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Every so often, weekend classes at The Academy are put on hold when another group rents it out for a special event. This weekend, Crossfit Portland is hosting an Olympic Weightlifting Seminar in what will soon be their “former” space. They have long been stationed out of AKF, but on July 1st will be moving to their new location at 740 N. Russell Street. We wish them the very best of luck!
In the meantime, the challenge I set out to tackle had to do with replicating, and documenting my Ultimate Vegan Mac and Cheese recipe for all to enjoy! A surprising number of folks (lip-licking children mainly) have sung praise of the Canadian Oatmeal Cookies recipe we published back in January… and so I will continue to post the occasional healthy food entry here. This version is dairy-free, yet yummy~but hey, feel free to add in your favorite cheese for richer flavor if your tummy so desires:
- Turn oven on to 350 degrees.
- Open and place one sprouted wheat bun on pan in oven while heating up (In frozen bread section at People’s Food Co-Op). Remove and set aside once crispy-crumbly.
- At same time boil up a giant batch of elbows (People’s has great quality elbows in bulk) and broccoli crowns in H20 with generous pinch of salt, splash of oil added.
- Drain, and toss into oiled casserole dish. Stir in 1T Earth Balance butter substitute, 3T tomato paste, and however much chopped garlic you crave. Shake in 4T brewers yeast, 2T garlic powder, 4t paprika, 2t salt, 2t ground black pepper. Herbs such as chives or sage can be added in.
- In the meantime, in small pot on stovetop melt 1T of Earth Balance, and add 3C soy milk. Slowly heat up to just under boiling, and whisk in generous pinches of flour until sauce thickens. Add in 2t spicy mustard, and 3T Basalmic Vinegar. Keep whisking. And if you really dig cheese flavor, stir in shredded cheese as well (faux or not, your call). Omit if you feel that the following cheese bomb will be enough.
- Dice up half a package of cheese (I like Vegan Gourmet *nacho for spicy, or or mozz for mild) and throw it into the noodle pile.
- Immediately drizzle your sauce into the grand mix as well, and stir it all on up.
- Cheese lovers make use of this final opportunity to add one final layer of shreds across top.
- Don’t forget to crumble your sprouted wheat bun (the one you toasted earlier with step #2) on top, before you launch your masterpiece into the oven for the next 30 minutes.
- Remove from oven and admire your work!
- Devour your work!