STEEMIT CULINARY CHALLENGE #43: Vegan Pumpkin Mac'n'Cheese
Hey foodies!
Autumn is finally here! I love this time of the year. Do you? It is a little bit fresh outside, so you are comfortable with snugging your blanket at home with warm comfort food that ends up in your stomach making you feel so good.
For me, fall is THE pumpkin season. So I thought: why not make something with pumpkin for this special autumn steemit culinary challenge? I always search for a way to incorporate the food that I make for this challenge into my daily diet. So, I will show you my way of vegan and healthy pumpkin mac'n'cheese. It is highly nutritious, absolutely delicious and so creamy but yet not that high in fat. I love it!
When you are as lucky as me to have some homemade pumpkin puree on hand, this dish is really quick to make. Here is my post about homemade pumpkin puree: https://steemit.com/fruitsandveggiesmonday/@alinalisa/fruits-and-veggies-monday-homemade-pumpkin-puree
As always, I would like to say a big THANK YOU to @woman-onthe-wing for doing this challenge on steemit! I am so happy to be a part of it!
Vegan Pumpkin Mac'n'Cheese
Ingredients
- 300 g pasta of choice (I used a vegan high protein low carb pasta)
- 500 g pumpkin puree
- 2 gloves of garlic, minced
- 250 ml plant milk (I used soy milk)
- 50 g nutritional yeast
- 1 pinch of nutmeg
- salt & pepper
Directions
Cook your pasta according to the instructions until al dente and set aside.
Combine all the other ingredients you need for the sauce in a medium sized pot.
Let it come to a boil. You should end up with a thick and creamy sauce. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Pour the sauce over the cooked pasta.
Stir to combine.
Enjoy!
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Alina, it's just 9 in the morning and you posted such a simple yet delish pasta dish. I guess I:ll have some pastas for my breakfast :-D
Haha! As I am consistent to bring my own food for lunch at work, most of my weekend mornings end up to be meal prep sessions. ;)
Thanks for your funny comment @ikaputri3! :)
Vegan mac and cheese! I have a lot of fun making versions of this too since I used to live off of Kraft Dinner back before I was health conscious! Yummy recipe! Thanks for sharing 😘🤗
You doesn't love mac and cheese?! :D Since I don't live it countries with kraft, I've never had instant mac and cheese. But as I became a vegan a few years ago I started to look for new recipes and then I discovered mac and cheese. Though, the recipes weren't vegan, I searched for alternatives and found recipes using nutritional yeast. I love this ingredient so much. Now, I'm no complete vegan anymore. But I use it nevertheless regularly in my kitchen. ;)
Well Kraft has many ingredients that I don't like in their food so making our own mac and cheese that's vegan is much better in my opinion ;)
Nutritional yeast is great- I love having it on hand as well for so many uses!
=D Keep up the yummy posts!
Oh man girl! I'm not even vegan and I know I'd love this. My kids would gobble it up. Great take on a classic!
Thank you so much! I appreciate your comment. I think this dish is great for kids to sneak in some veggies. The won't bother because it's so delicious. :D
Such a simple and "cheesy" dish! I like to use in my kitchen nutritional yeast! Good luck in challenge! :)
Yeah, you're completely right. Nutritional yeast is one of those staple foods you'll discover as you become vegan. For me - now I'm no complete vegan anymore - it's still a often used ingredients to make my dishes tastier and more nutritious of course. :)
Good luck to you too, thank you! :D
Great, thanks! :)
This is great. I have a huge can of pumpkin puree on hand right now and I'm looking for quick, vegetarian recipes these days. This might be worth a try.
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