Butternut Squash Mac 'n Cheeze

This is another one of those meals that makes me wonder why I thought it would be so hard to give up cheese! This recipe is so yummy and my kids (who used to eat a lot of the kraft stuff) really like it! Thank goodness because it's SO much better for their growing bodies! I got the recipe from Oh She Glows, she did an amazing detailed post about it so check it out if you have any questions on roasting the squash or anything!

-1 cup fresh roasted butternut squash (peeled and chopped) OR 1 cup canned butternut squash OR canned pumpkin
-1 tablespoon earth balance (I use the soy free kind from whole foods)
-3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
-1 tablespoon arrowroot powder (or cornstarch)
-4 tablespoon nutritional yeast
-2 teaspoon dijon mustard
-1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
-1/2 teaspoon sea salt & ground black pepper, to taste
-4 servings brown rice pasta or whole wheat macaroni (8oz or half a 16oz package)
Prepare the cheeze sauce in a pot on the stove top by adding earth balance over low-medium heat. In a bowl, whisk together milk and arrowroot powder until clumps are gone. Add into pot and whisk. Stir in remaining ingredients (nutritional yeast, Dijon, garlic, salt, and pepper) and whisk over low heat until thickened (about 5-7 minutes or so). Cook your pasta according to package directions. The sauce makes enough to cover 4 servings of pasta. In a blender, blend the sauce with 1 cup of roasted squash (or if using canned, simply stir 1 cup into the pot). Add cooked, drained, and rinsed macaroni into pot, along with cheeze sauce. Heat and serve.
My little squash made about two cups so I used one cup and froze the rest for another dayl! I can't wait to try this with pumpkin!!

I love how it looks so much like the kraft mac and cheese!

Whole Wheat Cinnamon Rolls (bread machine)

These taste so delicious and are so much better for you than store bought or even some of those homemade recipes that has loads of refined sugar and flour. We always make these at night and let them rest in the fridge all night and bake them the next morning for breakfast. For the Dough: -2 cups almond milk (or other non-dairy milk) -4 1/2 tablespoons coconut oil -1/2 tablespoon pure vanilla -1/4 cup honey -1/2 cup rolled oats (I've used both old fashion and quick with good results) -4 – 4 1/2 cups whole wheat flour (I use fresh ground white wheat) -1 tablespoon vital wheat gluten -1 3/4 teaspoon salt -3 3/4 teaspoon yeast Filling: -3 tablespoons coconut oil melted -3/4 cup sucanat or raw sugar -1 tablespoon cinnamon Combine ingredients in the bread machine in the order listed or according to your machines instructions. Use 4 cups of flour to start. Set the dough cycle and add more flour within the first few min. if the dough is too wet. When the dough has fin...

Savory Garlic Sauce Pizza

You will be amazed at how yummy this cheese-less pizza is! When we first cut out dairy I thought cheese would be the hardest to give up but I am finding with delicious recipes such as this one, it's really not missed at all! My toddlers even loved it, they each ate 3 slices! Recipe was found here and we modified it by using our favorite whole wheat pizza dough recipe found here. -Pizza Dough (I make two medium pizzas and 1 medium loaf of bread with the best yet whole wheat bread recipe found here ) -10-12 garlic cloves -1/2 cup unsweetened coconut milk -1/4 teaspoon sea salt -1 small jar sun dried tomatoes drained and soaked in water for 1 hour -Italian seasoning, basil, any other seasonings you'd like Roast garlic cloves in the oven at 375 for 30 min or until brown. When cool enough to touch, blend cloves with coconut milk and sea salt. Spread mixture out on top of prepared pizza dough (make the crust of your pizza dough slightly thicker around the edges) place the sun dried...

Kale Chips

Oh my goodness, these are so good! The first time I tried making kale chips was in my oven and I just used salt, pepper, and olive oil for seasoning. They were really not good at all. I sort of gave up on the idea until I went to visit my friend Emily, who has been eating a whole foods diet for a long time, she is an expert! Her sister actually does the simple healthy tasty blog and Emily posts on there sometimes too! Anyways during our visit, she offered me some kale chips and wow, I went home and ordered a food dehydrator as soon as I could so I could make them! I got this one made by Nesco and love it so far! Recipe from simple healthy tasty . -1 or 2 bunches of kale ripped into chip size pieces (I used curly leaf kale) -1/3 cup raw cashews -2 tablespoons lemon juice -3 tablespoons water -1/4 cup olive oil -1/2 teaspoon sea salt -1/4 cup nutritional yeast -1 small chunk of onion -1/2 teaspoon chili powder -1/4 teaspoon cayenne -1/4 teaspoon turmeric -1 clove garli...

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