This was dinner. It's the "Instant Cheez It" sauce from The Ultimate Uncheese Cookbook. You prepare it by making a dry mix of ingredients which you keep in a storage container and use 1/2 cup at a time that you whisk with water or nondairy milk over medium heat until it gets thick and bubbly. Then you can add it to your favorite pasta or as a topping for vegetables or anything at all. I had mine with shells. So creamy and much better than that Velveeta crap!
Edited to add: This is still considered "cooking out of the pantry"!
Pantry staples used:
pasta
nutritional yeast
flour
spices/herbs: paprika, turmeric, garlic powder, onion powder, dill, dry mustard, salt, pepper, sugar
Other ingredients:
plain soymilk
margarine
wet mustard
Ingredients I had to purchase: none
Love that recipe - but mine always comes out "gummy". What's your secret for making it creamier?
ReplyDeleteSometimes it gets too thick so I just thin it out with either more soymilk or take some of the water that the pasta is boiling in.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, obtaining a perfect uncheese cheeze is on my to-do list and this makes it seem.. doable! I like how you make a mix to just keep on hand too.
ReplyDeleteYour food always looks fantastic. I have a question: where do you buy wide rice noodles? I have only been able to find the thin and very thin noodles and I would love to make homemade Drunk Man Noodles.
ReplyDeleteTracy P.
Tracy,
ReplyDeleteHi! Usually the wide noodles should be the fresh kind that come in a vacuum package at asian markets. They are covered in oil and you have to manually separate the noodles before you use them. The thai name for it is "Sen Yai".
But they should also have them dried too like this:
http://www.templeofthai.com/food/noodles/ricenoodles-3511100183.php
Great idea for those lazy days! I seem to have quite a few of them lately :)
ReplyDeleteI haven't tried this version of mac'n'cheese, but I love that you can keep a dry mix of it in the pantry for quick use rather than buying the gnarly, expensive boxed stuff. Thanks for pointing it out!
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