Sweet & Spicy Cheesy Surprise

I have so much to share with you it's ridiculous!  So I will get right to it and be sure to visit often today for multiple posts.  Over the weekend I did this warming comfort food because it's been overly cold for a week now!  I think we have averaged between 14 and 17 degrees! Brrrrr!  Plus we had 3 days of snow!  Blah!

Anyhow...here's a little something I threw together...Sweet & Spicy Cheesy Surprise!  It turned out wonderful - if I do say so myself.

1 C of Pasta Noodles - I used a Spaghetti O type pasta
Prepared Leahy Foods Cheese Sauce (About 1 c)
2 heaping tablespoons of Nutritional Yeast
2 Heaping Tablespoons of Pinjur (you could use Roasted Red Pepper/Eggplant Mixture)
1 C Corn
1 teaspoon GoL's Perfect Food Alkalizer & Detoxifier

This made enough for 3 large portions of a meal.  It was sweet and spicy.  I really enjoyed it!  Like I said I have so much to share I will be posting several times daily this week to catch up!  Stay Tuned.

Pinjur Spinach Dal

So last night I wanted to make Dal and I was 'certain' I had diced tomatoes or stewed, even, but BOY was I wrong!  So I stuck with the Red Lentil and Dal 'idea' BUT I combined a few countries flavors for a 'fusion' of sorts and it turned out REALLY good!

I think I will call this Pinjur Spinach Dal.

Pinjur is a spicy relish form and is commonly used as a summer spread. (AKA Pinđur) is commonly prepared in Bosnia, Serbia and Macedonia.

I recently found a large jar at Big Lots marked VEGAN for a very good price so I couldn't resist trying it.  I've had this same company's Avjar in the past, too!

Ingredients:
peppers, eggplant, onions, tomato puree, vegetable oil, garlic, salt, spices.

This is super tasty - I'm glad I only used a half cup in my dish so I have more left to eat in other ways in the near future, too!

For this recipe I used the following:

1 C Cooked Red Lentils
1 Onion
1 T Wildtree Garam Masala
1/4 C Earth Balance
1/2 C Pinjur
1/4 C Water
1/2 C Spinach
1 T Minced Garlic