Nachos Vegan Style!

Since becoming vegan, the only dairy product I've missed has been Cheese. Which means that nachos have never quite been the same... Well until I decided to use guacamole as a cheese substitute. It worked superbly. I really didn't miss the cheese with the guacamole! So here's what I did:

Guacamole:

2 ripe avocados mashed

2 vine tomatoes chopped finely

1 small red onion chopped finely

1 green chilli chopped finely

cracked black pepper

1/2 lemon squeezed

Nachos:

1 red onion chopped

1 red and green capsicums chopped

1-2 courgettes chopped

2 tins kidney/ chili beans

1 jar of pasta sauce or tin of tomatoes and or freshly chopped tomatoes

chili powder or sauce (if not using chili beans)

tomato paste

For the Guacamole all you need to do is mash the avocados, add the remaining ingredients, mix well and refrigerate for an hour or so before serving.

You can use a lot of different varieties of vegetables in nachos depending on what's available at the time. First you fry the onion then add remaining fresh vegetables and stir fry for 5-10mins. Once vegetables have softened a little add the kidney/chili beans and sauce and cook for

15-20 more minutes until vegetables are tender.

Add tomato paste at the end to thicken the mixture and stir for 5 mins more then serve. Note the best type of chips are "mexicano natural" flavored, they're vegan and they don't take away from the taste of the nachos. Add guacamole on top of the nacho mix and enjoy!!!