No Nut - No Oil - No Salt Vegan Mac & Cheese & a Few Sunday Buys!

I've had a few people contact me about the many cheesy dips, sauces, etc I have been posting lately and ask for ones without nuts or oils or salt.  HERE is one of those recipes!  I introduce you to the No Nut - No Oil - No Salt Vegan Mac & Cheese Sauce I put on my last rough of elbow mac!

Recipe:

1 C Sunflower Seeds, Soaked

2.5 C Water

1 Large Carrot

1/2 T Minced Garlic

2 T Tomato Paste

1/4 C Nutritional Yeast

1 T Lemon Juice

1 T Flour (I used Bob Red Mill's Gluten Free All-Purpose)

Squirt Yellow Mustard

2 T Bragg's Liquid Amino's

1/2 tea Turmeric

I really liked the way this one turned out!  I think the difference being I soaked the sunflower seeds and the addition of the squirt of mustard and the amount of Animo's!  The 'saltiness' comes from the amino's so there isn't any added salt but there is still sodium.  Of course I sprinkled Smoked Paprika on top.  I have been getting a few questions about that lately, too!  YES...I'm a bit addicted to Smoked Paprika lately but there are some other reasons I am adding it to a lot of my stuff.  One of these days I will share that info with you!

I was in Wegmans TWICE in TWO days!  That is rare.  What is even more rare is that I bought very little for myself when I did go there.  Here is one of the things that I did pick up.  This is my first time trying this vegan Tofurky pizza.  It was ok.  I'm not much of a fake meat person but I wanted to try it.  It wasn't bad but I have had others I enjoy more.  I think that if it just had the pesto sauce and veggies with a little more vegan cheese it would have been more my speed.  I eat very little fake meats...I'm just not usually interested in them.  I never liked real meat so why would I like fake meat?

I have yet to try these but I have to say I'm HELLA EXCITED!!!!  In the freezer section side-by-side were these 'bad boys'.  One was Carrot & Potato 'French Fries' and the other is Broccoli & Potato 'French Fries'.  I'm looking forward to the flavor of them stand alone and then I will probably come up with dipping sauces for them, too!  I will surely keep you posted!  They are Gluten Free, Vegan, and Non-GMO!

Midweek Munchies

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Here's what I found this week!

Store Location:
Whole Foods Co-Op, Erie, PA

Since cutting Dairy I've just been doing veggie pizzas with no cheese on them.  I found this one and already ate it!  It's pretty good!  I would eat it again!

 I've been looking for something close to a vegan version of Nutella that I can get semi-Regionally.  I just tried a little bit of this for the first time last night and it's DARN Tasty!

 I haven't cracked open these two Nature's Path Chia Products yet but I'm pretty excited about them!  I have been looking for some Breakfast Foods to have on hand.

It's been a while since I have bought this Lightlife Brand for anything not to mention the Fakin' Bacon.  Now that I am a fan of the Tofurky ones I'll have to see which is better.

 This Almond Milk was on sale for $1.99 so I decided to try it.  I haven't opened it yet tho...I still have a little left of my last Almond Milk Purchase.

 I've blogged about this Quinoa Polenta before but they had it for a pretty good price and I decided to stock up on it while I could!

And I got more of these shreds since I ran out AND they had them on sale!

I also caved and bought the last 'home made' Cashew Cheese from their Cafe/Deli as well as Vegan Cheesecake they had two left of.  It's the first Vegan Cheesecake I have had since deleting Dairy, too!  It was AMAZING, btw!

There are a few things I got at the Co-Op this past week and I am pretty excited!  What were your purchases this week?

I'm also going to post this for What I ate Wednesday.  You can also take a look at my Meal Plan for the week HERE.