Food I Eat

Another thing I've never been able to get quite right is macaroni and cheese. Anyone can throw in bacon and carmelized onions and call it a gourmet mac and cheese, but the skill is in making it not ridiculously fatty while also delicious and creamy. This one did it! I don't even have anything to add to it. It's just perfect. You could add bacon to it, sure, but obviously I prefer it vegetarian. I ended up putting bacon bits and green onion as garnishes if people wanted, which is definitely a nice thing to do if you want to. Taken from Skinnytaste, here:  https://www.skinnytaste.com/butternut-squash-mac-and-cheese/ Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese, a healthier version of macaroni and cheese is so creamy and delicious, no one will ever guess it’s also good for you! INGREDIENTS Olive oil spray Kosher salt 1   pound   cubed butternut squash 10   ounces   whole wheat elbow pasta 1 ½   cups   low sodium vegetable broth ,  divided ½ ...

I think I might already have a sloppy joe recipe on here, but this was my first time serving everybody a vegan version. I nailed the sauce, and the meat substitute came out pretty well! The texture was definitely different than beef sloppy joes, and it just had a lighter, less meaty feel to it as well. Next time, I should absolutely finely dice some dried shiitakes and add it in. You wouldn't even notice them, and they'd add a nice texture after they absorbed the sauce. Maybe some powdered kombu, too? It would definitely add umami, but I'm kind of scared of it, tbh. Sauce: 1 cup Diana's regular barbecue sauce 1/3 cup Costco smoke barbecue sauce (alternately, use whatever you have on hand and toss in a squirt of liquid smoke if it's not smoky enough) 5 sundried tomatoes 2 tbsp diced fire roasted red peppers 1 tbsp nutritional yeast 1/3 cup ketchup Filling: ~2 tbsp oil from a jar of sundried tomatoes 1 onion, diced 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 package L...