I bookmarked it to try!
It’s one of those easy recipes that you can make your own. If you don’t like mustard, leave it out, and add a pinch more mayo or tahini if you need the moisture. I personally dislike celery in lunch salads, so I left it out, but if you like it, add it in!
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Oh, tahini instead of mayo is a great sub! A little more citrus for that missing tang. I love celery. And pickles or olives for the capers. These are my faves:
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Saw these Smash Tacos with lentils, and they look delicious. Might make me try lentils (yet again). I feel like the crispy texture of the tortilla might make up for my aversion to the texture of lentils.
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Ooo…interesting! I love lentils and lentil tacos (and actually, so does Mr. Road! 
). I should definitely try this!
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Soo…I’m making my shopping list for next week and plan on trying these, but I’d call these quesadillas. What makes them “smash tacos?” Just curious! I was expecting some smashing in there somewhere, lol. I’m still going to try!
I like to use a bacon press on my quesadillas for extra crunch. I’ve never actually used the press for bacon. 
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I’m not sure why they’re called tacos. Maybe that the base of the filling is predominantly lentils rather than cheese?
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Tacos in mexico are small soft tortillas with stuff on them, they’re served open and you pick them up & fold them yourself to eat them. Those crunchy formed shells are American. So these soft shelled tacos being folded & flattened is what makes them smashed I think. Still, really huge tortilla for a taco, definitely more quesadilla sized. Those aren’t folded though.
I’ll talk food with my Mexican co-worker next week and ask him more questions. We co-hosted a cinco de mayo happy hour at work last week & he told us all that isn’t a Mexican thing either!
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Yes, I would call these American quesadillas, lol. I mean, I am American. We have a Mexican restaurant near us that does traditional quesadillas and it’s like a big soft taco. 
Yes, Mexican Independence Day is actually Sept 16. We have been schooled on that by some friends, too.
Hm. Interesting point about the cheese ratio @MistressJennie.
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We went out for Mexican last night. I had some lovely shrimp tacos but I couldn’t finish everything on the plate so I brought home the beans, rice and guacamole. Just made a lovely lunch of bean and cheese quesadillas, a Mexican spin on fried rice with some garlic, green onions, and egg, and a side salad of cucumber and tomato. Yay for getting a whole extra (vegetarian) meal for two people.
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I love left overs like that! Restaurants always serve way more than I can eat, the kids are so happy to have not-my-cooking that it’s gone in a flash though.
I had to look up a bacon press but it’s pretty much what it sounds like. The ones with a smiling pig image on them are a bit morbid.
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Doing a bit of research over here… It seems that smash tacos became a thing via TikTok, after the Smashburger crazy. I would bet Wicked Kitchen is just trying to make a nice vegan version of something making the rounds on social media.
Here’s a meat version…
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I did look up smash tacos and saw the smash burger taco trend. I think “smash” makes sense there both because the burgers are “smashed” on the grill and they are named after the chain that popularized this method. That’s why I was expecting some smash action in the video, lol. Also, they are more taco shaped (by American standards). Either way I’m excited to try them. I just thought they were going to be something different based on the name. I’ve made something very similar to this many times, I just called it something else! Language is so funny.
@Magpie - our bacon press totally has a smiling pig on it. It was a gift, but like I said, we have used it more for pressing tortillas and sandwiches than anything. (It’s great for grilled cheese!)
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Smash is pretty trendy right now, I get it.
We’re going to try these very strange looking lentil patties that include banana, how weird is that? I really hate banana but I’m hoping that flavour will be undetectable.
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I had never even heard of a bacon press! But it looks convenient. Quesadilla’s, tortilla’s, grilled cheese sandwiches, we just all put them on our electric press grill. Same idea. That was a gift as well but seriously one of the best we ever had.
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Yes! It really kicks the crisp level up a notch!
Banana with lentils is super interesting @Magpie. I must know how it tastes, lol.
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Hmmm… why not just make Smash Tacos (or burgers) with a panini press?
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Inspired by @MistressJennie, I made a chickpea salad sandwich today. It was soo good and a nice change from salad.
I mostly used this recipe:
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Ha! I also made chickpea salad sandwiches today!
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I knew I felt a disturbance in the Force (the good kind).
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