Friday, August 22, 2014

Random Vegan Creations & Pear Walnut Balsamic PIZZA

I had a message from a reader of the site that checks-in often but rarely-if-ever-comments asking if I could post more of my vegan food creations.  She mentioned that she enjoys the other daily living posts but missed the vegan foods I use to post.  No Problemo!  The reason I haven't been adding as many to the site is because I haven't been all that creative in the kitchen as of late.  I have been throwing together a bunch of things or referring back to old favorites.  BUT...here are some random foods I haven't posted about yet.  First up is this Vegan Cheese Sauce.  It turned out WONDERFULLY!  I can't wait to make more!  And YES...I poured it over top of Grits!  
Here's the Recipe:

2 C Raw Cashews
1/2 C Nutritional Yeast
1/2 tea Garlic Powder
1/2 C Almond Milk
1 T SeaClear (Fermented Kelp Chlorella Miso)*

To purchase SeaClear CLICK HERE.  The ingredients include: Organic non-GMO soy and barley miso, raw apple cider vinegar, fermented kelp (Kombu), Chlorella, Tumeric, Black pepper.  But you could also just use your favorite Miso, too!

Not too long ago I made some Chickpea Sandwich Spread...with a twist!  Here's that recipe:

2 C Chickpeas
1/2 C Dried Cranberries
1/4 C Chopped Walnuts
1/2 T Wildtree Garlic Garlore (or Minced Garlic)

This was tasty, too, and I have found myself craving more.  I wasn't sure if I would like the walnuts and cranberries in there but they were REALLY great!

And finally...we had to go to Erie for my husband to see a Crohn's Specialist...afterwards we went for lunch at a place called The Public House.  They had some veganizable foods on their menu which was very neat and I opted for this.  It's one of their pizzas that I had them 'hold' the cheese on.  The other ingredients I kept on were the baked pears, onions, walnuts, and balsamic and it was pretty darn awesome!  I've never had anything quite like it but I would LOVE to have it again!

10 comments:

  1. The sauce and chickpea spread look great! So does the pizza, yum!

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    1. I've never had anything quite like that pizza! Glad I choose it. Almost went with the veggie 'boli that I could veganize...might try that next time. Their hummus is good, too, but a bit too much oil on top.

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  2. I've made garbanzo bean spreads before. Later this year, I'm going to experiment with a fermented garbanzo bean paste.

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    1. I bet that would be wonderful! Sort of like a Miso???

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  3. This sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing on Real Food Fridays/

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    1. Thanks so much for your visit and comment :) You have a great weekly blog hop!

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    1. Thanks!!!! I'll be over to visit your virtual place, soon :)

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  5. Vegan cheese sauce makes everything more delicious!
    Love the sound of your chickpea spread - different to add the sweetness of dried fruit But I reckon i would love it :D

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    1. Thanks! I wasn't sure about the flavor combo for the Chickpea Salad but I ended up really loving it! A great surprise! I love to tinker with vegan cheese sauces. I have another one that I recently did and it turned out great AND it was RAW :)

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