Hoff's Tomato Cream Sauce

Hoff's Tomato Cream Sauce
Yields: Enough for 1 lb. of Pasta
meat-free, dairy-free, egg-free, oil-free, soy-free, gluten-free

Ingredients:

• 1 28oz. can Whole Peeled Tomatoes
• 1 cup Water
• 1/2 cup Cashews
• 1 tbsp. Sugar
• 1 tbsp. Italian Seasoning
• 1 tbsp. Dried Onion Flakes (optional)
• 1 tsp. Onion Powder
• 1 tsp. Garlic Powder
• 1 tsp Sea Salt

Directions:

1. Using  a high power blender or Vitamix, blend together Cashews & Water until creamy
2. Add remaining ingredients to a medium pot on medium-high heat
3. Using an immersion blender, gently blend until Tomatoes are pureed to your liking
4. Stir in the Cashew Cream
5. Mix with freshly cooked pasta & allow to mellow on simmer for about 5 minutes or until the sauce thickens a bit

Hoff Thoughts:  No inversion blender?  No worries, just use a Vitamix, blender or food processor.  If you've got mad skills, use your inversion blender to blend the tomatoes right in their own can, lowers the splatter factor!

DIY Teeth Whitening

Combine freshly squeeze Lemon Juice with enough Baking Soda to form a paste.  Add the Soda carefully as this will trigger a chemical bubble reaction, that will die down.  Brush with mixture for 2 minutes.  Rinse well to remove any residual acid.

The acid in the Lemon Juice will breakdown the stains and the abrasiveness of the Baking Soda will whiten your teeth.

Apply once a week to avoid damaging the enamel of your teeth.

Non-stick Donut Pan!!!

Donut or doughnut?  I don't know...anyway...

Since becoming a whole-food, plant-based, oil-free vegan (really need to come up with a witty abbreviation for that), donuts have not crossed my lips and I really, really miss them!!!

So, when I came across the Wilton Non-stick, Donut Pan, I had to have it!  I knew with this pan that I could bake donuts without the oil.

Luckily, Santa brought me one for Christmas and I've been crafting recipes ever since!

I can't tell you enough how simple, quick and healthy it is to bake you own oil-free, vegan donuts! Don't expect Krispy Kreme, but you will get a respectable cake-like donut, tasty enough to satisfy even the most die-hard donut connoisseur.

Check out these tasty treats:

• Basic Donut
• Blueberry Donut
• Pumpkin Donut
• Chocolate Donut

Pay attention; for the flavored donuts, all I did was start with the Basic Donut recipe as a foundation and switch out the key flavors - you can do the same thing.  What's your inner donut?

You can pick these pans up at Amazon or pretty much any store selling cooking stuff.  They come in a variety of shapes, both standard size and mini and in either a 6 count or 12 count.

Time to make the donuts!

Chocolate Donuts

This recipe is an and adaptation of Easy Baked Doughnuts from One Green Planet.

Chocolate Donuts
Yields: 6-9 large donuts, 12 mini donuts
meat-free, dairy-free, egg-free, oil-free, soy-free


Ingredients:

Dry

• 1 1/2 cup Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
• 1/2 cup Sugar
• 1/2 cup Vegan Chocolate Chips
• 2 tsp. Baking Powder
• 2 tbsp. Cacao Powder
• 2 pinches Sea Salt

Wet

• 3/4 cup Vanilla Almond Milk
• 1/2 cup Apple Sauce
• 1 tsp. Apple Cider Vinegar
• 1 tsp. Vanilla

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together dry ingredients
3. In a liquid measuring cup, whisk together wet ingredients
4. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and whisk together until just combined
5. Carefully spoon batter into non-stick donut pan (oiling pan is not necessary)
6. Bake for 12 minutes
7. Allow to cool completely for easy removal 

Momentary Musing

Soul :) Smile!

Super Simple Chips

Super Simple Chips
Yields: As much as you can handle!
dairy-free, egg-free, oil-free, soy-free, gluten-free

Ingredients:

• Oil-less Corn Tortillas

Directions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
2. Using a knife or pizza cutter, slice stacked Tortillas into favorite chip shape
3. Spread pieces out on a baking sheet so nothing is touching
4. Bake for 10-15 minutes

Hoff Thoughts: You'll see that I use a cast iron pizza sheet to do my baking deeds.  This may throw my cooking time off from say a standard baking sheet - after 10 minutes start peaking at your chips and pull before they start to brown.