tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802654919696452292.post287989849001250548..comments2023-10-18T03:06:25.600-07:00Comments on Vegan Georgia: A Tale of Two AlfredosVegan Georgiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06189216823026767268noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802654919696452292.post-21788816705842334512011-02-01T08:01:14.543-08:002011-02-01T08:01:14.543-08:00Oh man, I HATE it when that happens! :-( Thanks fo...Oh man, I HATE it when that happens! :-( Thanks for taking the time to write a do-over.<br /><br />I used to do the gross Kraft boxed thing too sometimes, when I was first out on my own. A few years later I started making my grandmother's very delicious but unvegan mac-n-cheese. No one ever offered her $1000 for it (that's impressive!!), but it was awfully good! :-)<br /><br />This recipe, however, is better, IMO - and not just because it's vegan and much healthier (though those score it BIG points!) It really is delicious! It definitely helps that you are a fellow fan of nooch and of cold mac-n-cheese! I think you'll be pleased with this dish. :-)<br /><br />I'm sorry you have yet another nasty winter storm bearing down on you! I hope it doesn't make things crazy at your job, so you can stay home and snuggle up with a big bowl of m-n-c and a favorite book or movie!Laloofahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07256023593175821427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802654919696452292.post-25706626378742841482011-01-31T07:30:52.136-08:002011-01-31T07:30:52.136-08:00Grrrr, I posted a whole long response to you Laloo...Grrrr, I posted a whole long response to you Laloofah, and it got deleted :(<br /><br />Anyhoodle, the gist of it was, I didn't make much mac & cheese on my own, except for Kraft, which is gross, I know, but I was a boxed food person for ages. (Yikes again.) My mom makes the most awesome non-vegan mac & cheese in the universe, so I guess I was intimidated about homemade mac & cheese. (True story: At our rehearsal dinner, which was cooked by my mom and stepfather, John's best man offered my mom $1000 for her baked mac & cheese recipe. He probably wouldn't have followed through with it even though he could probably afford to, but still. That's a heck of a mac & cheese!)<br /><br />I have tried a number of different mac & cheese recipes since being vegan, all of the cook & eat variety, rather than baked. But yours looks soooooo good, I think I'm going to have to try it. The right color? Check. Tastes good cold? Double check. 1.5 cups of nutritional yeast? Triple check, because I love it. It really is a perfect comfort food, so bring on the next snowstorm! (Or don't. Please don't!)Vegan Georgiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06189216823026767268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802654919696452292.post-33297509833453392102011-01-31T07:24:18.237-08:002011-01-31T07:24:18.237-08:00Thanks Rose! I hope you find a good vegan alfredo...Thanks Rose! I hope you find a good vegan alfredo that works for you. Silken tofu is so great at mimicking a creamy texture that it just makes for perfect comfort food.Vegan Georgiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06189216823026767268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802654919696452292.post-90499219516200657852011-01-28T11:44:58.723-08:002011-01-28T11:44:58.723-08:00I'm glad you found a much healthier alfredo th...I'm glad you found a much healthier alfredo that you enjoy - sometimes it does pay to revisit a recipe that wasn't a big hit the first time! <br /><br />It's not alfredo, but you might enjoy my <a href="http://laloofah.blogspot.com/2009/10/smoky-freaky-mac-n-cheesy.html" rel="nofollow">Smoky Freaky Mac-n-Cheesy.</a> The original recipe called for a CUP of oil, but I sub that with either butternut squash soup or pureed butternut squash, and your tastebuds would never know differently (but the other cells of your body would!) I was never much of an alfredo eater, but mac-n-cheese was one of my comfort foods and I love this one more than any non-vegan version I ever ate.<br /><br />I'm glad your shift away from added fats and toward more whole foods, along with daily exercise, is paying such great dividends, and kudos to you for staying motivated! <br /><br />Hope that was the last of your snowstorms, at least for a while! (Wish you could be here today - it's sunny and in the 50's! Drastic change coming by Monday, though. And so it goes...)<br /><br />Have a great weekend!Laloofahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07256023593175821427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802654919696452292.post-86285906432879966252011-01-27T14:11:43.100-08:002011-01-27T14:11:43.100-08:00It's funny what you say about alfreddo and may...It's funny what you say about alfreddo and mayo...I never liked or ate either of those things before I was vegan...I still haven't started jonesing for alfreddo, but I've started to like small amounts of vegan mayo (especially the WildWoods Vegan Aioli mayo).<br /><br />I think I'll have to give some vegan alfreddo a try.<br /><br />Good work on the exercise and weight loss!Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02114977921830686539noreply@blogger.com