Journal de writingwyo, 25 juin 24

WOW 

It was pretty tasty, lydium 😃 Since I didn't eat a real lunch, I still came in just barely above my 1700 calorie goal for the day 

maybe add more vegetables and less sauce. I'm sure it's good.  

bigmomma-- doubt I'd skimp on the sauce, since it's basically a bean dip, so pretty nutritious. It's made with cannelini beans, nutritional yeast, roasted red peppers and a few other things, and it tastes a bit like Cheez Whiz. I thinned it a bit with a little water. Ordinarily, I would have gone with a little less pasta, though. More veggies isn't a bad idea, but I was exhausted last night, so stopped at mushrooms.  

well you know what I adore my veggies but I have sometimes made things overly complicated because I've wanted to stuff in more veggies before. I have learned over time that although it's great to add extra veggies sometimes simplicity does add something to a dish. Particularly with mushrooms because mushrooms are delicious but they are a delicate flavor you had too much you lose the beauty that they impart onto a dish. it's so crazy that you can crazy cheese product out of a bean I've always been curious to try the cashew cheese but of course it's a little bit out of my price range whenever I found it LOL. Not that I'm interested in going vegan you know I adore my cheese but I always like to try new things and I love cashews; I think it's the novelty of it I love the concept of being able to turn one food into another food its just fun. 

Leah -- I've made a few vegan foods just to prove to myself it can be done, like the night I made vegan Reubens. They weren't bad! 😂 Nutritional yeast really is the go-to for cheesy flavor. I've tried different vegan cheese recipes, but this one is probably my favorite, both in terms of nutrition and flavor.  

Looks good ! I need to try making the vegan bean cheese. 

That looks delish! I'm going to have to look for that "cheese" sauce recipe. The one I have uses raw cashews, which are hard to get unless I go to the 7-day Adventist church here. Nothing wrong with that, but I've gotten used to having Walmart dump my groceries in my car. 

Magpie and honeebuns, here's the recipe: 2 cups drained and rinsed cannelini beans (or other white beans), 1/2 cup roasted red peppers, 1/2 cup nutritional yeast, 3 tablespoons lemon juice, 3 tablespoons tahini, 1/2 teaspoon prepared yellow mustard, 1 or 2 teaspoons light miso, 1/4 teaspoon each garlic and onion powder. Throw it all through the food processor. I use jarred roasted red pepper -- if you roast them yourself, remove seeds and skin. You can skip the miso and just use salt to taste if you can't find miso where you live. If you can't find nutritional yeast locally, I've had good luck ordering the Anthony's brand.  

Looks awesome! 

Looks delish! My g. nephew has a dairy allergy and has a 'fake' cheese sauce recipe too! This looks a lot quicker and will give him some variety so I sent it to my niece, thank you! 

Thanks, Morticia! Jujugirl -- glad the recipe is helpful. Hope he likes it! I love the stuff  

Looks amazing!!! 

It was wonderful, buenitabishop! Thanks!