
Recipe Description
It never ceases to amaze me how many great meals I’ve made with leftover veggie scraps over the years. You know, those odds & ends that you might have leftover from making a stew or a large salad; the ones that you might consider useless after a while.
But as I’ve shown here on PGEW time & time again, those little scraps come in very handy. From salads to soups, all those little bits-of-this and pieces-of-that can add up to some fabulous dishes – and clear some valuable space in your fridge crisper!
My latest creation isn’t anything groundbreaking or new – after all, veggie tacos seem to be all over the place nowadays – but it’s something I hadn’t realized that I prepared as often as I do. And with good reason: these little tacos are filling without being loaded with fat, and 100% delicious. They’re also extremely versatile, allowing you plenty of flexibility to use whatever your favorite veggies may be. For my Hunger Challenge edition, I used the last of my zucchini from my last farmer’s market run, as well as some fresh corn, tomatoes, and some of the beans I’d cooked up on Day 1 of the challenge. It was a nice late summer combination, but again, feel free to use whatever veggies you like most.
Did I mention these are also ridiculously inexpensive to make? Two of these little tacos will only set you back about $0.98 without the cheese, and about $1.48 with cheese. Not bad when you’re trying to make ends meet – financial ones and the tail ends of all those veggies. 🙂
Details Recipe Information
- Prepare: 10 Mins
- Cook: 15 Mins
- Difficult: Easy
- Serving: 2 tacos
- Cost per serving: $1.48
- Nutrition: for each serving
- Calories: 302.8
- Fat: 11g
- Cholesterol: 14.3mg
- Sodium: 419.1mg
- Potassium: 463.7mg
- Carbohydrates: 33.7g
- Protein: 11.1g
Ingredients
- 1 small zucchini, chopped
- 1 Roma tomato, chopped
- 1/2 cup corn
- 1/2 cup cooked black beans
- 1/2 cup diced red onion
- Pinch of salt & pepper
- Pinch of ground cumin
- 1 tbsp cooking oil (or a small amount of cooking spray)
- 1 pepper jack cheese stick, grated (optional)
- Salsa, sour cream, etc. (optional)