Vegan Loaded Potato Nachos
I spent most of last week in Ohio, the first part for work, and the weekend to see family. I had so much fun spending time with my parents and my friends from back home. I’m so blessed! Naturally, the trip included a stop at Chipotle… all three generations of us love Chipotle!
Cute, right? My mom and my grandma are the best! (Thanks, Dad, for taking the picture!)
Needless to say, life in my corner of the world has been a little insane between traveling and working, with a to-do list that seems to grow exponentially every time I check something off. It’s weird how that happens, but I swear that’s what’s going on. It’s not that I don’t know where the time goes, it’s just that there are too many things fighting for time. But I’m not the only one who feels this, right?
So in case you find yourself in need of a comfort food recipe, that won’t take up your whole evening to prepare, I’m posting this recipe for you. It’s not the lightest recipe, but it’s a good way to use up some of those potatoes in your garden, and it will definitely fill you up and leave your satisfied. So here you go!
Loaded Potato Nachos
- 4 small potatoes or 2 large potatoes
- 3/4 cup black beans, cooked, rinsed and drained
- 1 avocado, sliced
- Pico de gallo or a tomato based salsa
- Fresh cilantro
- Crushed red pepper
- Optional: Lettuce, cheese, plain Greek yogurt, etc.
Using a mandolin slicer, I sliced my potato into thin “chips” and spread them out on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Then I baked them in the oven for about 20 minutes, flipping a few times to make sure they didn’t stick to the pan, and keeping them crisp on both sides.
Then I topped them with the cheese and beans, and popped them back into the oven for a few minutes to let the cheese melt, and let the beans get warm. Then I topped with salsa and avocado. They’re like a slightly healthier version than regular nachos. (I know I’m slightly kidding myself when I saw these are “healthy” but they are healthier. Small wins.) If nothing else, it’s a little bit of built in portion control, since you can’t just grab more chips from the bag. And as long as you loaded it up with tomato salsa and black beans, I won’t tell anyone if you decide to eat nachos for dinner 😉 I’m sure these would be even more amazing with sweet potatoes!
Time to get back into the swing of things here in Virginia!
Your family is beautiful, love that you all enjoyed spending time together. I think this would be great with sweet potatoes. my favorite nacho topping is guacamole or avocado.
These look so delicious!! My favorite nacho topping is hands-down guacamole/avocados, but then again, I’ll pretty much put them on anything! I hope your week gets a little less crazy!!
Slightly obsessed with this recipe of yours. Nachos are my favorite food and I love how healthy you made these! Yum!
Haha I hope you enjoy it! It’s so filling!
Such a lovely family! I like nachos, but hate bacon or mushrooms or weird things that get thrown on. Keep it simple: avacado, salsa, cheese!
These sound SO perfect!! I bet they would be great with a vegan “cheese” sauce, too!
This looks like a good recipe to break in my new mandolin!
Oh totally! Those things are super handy.
Love the pic of you and your mom and gramma. Too cute 🙂
you guys are soo adorable. I am buried in to-do list as well and it sucks 🙁 on a side note, thanks for this awesome idea.
Looks soooooo good!
Not alone at all! I’m in the same boat just trying to get caught up after being away for a week. I swear I keep adding to my to-do list faster than I’m crossing things off! AH.
Haha it’s crazy! Where does the time go?!