Healthy Mexican Roasted Cauliflower Tacos with Cashew Lime Crema {paleo friendly + vegan}

These healthy mexican roasted cauliflower tacos with cashew crema are an easy and flavorful vegetarian taco that everyone will LOVE! Lots of bright and bold flavors with some serious crunch and tons of vegetables. Serve for your next taco night with tortillas or over some salad greens for a paleo / whole30 option!

Ohhh-KAY you guys! It is officially Friday and we’re making tacos. Does it get much better than that?

Let’s consider this a warm up for Cinco de Mayo. A little taco trial run, if you will 😉

Honestly I’m not sure if there ever could be too many tacos. Or too many taco nights. Or too many taco “trial runs” 👅

I actually have one other taco recipe that will be posted on the blog soon as well! If you follow my insta stories you might have gotten a sneak peek.

We’re throwing around the idea at my house of doing Taco Tuesday every week, and not repeating one single taco combination for the WHOLE YEAR!

How cool would that be? That’s 52 different taco recipes, my friends. I think that this definitely should be a thing. That is one of the best things about tacos – you can combine so many different flavors and ingredients and they never get old!

Leave me a comment below if you have any epic taco combos that we should try on this taco experiment of ours 🙌🏼

For NOW though, we’re going to start with these healthy mexican roasted cauliflower tacos with crispy roasted mexican seasoned cauliflower, zesty cabbage slaw, creamy avocado, and cashew lime crema. They are crazy delicious, plant based, and paleo + whole30 friendly!

So without further ado, let’s taco ’bout it 😉

How to make mexican roasted cauliflower tacos

I was originally inspired to make these tacos after sharing a recipe for mexican roasted cauliflower on here a little while ago. It quickly became our new favorite way to enjoy a pan of crispy oven roasted cauliflower and I thought – why NOT make them into tacos?!

There’s three main components that make up these tacos:

• Crispy mexican roasted cauliflower
• Bright and tangy cabbage + cilantro slaw
• Creamy cashew lime crema (you’re going to fall hard for this one!)

Start by soaking some raw cashews in just boiled water – they need to soak for a minimum of 30 minutes.

While the cashews are soaking cut up the cauliflower into florets, season, and roast in the oven on high heat.

While the cauliflower is roasting you have time to make the slaw and the cashew lime crema!

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Ingredients for mexican roasted cauliflower tacos

All of the ingredients for this healthy taco recipe are plant based, gluten free, paleo friendly, and whole30 friendly.

A clean + tasty taco da-REAM!

For the roasted cauliflower you need:

• A large head of cauliflower
• Avocado oil for roasting
• Chili powder
• Garlic powder
• Onion powder
• Cumin
• Sea salt + black pepper

You could also substitute this homemade spice blend with a pre-made taco seasoning for an easy shortcut.

For the zippy cabbage slaw you need:

• Shredded cabbage
• Chopped cilantro
• Thinly sliced red onion
• Olive oil or avocado oil
• Fresh lime juice
• sea salt

And last (but certainly not least) – for the creamy cashew lime crema sauce you need:

• Raw cashews
• Just boiled water
• Fresh lime juice
• Cilantro
• Garlic
• Jalapeño
• Sea salt
• Cold water to blend

If you’re short on time, or would rather have a creamy slaw for your tacos – skip the listed dressing ingredients and instead toss the cabbage, red onion, and cilantro with some of the cashew lime crema!

Serving suggestions

These healthy mexican roasted cauliflower tacos with cashew lime crema would be an EXCELLENT addition to any taco night. They are vegan, but are also most certainly omnivore approved 💯

Serve on your favorite tortillas, in lettuce cups, or over a bed of lettuce for a vegetarian taco salad bowl situation.

My favorite grain free tortillas for tacos are these cassava flour tortillas from Siete Foods. They char up perfectly in a hot cast iron – flexible and GREAT texture! Many natural grocery stores sell them, but you can purchase them on Amazon using the link above.

To garnish, top them with some extra cilantro and sliced avocado just before serving!

These tacos would also be delicious with:

• Black or pinto beans
• Mexican rice or mexican cauliflower rice – this recipe from Isabel Eats looks delicious!
• A mexican themed green salad

Dietary modifications

To make this recipe:

• Paleo friendly – Serve these cauliflower tacos with Siete Foods tortillas which are paleo friendly, in a lettuce cup, or over a salad!
• Whole30 – Swap the tortillas for lettuce cups or salad greens.

A few notes on the recipes

Easy to make and packed with flavor and texture, you are going to LOVE these healthy tacos.

The cashew lime crema tastes best if it’s chilled slightly. After making it pop it into the fridge until you’re ready to serve. It also keeps well in the refrigerator, and could easily be made in advance on your meal prepping day!

To make sure your cauliflower gets nice and crispy, don’t overcrowd the baking pan.

If you can eat dairy, you could substitute the soaked cashews and water with some greek yogurt or sour cream.

For a shortcut version of the slaw, skip the slaw dressing and instead toss it with some of the cashew lime crema before serving.

THAT’S IT, BABES! Happy weekend! I hope you love these tacos! XO

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