Fast and Easy Vegan Pasta Recipe: Macaroni and Cheese

This is a very simple pasta recipe that I bet many vegans already know how to make. But I just want to explain my own way of preparing it. Many people cook their cheese sauce but I just mix the nutritional yeast with the pasta water to make the sauce very quickly.

To make 2 servings, boil 250g of elbow pasta in a pot of boiling water. Add generous amount of salt to the water(as salty as the sea) and a splash of oil. Boil for 9 minutes stirring occasionally until al dente. Pour away most of the pasta water and leave about a 1/2 cm thickness of pasta water behind with the pasta.

Pour 30 g of nutritional yeast flakes, a sprinkling of dried Oregano herbs and a splash of oil directly into the pot with the warm pasta. Mix until there is a creamy sauce. You can add flax seeds and nori flakes too if you want. You can add some soy sauce or marmite as well.

My Newly Created Fusion Recipe(Vegan) — Elbow Pasta with Ground Nut Curry Sauce and Nori Flakes

I just created a delicious fusion recipe: an elbow pasta dish with a creamy nut sauce similar to satay gravy, with nori flakes. It tasted so appetizing and moreish, I felt it deserves a mention. You will definitely receive compliments if you serve it to your family, friends and guests.

I created the recipe as part of a healthier alternative to instant ramen noodles, so I tried to use as much simple dried ingredients I could find from my kitchen cabinet.

To make 2 servings, boil 250g of elbow pasta in a pot of boiling water. Add generous amount of salt to the water(as salty as the sea) and a splash of oil. Boil for 9 minutes stirring occasionally until al dente. Pour away most of the pasta water and leave about a 2 cm thickness of pasta water behind with the pasta.

To make the nut sauce, pour 1/3 cup(1/2 for spicier) of curry powder(I use sambar powder from House Brand) and 1 cup of ground nuts(any type of ground nuts, fine or coarse up to you) directly into the pot with the warm pasta. Pour in a liberate amount of oil such as coconut oil(for weight-loss) or other types of oil. Add in 4 tablespoons of flaxseeds for the sauce to be slimy and also if you want some omega 3 fatty acids. Mix everything together until there is a creamy sauce with the warm pasta. Add required sugar/sweetener until the sauce is sweet. I didn't add garlic as I felt the sauce was tasty enough.

Mix in some alfalfa sprouts if you want some fresh greens. Finally, add in some shredded nori flakes. You can choose to mix the nori flakes with the pasta while in the pot, or sprinkle them on top of the pasta before serving. If you are worried about nori containing pollutants, you can choose to use other dark green vegetables and wheat/barley grass powder instead.

Serve and enjoy this delicious Malay-Indian-Japanese fusion pasta. You can eat it with sliced vegan mock fish that comes wrapped with nori, and vegan mock mutton made with mushroom stems(there is a brand that comes frozen without any sauce). You can pair it with a side dish of sliced cucumber to neutralize the spicy aftertaste.

How to Add More Healthy Coconut Milk and Oil Into Your Diet

Coconut milk and oil is not fattening but has been scientifically proven to reduce body fat through thermogenesis. It is also anti-viral, anti-fungal and anti-bacterial. Fat is needed to be consumed with every meal as it acts as carrier for fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K.

For Breakfast:
- Mix coconut milk with fruit juice to create a milky smoothie
- Add coconut milk/cream to your warm tea
- Eat breakfast cereal with coconut milk
- Serve oatmeal porridge with coconut cream on top with fresh pineapple
- Drink coconut milk on its own

For Lunch and Dinner:
- Use coconut milk to cook white rice
- Use thick coconut cream as a creamy sauce for pasta and macaroni(add nutritional yeast flakes for cheese flavor)
- Use coconut cream to make potato salad
- Drizzle coconut oil on fresh vegetable salads
- Use coconut cream to make coleslaw
- Use coconut cream to make mild curry

For Dessert:
- Use coconut cream and coconut oil to make vegan ice-cream(coconut oil turns solid below 25 Deg C)
- Use coconut cream to make thick whipped-cream for ice-cream
- Use coconut milk to make pudding
- Add coconut cream to black rice porridge

For Baking:
- Use coconut cream to make bread
- Use coconut cream to make muffins
- Use dessicated coconut to make cookies

For cooking:
- Use coconut oil as a cooking oil, it can withstand very high temperatures

Coconut milk: Healthy or hazardous?
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