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. :)

Mushroom Gravy

Hi everyone! This week I made mushroom gravy; here’s my recipe... 

Mushroom Gravy

Ingredients:
2 cups sliced mushrooms (I used baby bella)
1 ½ tablespoons canola oil
2 tablespoons whole wheat flour
2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
½ cup water
½ teaspoon liquid smoke

Directions:
Saute the mushrooms with the canola oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Once the mushrooms have softened, add the flour, nutritional yeast, salt, and pepper. Stir to combine, then add ¼ cup water, stir, then add the final ¼ cup water. Continue stirring, add the liquid smoke, and then blend the gravy. Makes 1 cup gravy. 

Served over mashed potatoes.

Here are Cringer and Daisy enjoying a restful moment on the packing paper they’ve been playing with recently... 

And Leela, who posed for her picture this morning... 

Peace. :)

January MiniMoFo: Chickpea Noodle Soup (VegNews)

Hi everyone, and Happy New Year! January’s MiniMoFo prompt is “Creating Warmth,” so I made the chickpea noodle soup from the most recent VegNews. (My modifications: I used vegan chicken broth instead of the water and miso paste, shallots instead of the onion, and dried parsley instead of fresh. I also left out the caraway seeds.) It came together really well, and was perfect for the snowy, blustery day we had on Thursday. The leftovers were really good, too!

Here are Leela, Daisy, and Cringer, always finding their spots in the sun...

Peace. :)