Cheeze Sauce

Since eating dairy free helps me feel better, I am always on the prowl for new cheese like recipes to try.  Last night the menu called for macaroni and cheese.  When I made the menu, I had no problems with making that for the kids, I assumed that I would be fine and dandy eating some leftovers.  But last night came, and I had problems, lots of them!  I didn't want to eat another bowl of soup, even if it was delicious.  I wanted something noodle-ish too.  So I perused this new blog that I stumbled upon called Vegan Dad.  He has  lots of 'mac n cheese' recipes that he's tried his hand at.  Since I knew that he also has a cookbook out, I figured it'd give it a whirl.  And literally that was all I had to do--whirl up the ingredients in my blender!  That won big points for me right there, I've made a few different 'cheese' sauces, and having to cook them to get the proper thickness is kind of a turn off, even if it's tasty.  It was a great rich cheese like sauce, and totally hit the craving for mac and cheese.  I had Phil try it when he got home, thumbs up from him, with a 'yes it's good enough to have as a family meal sometime' approval.  Today I had some friends over for lunch, and I had them take a taste.  They couldn't believe that it was dairy free!  So we added a few spoonfuls into our southwestern potato soup.

Ok, so for those of you who are curious to know what goes into a cheese free cheeze sauce, and are tired of reading my review of such a wonderful dairy free sauce, here is the link to Vegan Dad's creation.  I used jarred roasted bell pepper (sadly it's cheaper than buying fresh at the moment!), no soy milk, and next time I wouldn't use the margarine as it was rich enough by itself.

http://vegandad.blogspot.com/2010/04/vegan-kd-10.html

And now onto a funny story from my cooking past....

Once upon a time, there was a girl who was newly married.  Her mother-in-law sent her and husband to the store with a list of ingredients for which to buy to make skyline chili.  On the list was garlic cloves.  The blushing bride was excited to help her mum out, and dutifully went to the spice isle to look for garlic cloves.  She found an array of garlic powders, salts, and granules--but no bottle that said garlic cloves.  After many exasperating minutes of reading all the labels, the pair finally sought help from a grocery clerk about where to find garlic cloves.  The clerk was kind enough to say that the couple would be able to find garlic cloves still on the head right near the onions which was (of course) over in the fresh produce isle.  Happily the couple trotted off to the produce where with ease they were able to locate a head of garlic.  The garlic was taken back to mum's home, the chili was made, and their tummies lived happily ever after.  The end.