As a way of building a
little excitement for the final week of the “Keep
it Simple” giveaway, here is just one of the delicious recipes from the
book!
This simple meal takes
less than 20 minutes to throw together and I promise after you taste this
nutritious dish, it’ll become one of your regulars. Don’t believe me? Even my
persnickety sister, who is something of a connoisseur of mac and cheese loved
the dish… Just more evidence that home-style comfort food doesn’t have to
destroy your health!
To create that cheese-y
goodness, this dish calls on an old school vegan staple, nutritional yeast. While
many promote the yeast for being a good source of B-12, most studies show that
it is not an active source, and hence should not be depended on for this
essential vitamin. However, the yeast is still worlds healthier than any of the heavily
processed faux-cheeses that have recently saturated the market. For some, this may
be a new ingredient but it is relatively inexpensive and available at most
health food stores and many local grocers as well. Make sure what you get is
actually nutritional yeast and not brewers yeast, and if possible look for a
non-fortified version, as fortified vitamins and minerals are really just
isolates added to foods.
Makes 2-3 servings
1 box of quinoa, rice,
or whole-wheat pasta (elbows are traditionally used)
1 cup raw cashews
1 small-medium red onion
¼ cup Nutritional Yeast
2-3 cups spinach
1 tsp onion powder
water or veggie broth as
needed
Cook the pasta or grain
of your choice according to the package.
While the pasta is
cooking, add the cashews into a blender or food processor.
Process until the
cashews are like a flour. Then add 1 cup water, nutritional yeast, and onion
powder and blend again until creamy.
Now roughly chop the
onion and place on a skillet with just a little bit of water to sauté the onions.
Once the onions start to
caramelize, add the spinach and cook for another minute or until the spinach is
wilted and begins to cook down.
Add the onion and spinach
to the blended mixture and blend/process again until bright green and creamy. Add
more water if the sauce becomes too thick.
Once the pasta is al dente,
pour the Green “Cheese” over the hot noodles and serve.
This is just one of the great recipes. Trust me, you don't want to miss out on this book, so make sure you go sign up for the giveaway!
As always the information presented in this blog is for educational purposes only. It should not be considered as specific medical, nutritional, lifestyle, or other health-related advice.
This Green recipe looks pretty good. How does a run and green mac sound one evening soon?
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a perfect evening!
DeleteLooks great. Thanks for this.
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious, I might have to try.
ReplyDeleteYou can really boost the flavor of this dish by adding a handful of cherry tomatoes on top!
ReplyDeleteThe kids loved it!
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