Vegan Alfredo

 Detoxinista and The Vegan 8

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 small yellow onion , chopped
• 4 garlic cloves , minced
• 1 cup whole cashews (not roasted or salted)
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
• 1 ½ teaspoons fine sea salt (I use Real Salt brand)
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• Add 2 T nurtitional yeast (from Vegan 8)
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• Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and saute the onion until it's soft and translucent. This should take 5 to 8 minutes. Add in the garlic and stir until fragrant, about 1 more minute. Remove from the heat.
• In a high-speed blender, combine the cashews, water, lemon juice, vinegar, salt, and pepper. Add the sauteed onions and garlic, then blend until very smooth. The sauce should look creamy, without any visible chunks of cashews.
• Serve this alfredo sauce over your favorite cooked pasta, then adjust any seasoning to taste. The noodles will dilute the flavor of the sauce, so you may need to add more salt and pepper, as needed. (This recipe makes enough to coat one pound of pasta.) Leftover sauce can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.

Partially Dairy Free Lily Fruit dip

 I can of cream of coconut (just the fatty thick part, leave out the liquid part)

Plain yogurt

lemon juice

honey or maple syrup

Websites for more ideas- Dairy Free Menu

Gluten free Brownies

One Lovely Life

2/3 cup semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips (I use dairy free chocolate chips)
5 Tbsp coconut oil (can sub butter, avocado oil, vegan butter, ghee)
2/3 cup coconut sugar (can sub white, brown, or maple sugar)
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
2/3 cup blanched almond flour
2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking soda (if paleo) or baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
TO MIX IN:
2/3 cup additional chocolate chips or chopped chocolate (can sub nuts)
OPTIONAL: COARSE SEA SALT TO SPRINKLE ON TOP

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8×8 baking pan with parchment paper or spray with nonstick spray.
In a small saucepan, gently melt chocolate and oil over low heat until smooth and glossy. Remove from heat and set aside to cool slightly.
In a small bowl, whisk together sugar and eggs until slightly lighter in color and until they pass the ribbon test (when you lift the whisk the mixture should stream down evenly in “ribbons”). Set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients–almond flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt.
Working slowly, whisk the egg/sugar mixture into the saucepan of melted chocolate. Whisk until smooth. Stir in vanilla and mix in.
Stir in the dry ingredients and fold until just mixed.
Fold in the additional chocolate chips.
Pour batter into your prepared pan and smooth the surface.
Bake at 350 degrees 20-24 minutes, or until edges are set and the center is still ever so slightly underdone. (The remaining heat should set the center as it cools)

• Sprinkle with coarse salt, if using, and allow brownies to cool before slicing.

Frozen Banana, Peanut Butter & Chocolate Chip shake/Dairy free- ice cream

From The Kitchn

Use a food processor or blender,

Makes 1 large shake or 2 small shakes

2 medium FROZEN bananas, peeled and cut into bite-sized chunks
1/4c peanut butter
1/4c  cup skim or 2% milk, or coconut milk, or almond milk
1/4 cup chocolate chips (could use cacao or cocoa powder)

Freeze the bananas in a covered container for at least 4 hours, or overnight.

Put everything except the chocolate chips in the machine. Mix/Chop till smooth, then add choco chips, I like to have a little more chunks, so don't puree long.

More banana ice cream recipes- Quick ice cream

Interesting tips

 From Cooking with Curls                                                                                                This is how she converts dairy ingredients to dairy free:                                             

1. Heavy Cream = Coconut Milk (can)
2. Whole Milk = Coconut Milk (box) or Soy Milk
3. Non Fat Milk = Almond or Rice Milk                                                                                   
  4. Half & Half = Half Coconut Milk (can) & Half Coconut Milk (box)