VEGAN MAC AND CHEESE

Your favourite junk food lunch turned healthy 

I love eating simple things or just monomeals, but some times I just want something that will keep me full for hours and is creamy and warm and satiating. 

I've heard of vegan mac and cheese but they all required nutritional yeast and I could never find it in stores here. 

So one day I was looking through my pantry and noticed I had tapioca starch and I thought I'd give it a try and it actually worked. So I decided to share the recipe.

You will be needing :

• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 onion
• 1 full tbsp tapioca starch
• 2-3 handfuls of nuts (cashews preferably)
• water/mylk(I use oat milk)

Najrajši jem preproste stvari ali pa dobesedno samo eno stvar (na primer pečen krompir) za kosilo. Včasih pa se mi pojavi tista želja, katere ne morem preslišati. Želja po nečem toplem, ''nezdravem'', kremastem in preveč nasitnem.
Slišala sem že za veganske makarone s sirom, vendar so vsi recepti imeli suhi neaktivni kvas, katerega pa pri nas komaj najdeš. En dan sem opazila da imam tapiokin škrob in sem se odločila, da probam z njim in ugotovila, da le ni tako slabo. Pa sem se odločila da recept delim z vami!

Potrebuješ : 

• 2 stroka česna
• 1 čebulo
• 1 polno žlico tapiokinega škroba
• 2-3 polne pesti oreščkov (najbolje, da indijskih)
• začimbe po želji (priporočam kaj malce pekočega, da ubije tisti okus škroba)
• voda/rastlinsko mleko (jaz sem uporabila ovseno)

First you will need to mince the garlic and onion, they put them in a pan on low to medium heat.

While your onion and garlic are in the pan, get a little bowl and put the starch, the cashews and the spices inside. I recommend something spicy (if you like spicy food) and garlic powder, curry, salt, pepper.

Najprej narežeš česen in čebulo, jih daš v ponev in jih pražiš na šibkem ognju.
Medtem ko se to dogaja, lahko vzameš posodico in v njej pripraviš ostale sestavine - oreščke, škrob in začimbe (kot sem rekla, priporočam nekaj pekočega in morda kaj česna v prahu, sol, poper).

What I learned is that when you do not have nutritional yeast, you will get that creamy texture but not that cheesy flavour and you will need a bit more spices than usual to get rid of the starchy flavour. 

Opazila sem, da če nimaš neaktivnega kvasa, bo omaka sicer kremasta, vendar ne bo imelo tistega sirastega okusa, kot bi ga imelo s tem kvasom. Zato potrebuješ malce več začimb.

Once the onion and garlic are transparent/caramelized put them in a blender with the other ingredients. You should add your oat milk/water little by little, until the blended texture is your preffered. Do keep in mind that once you heat the sauce up, it will become creamier, so more is better than less in this case.  You should blend until a milky texture.

 Ko je čebula prozorna ali pa zlata, lahko odmakneš z ognja in vse skupaj z vsebino tiste posodice daš v mešalec. Vodo/mleko dodajaj sproti, da lahko reguliraš vse skupaj. Imej v mislih, da bo omaka postala bolj kremasta, ko jo bomo ponovno pogreli, tako da jo malce bolj razredči, kot bi jo normalno.

Once everything's blended, your sauce is ready. Just put your pasta and the sauce in a pan on low heat and keep stirring until it's creamy. While stirring, try the sauce and add some more seasoning if you'd like. 

Ko je vse zmešano, daj vse skupaj z makaroni v ponev in malce pogrej na šibkem ognju. Mešaj, dokler ni kremasto. Sproti probavaj in dodajaj začimbe po želji. 

There you have it, vegan mac and cheese!

Kick it up a notch:

I recommend chopping up some veggies and mixing them in. Really makes a difference!

Še en nasvet :

Priporočam, da narežeš kakšno zelenjavo in vmešaš zraven, ko je vse že skuhano. Da daš jedi malce življenja.

Hope you enjoy your lunch with a healthy twist ! For more recipes keep tuning in and follow my social media for random pictures. If you do try the recipe out, be sure to send me pictures, I would love to see them!

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