I’m not going to lie. I was a little grouchy today. The truth is, I was SO tired last night that I did not take a shower before bed. I literally crawled under the sheets with dirt in my hair, under my nails, and in -between my toes (and god knows where else!) I kept waking up in the middle of the night because dirt would be scratching my face. Yep, I’m doing laundry as we speak.
The good news is that my grouchiness wore off as the day went on. And guess what, we have our 4th lettuce planting in the ground. That’s 250 more heads of lettuce which brings our total to almost 1000 lettuce plants outside! Woo-hoo!
Our goal is to attend our first farmers market next Thursday. It’s the beginning of the season so we wont have much of a variety, but we are hoping our first round of lettuce, radishes, and spinach will be good to go by then. Fingers crossed!
Tumbleweed Farm is looking better and better everyday. This is only a small section of the farm but there is a LOT of food growing right here! Taylor and I sometimes pinch each other just to make sure we aren’t dreaming. We really are doing it!!!
This evening we came home dirty from the farm, showered (lesson learned) and enjoyed these lovely tacos. What started out as a grouchy day really turned into a nice day after all. Enjoy this simple and delicious recipe everyone.
Black Bean and Avocado Tacos with Cumin-Lime Dressing (serves 2-4)
4 corn tortillas
1/2 TBS olive oil
1 14.5 oz can of organic black beans, drained and rinsed
1 medium sized avocado, chopped into small cubes
1 small jalapeno pepper, seeded and diced
2 cups, shredded red cabbage
1 small red onion, diced
1/4 cup cilantro, diced
For the dressing
Juice from 1 lime
1 TBS olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tsp ground cumin
1/2 TBS pure maple syrup
pinch of crushed red pepper flakes
Whisk all ingredients together and set aside.
In a skillet over medium heat add a little olive oil. Add jalapeño pepper and saute for about 1 minute. Add black beans and cook until just heated through. (About 3 minutes) Remove from heat and place beans in a bowl.
In the same skillet add a little more oil and add the tortillas and cook for a couple of minutes on each side, (or until they turn slightly brown)
Combine the beans with the cabbage, cilantro, onion, and avocado. Drizzle with cumin-lime dressing. Top each tortilla with a healthy portion of bean mixture and enjoy!
I had a grouchy day yesterday too! Isn’t it amazing what hard work and good food can do though? I feel much better today…and even better after looking at these tacos. Beautiful, as always!
Yay! I hope you take photos of your first farmer’s market stand. It’s such a big deal! 🙂
Ohhhh there’s nothing worse than the scritchety scratch of dirt when you face plant into the pillow before showering. Definitely uncomfortable. 1000 lettuce plants?? You guys are doing so well! It looks like everything is flourishing! So happy for you lovebirds. Your tacos look awesome and I’m going bonkers over the cumin-lime dressing! Have a relaxing weekend, friend.
Wahoo for your first farmers market (wish I could be there to buy some of your yummy lettuce and radishes :))! Instead I’ll just be over here drooling over these tacos. YUM.
Have I mentioned this before? YOU ARE SO INSPIRING!!! I love your farm and love how hard you work and love that you and your husband are doing it together.
You know something amazing about farmers? They aren’t following directions or orders from a boss….they get everything done by their own motivation, their own plan, their own labor. That’s probably the hardest part, and THEN there’s the physical labor. haha
You go girl!! It’s so amazing to see your journey here, love it!
Look at your veggies! Hurray!! This taco looks spectacular too. Good luck at the Farmer’s Market.
Isn’t that the worst? I hate it when you are so tired you can’t even make time to take care of your hygiene and all you can do is literally pass out on some sort of padded surface. But at least all your hard work is creating amazing results, your farm is so beautiful and I love watching it progress here. These tacos sound wonderfully fresh and delicious, too. I need to make some for me and Jeremy, we’ve been super busy lately and haven’t been making as much time as we should to make quality healthy food, but these seem like they could be made quickly, hurray! 🙂
Oh so yummy! Black beans and avocado combined are HEAVEN!
Veggie tacos are my absolute fave. These look so tasty! So exciting about your first farmer’s market this week. Can’t wait to hear about it!