This past weekend I went overboard. For starters I volunteered 5 hours at Seattle's VegFest, a vegetarian festival. As an undercover carnivore I was able to maintain my cool and sample a variety of delicious products while collecting many freebies and coupons along the way. At home I made stir-fry for dinner, homemade cultured almond milk yogurt in the crock pot (recipe to follow), cauliflower Alfredo sauce & pasta (recipe to follow), and my weekly homemade Kombucha. I also took time to puree a batch of kale & spinach with fresh pineapple which I froze into ice cube to throw into my morning green smoothies! (can you say, time saver!) Whew. As my wise sister Mary exclaimed upon hearing my weekend activities, "Dang girl, you needa calm down!" She's right.
Despite my well stocked shelves of cookbooks many of the recipes from this weekend's cooking session hailed from the world of pinterest. Links are as follows:
Non-dairy cultured yogurt - in the crock pot!
http://andloveittoo.com/unsweetened-vegan-coconut-milk-crockpot-yogurt/
I used unsweetened almond milk, threw in a splash of pure vanilla extract, and also stirred chia seeds in towards the end. The consistency didn't end up being as thick as traditional yogurt; mine turned out more of kiefer thickness which is fine by me.
Creamy Cauliflower "Alfredo" Sauce
http://pinchofyum.com/creamy-cauliflower-sauce
Don't knock it 'til you try it. This stuff is da bomb, as the author notes. I'm serious, minus a slight chunkier texture, this sauce tastes like the real deal. How can that be seeing as how the ingredients are non-dairy, vegan, low-fat, and basically sound gross. Just do it. It's yummers. I followed the recipe straight through but chose chicken stock as that's all I had. I also topped my pasta and sauce with a tad of aged grated goat's milk parmasean.
Homemade Kombucha - fermented tea drink.
Recipe to be posted separately.
~thanks for looking through my kitchen window~
