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Chinese or Mexican?

January 31, 2017 By Cyd Notter Leave a Comment

We tried a few new recipes recently, and here are the keepers!

Vegan Orange Chicken

This recipe from Brand New Vegan.com is very tasty.  The ‘chicken’ is actually battered and baked cauliflower bites, and the thick orange sauce is easy to prepare.  I found it to be just a tad bit time consuming, since there are several separate components (making batter and baking cauliflower, sautéing vegetables, making rice and preparing the orange sauce).  Still, I will definitely make this again; unsalted peanuts and/or water chestnuts would make a nice addition.  Note that the recipe is served over rice (although ‘rice’ does not appear on the ingredient list).

 

Mexican Style Bean and Rice Casserole

This casserole is delicious as is, but can also be used as a burrito filling (and topped with salsa, lettuce, guac or whatever you prefer).  The  only things I did differently are as follows:  I used a 9×13 casserole (the mixture wouldn’t fit an 8×8 pan, as called for);  and I did not use the ‘no-cheese sauce’ recipe linked to the recipe.  I used an alternate cheese sauce because I had all the ingredients on hand.  Whichever cheese sauce you use, be sure it makes enough for the casserole (which is 2.5 cups).  Also, there are comments on this recipe to cut the zucchini smaller than suggested.

 

You can also find ‘cheese’ sauces here (both are tried and true, we enjoy them both):

Easy Vegan Mexican Cheese Sauce

Fat-free Vegan Cheese Sauce

PS – I’d be interested to know if you give these recipes a try!

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“Cheesy” Broccoli Potatoes

April 12, 2015 By Cyd Notter Leave a Comment

Tried a new recipe this week and it is the BEST “cheese”Cheesy Brocc Potatoes 2 sauce I’ve ever made (all plant -based, fat free, and delicious!)  Makes great mac-n-cheese but today I used it to make cheesy broccoli potatoes.  Guilt free and outstanding!

Welcome back, cheesy fat-free comfort food!  Life is good.  (Contact me if you have any questions on the ingredients.)

The recipe can be found at: http://thevegan8.com/2015/04/08/fat-free-vegan-cheese-sauce/

Filed Under: Main Entree, My Blog Tagged With: fat free cheese sauce, plant based cheese sauce, vegan cheese sauce, vegan cheesy potatoes, vegan mac-n-cheese

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