Sunflower Seed Alfredo (My cat loves Daiya!)

Hi everyone! This week I tried the sunflower seed alfredo from My cat loves Daiya! Since my blender gave up before everything was fully blended (time for a new blender lol!), the sauce was not as creamy as it could have been, but it was still good. I used it in a few different variations of fettuccine alfredo – plain; with veggies and a “garlic bread” half of a bagel; and with veggies and a chopped-up spicy Boca chik’n patty (my favorite).

Here’s Rogue being a cute cuddler… 

And here’s a pencil sketch I did of her… 

Peace. :)

Potato and Cashew Alfredo (My cat loves Daiya!)

Hi everyone! This week I tried the potato and cashew Alfredo from My cat loves Daiya! It came together really easily, and I ladled some of it over whole-wheat linguine. Yum! 

And today I used some of the leftover Alfredo sauce to make a mac & cheese with celery (and sriracha on top); it was really good! 

Daisy, Leela, and Cringer say hi... 

Peace. :)

Pasta with Alfredo Sauce

Hello on the 16th day of the Vegan Month of Food! Tonight's post continues with my health food store vegan week, featuring vegan alfredo sauce!

When Zach spotted a vegan alfredo sauce at the health food store, I excitedly remembered the pasta I used to get in college at the dining hall (before going vegan), and figured this would be the perfect time to recreate it. I searched for breadsticks in the health food store, but couldn't find them for the life of me, so I used a slice of the leftover cornbread I'd since frozen. And I decided to not even bother with the meatballs (I'd gone vegetarian before going vegan, so the meatballs weren't as prominent in my memory of the pasta anyway), though I figured I should still have something in its place, so I cut up, seasoned, and baked some of the tempeh I'd picked up on sale at the health food store. And finally, the pasta was more of the dollar store bag that I'd picked up last week.

Even though this dinner looks nothing like the pasta bowls from college, it had me feeling super nostaglic, and it was so filling that I couldn't even finish it. And I think I actually liked the cornbread better than breadsticks!

But as for my verdict on the alfredo sauce: Not as great as I'd hoped, and definitely not as “cheesy” as I remembered the alfredo sauce from “back in the day.” Well, you can't win 'em all. Next time I make it (I still have most of the bottle), I might add some Daiya in and see if that helps.

Leela & Buttons often look like silly little statues when I take pictures of them in the kitchen.

Peace. :)