Glue and Glitter » pasta http://www.glueandglitter.com/main Eat! Drink! Craft! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:00:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Cheesy Pasta Casserole with Swiss Chard and Fennel http://www.glueandglitter.com/main/2010/05/11/cheesy-pasta-casserole-with-swiss-chard-and-fennel/ http://www.glueandglitter.com/main/2010/05/11/cheesy-pasta-casserole-with-swiss-chard-and-fennel/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 14:30:29 +0000 Becky Striepe http://www.glueandglitter.com/main/?p=3959

Oh My Daiya! The Best Vegan Cheese Ever.

For so many vegans, cheese was one of the toughest things to give up. The quest for good, melty, tasty vegan cheese is a noble one.

The other problem with a lot of faux cheeses is that they’re often made from soy. It’s [...]]]>

Oh My Daiya! The Best Vegan Cheese Ever.

For so many vegans, cheese was one of the toughest things to give up. The quest for good, melty, tasty vegan cheese is a noble one.

The other problem with a lot of faux cheeses is that they’re often made from soy. It’s so easy to fall into the soy trap when you’re eating vegan.

That’s where Daiya comes in.
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You guys, this came out so deliciously! It made enough pasta for eight servings or so, and it tasted even better the next day. I loved dressing up the leftovers with mix ins: hot sauce, sunflower seeds, steamed spinach. Between all of the creative additions, it [...]]]> Penne alla Vodka

You guys, this came out so deliciously! It made enough pasta for eight servings or so, and it tasted even better the next day. I loved dressing up the leftovers with mix ins: hot sauce, sunflower seeds, steamed spinach. Between all of the creative additions, it didn’t even feel like I had the same lunch for three days in a row!

Ready to whip up a batch of your own? You can check out my recipe over on Lopez’s 8th Continent blog!

Helpful hint: If you use the same pot to make the sauce as you did to cook your pasta, you’re left with just one pot to clean instead of two! Less water/less work/all win.

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This salad would be a perfect side to bring to a summer cookout!

Pasta Salad with Lime-Basil Aioli

handful [...]]]> This week’s Vegetable Husband included a beautiful bunch of basil and a bag full of local sweet onions! Add the garlic I had left over from last week’s delivery, and this recipe really wrote itself.

This salad would be a perfect side to bring to a summer cookout!

Pasta Salad with Lime-Basil Aioli

  • handful of fresh basil leaves
  • juice of 1/2 a lime
  • 2-3 cloves of garlic
  • 1/2c Veganaise
  • 1/4c onion, chopped
  • salt and pepper, to taste
  • 2T nutrutional yeast, optional
  • 5c cooked pasta of your choice
  • 1c frozen peas and carrots, defrosted and well drained

In a blender or food processor, whizz the basil, lime, and garlic until everything it nicely chopped. Stir in the Veganaise and onions. Add the salt, pepper, and nutritional yeast (if you’re using it).

In a large bowl, combine the pasta with the peas and carrots. Add the sauce, and stir well. Chill until you’re ready to serve!

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Sorrel has sort of a tangy, lemony flavor. Every recipe mom saw advised that you remove the center ribs from the leaves, so I’m guessing that’s a standard part of prepping the stuff. The leaves have a pretty strong flavor, and I bet those ribs are even more tangy!

Sorrel Pesto

  • 1 1/2c sorrel, ribs removed
  • 1/2c almonds (you could use any nuts or seeds you like in place of the almonds)
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • 1/2c olive oil
  • 1/4c nutritional yeast
  • salt and pepper, to taste

Toss everything into the blender except for the nutritional yeast, salt, and pepper. Blend, scraping down the sides of your blender as needed, until the mixture turns semi-smooth. A few chunks of nuts or sorrel here and there are totally fine.

Pour the mixture into a large bowl and stir in the nutritional yeast, salt, and pepper. Toss with freshly cooked pasta!

This would also be a great dip for bread or as a sandwich spread. So many possibilities! I added some steamed broccoli to the pasta, because broccoli also came with our Vegetable Husband this week!

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Mac and Cheese is one of the things I missed most when I went vegan. This recipe has all the creamy goodness that I missed without the cheese! When I was growing up, my pops would add frozen peas when we had mac n [...]]]>
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Mac and Cheese is one of the things I missed most when I went vegan. This recipe has all the creamy goodness that I missed without the cheese! When I was growing up, my pops would add frozen peas when we had mac n cheese for dinner. I think it was partly to add some nutrition and partly to make the food stretch a bit more during lean times. Whatever the reason, the combination makes me nostalgic.
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