Dairy Free, Gluten Free “Kraft” dinner
Dairy-Free 'Kraft Dinner' Recipe
The other night, I was at J’s house and he insisted I try a few of the oddly yellow flakes. They kinda scared me- yeast?! Eating it straight?! That must be bad for you or something. So as J waxed poetic about childhood memories of roasted Nutritional Yeast on pita bread, (J, btw, why couldn’t your fond memories be of milk and cookies? lol), I cautiously sprinkled a few flakes in my mouth. hm. Most unusual. Salty, and, cheesy? wow. CHEESE. (oh how I miss thee let me count the ways).
Apparently Nutritional Yeast is a great vegan source of vitamin B12, although I am uncertain if its because it is fortified with B vitamines or if it occurs naturally. Either way, the possibilities were dawning on me. Cheese sauces! Cheese of all kinds- this would be super interesting.
Whenever I have a craving for something salty, cheesy, and super flavourful, this is my new ‘junk’ food. Yum. Ahh… I like it so much I won’t even admit how many times I’ve had it for dinner in the past 7 days or so.
Note: This serves two as a side dish. I don’t know if you want to eat the whole thing. You could, but, speaking from experience, its a heck of a whole lot. Remember- the ‘real’ KD has WAY more salt, oil, and a bajillion preservatives. So, no guilt about the ingredients below!!
Also- make sure to use the light flavoured rice vinegar. I like things salty, you may wish to reduce salt. I also like the strong taste of sesame oil in combination with the earthy cheesy seasonings and ballanced by the rice vinegar. However, again, go lighter if you aren’t sure.
Alea’s “Kraft” dinner
Ingredients
- 4 cups water
- 1-2 tsp salt
- 3 cups rice noodles (try brown for more nutrition, and break them up a bit so you can toss more easily)
- 3 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp rice vinegar
Directions
- Put water, salt, dry noodles in a small pot
- Bring to a boil, cook approx 5-7 min (test a noodle to see if it is still slightly chewy. Then its ready).
- Strain the noodles, add the oil and vinegar, toss to coat the noodles so they don’t all stick together.
- Sprinkle the first spoonful of nutritional yeast, then toss. Sprinkle the second, toss again. Taste to see if its ‘cheesy’ enough, if not, add the third spoonful.
- You can always snob it up a bit by throwing on a few fresh dill fronds.
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