Pasta and *Cheese* with Vegetables

Pasta and *Cheese*

1c. vegetable broth
2tbsp. flour
1/2tbsp. oil
1 clove garlic
1/2c. nutritional yeast
1/2tbsp. lemon juice
1/2tsp. yellow mustard
quick splash of soy sauce
pinch of salt
pinch of turmeric
1/3c. alphabet pasta, cooked
1/4c. frozen peas or any vegetable of your choice


Combine everything but lemon juice and mustard in small sauce pan, whisk continually for 3 minutes; mixture should be bubbling. Cook 2 minutes, mix in lemon juice and mustard. Mixture should be thick and cheesy. Remove from stove and mix with pasta, add peas (the heat from the pasta and *cheese* will cook them).

Maybe add some bread crumbs and bake at 350 for 10 minutes!

Pasta and 'Nuggets'

I wrote about this in my family blog months ago. In my personal opinion, pasta has the nutritional value of a roll of toilet paper. But, occasionally pasta is necessary to use as a vehicle for vegetables and other healthy, delicious sauces. Anyway, the "pasta shape" of choice in our house (among the children) is "nuggets". Maybe it's because Y gets excited when I say "nuggets", because he thinks he's getting a fried 'chicken' product. But it works. He eats it every time! Here is an easy, yet healthy, pasta and butter recipe.

2Tbsp Cauliflower Puree
1/3c. nugget shaped pasta, cooked
1/2Tbsp Vegan Butter

Mix it together and serve while repeating "nuggets! nuggets! nuggets!"