong with Mexican-inspired food in my opinion!
Some of my favourite recipes are the ones where I use up what’s on hand. Love the simplicity of this. You can never go wrong with enchiladas!