Vegan Gluten-free Lasagna

My husband has been wanting lasagna. I searched for a bean based ricotta recipe.

The chicotta cheese recipe we used is from Oneingredientchef.com We did add 4 TBS water and 1 tsp of chickpea miso. The remaining 1/3 of the chicotta we froze for later use, as we did with the leftover pinenut parmesan cheese.

We used the following ingredients to the layers in a 9x13 pan:

1 zucchini shredded

2 carrots shredded

2/3 recipe of chicotta cheese

1 entire recipe of aquafaba mozzarella

1/4 cup of pinenut parmesan cheese

6 cups tomato sauce of choice

1 box gluten-free lasagna noodles, uncooked

1/2 bag beyond beef crumbles

We layered the lasagna

1. sauce and beyond beef crumbles

2. 3 noodles not touching each other or the sides of the pan

3. 1/3 chicotta cheese

4. 1/2 the shredded zucchini

5. 1/2 the shredded carrot

6. 1/3 the aquafaba mozzarella

7. repeat steps 1-6

the third layer is

8. 3 noodles

9. sauce

10. aquafaba mozzarella

11. pinenut parmesan cheese

12. Bake at 350 for 1 hour

Layered Mexican Crockpot Tostadas

Diane this is for you!!!

Ingredients:
8-9 tostadas
1 package of daiya cheddar cheese
1 package Beyond Fiesta crumbles
1 jar salsa

Mexican rice:
1 cup rice
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp chili powder
1 small onion, diced
1 small red pepper, diced
2 cups water or vegetable broth
1 can diced tomatoes
Place the Mexican rice ingredients in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer. Cook until the rice is done (30-45 minutes)

In the crockpot layer
1/4 cup salsa
2-3 tostadas
1/2 the Mexican rice
1/2 cup salsa
Second layer:
1/3 the bag of Daiya cheese
2-3 tostadas
1/2 the Mexican rice
1/2 cup salsa
1/3 the bag of Daiya cheese
Top layer:
the remaining salsa and the remaining cheese
Heat on the lowest setting on your crockpot.

Chickpea and Tahini Dressing Lettuce Bowls

At the farmers' market yesterday I was able to purchase a beautiful head of red leaf lettuce for $1. We also made aquafaba cheddar leaving a can of chickpeas to use.

Ingredients:
1 can chickpeas, drained
1 onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 red pepper, diced
1 inch ginger, minced
2 TBS coconut aminos

Directions: water or broth saute the above ingredients until the desired tenderness (3-7 minutes)

Tahini dressing ingredients:
1/2 cup tahini
1/2 cup water
2 tsp maple syrup
1 tsp turmeric
1-2 TBS lemon juice

Directions: blend all the ingredients

Lettuce leaves

To assemble:
Wash and pat dry the lettuce leaves
Place 2 TBS of the filling on the leaf
Drizzle with the tahini dressing
Serve

April's WFPB GF Potluck

This month's whole food plant based gluten free potluck theme was a mystery ingredient. 

Salad

The mystery ingredient was pickled watermelon rinds
The salad contained organic spinach, organic carrots, organic raisins, nutritional yeast and raw cashews. 
Mustard vinaigrette  
1/3 cup stone ground mustard
1/4 cup organic apple cider vinegar
1/2 tsp.maple syrup
1 tsp black pepper 
2 TBS. filtered water

Hummus

The mystery ingredient was stone ground mustard
Hummus 
chickpeas
1/4 cup tahini
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/2 tsp. cumin
1/2 tsp. salt
2 TBS. organic extra virgin oil
organic stone ground mustard (dollap)
2 tsp. filtered water

Lentil Soup

The mystery ingredient was ginger turmeric

Lentil soup

I pkg organic French lentils (or any other variety) I soaked them for a few hours, but not necessary 

1 small chopped onion

3-4 celery stalks chopped

4 carrots chopped

1/2 c parsley chopped

3-4 minced garlic cloves

 ginger root (a few slices -about 1 tbsp)

1 1/2 tsp ground turmeric

1-2 bay leaves

8-9 c water 

Salt

Pepper

Olive oil

Sautée onion, celery, and garlic in a little olive oil. Add bay leaves  and lentils. Stir and add water and all other ingredients, except carrots. Bring to a boil. Then cover and simmer until cooked (about 30 min) Add carrots 10-15 min before lentils are cooked. 

Chana Masala

The mystery ingredient was cauliflower rice

3 14.5-oz cans of chickpeas  were used as well as 3 14.5-oz can of pureed tomatoes with only 1 jalapeno pepper.

Cauliflower Salad

The mystery ingredient was cauliflower

Kombucha 

The mystery ingredient was mango

The mystery ingredient was tumeric and ginger

Miranda's Dream Pound Cake served with almond ice cream

This recipe will be in the upcoming cookbook Got Nuts

The mystery ingredient was pancake mix