{"id":89,"date":"2020-10-17T16:09:01","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T16:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayfilet.com\/?p=89"},"modified":"2020-10-17T16:09:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T16:09:59","slug":"vegan-mac-and-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rayfilet.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/17\/vegan-mac-and-cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegan Mac and Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Many vegan cheese sauce alternatives use cashews as the source for a creamy base. But if your looking for a nut free or cheaper recipe then this will be perfect! The main component for this recipe is chickpeas, and sweet potato. Using both those ingredients builds a flavorful and high protein alternative for the common cheese sauce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"http:\/\/rayfilet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_8224-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rayfilet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_8224-scaled.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/rayfilet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_8224-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>1 15 ounce can of chickpeas (drained)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 onion (150g) Sliced<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 cup (140g) of cubed sweet potato (Peeled, and steamed until soft)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 tbsp tahini<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 tbsp lemon juice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 tsp garlic powder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00bc tsp paprika<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2153 cup nutritional yeast<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 cup oat milk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 tsp salt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00be tsp black pepper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 tbsp olive oil<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12 ounces of elbow pasta<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>In a large skillet heat the olive oil over medium heat for 2-3 minutes. Add onions and cook for 5 minutes over medium-low heat until soft<\/li><li>Add garlic powder, paprika, black pepper, salt, sweet potato, chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice, and oat milk. Continue cooking until liquid is reduced and thicker, roughly 8-10 minutes (make sure to occasionally mix). Add nutritional yeast and stir to combine\u00a0<\/li><li>Let cool for 10-15 minutes. Pour cooled mixture into a food processor, and blend until smooth and creamy.<\/li><li>In a medium saucepan boil 6 cups of salted water. Add elbow pasta, and boil for 8-10 minutes until pasta is soft.<\/li><li>Place pasta into a large bowl and mix in chickpea sauce until combined. Serve immediately or store covered in fridge for up to 4 days<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many vegan cheese sauce alternatives use cashews as the source for a creamy base. But if your looking for a nut free or cheaper recipe then this will be perfect! The main component for this recipe is chickpeas, and sweet potato. Using both those ingredients builds a flavorful and high protein alternative for the common [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":[],"wprm-recipe-roundup-description":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,26],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayfilet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayfilet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayfilet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayfilet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayfilet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/rayfilet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92,"href":"http:\/\/rayfilet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayfilet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayfilet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayfilet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}