Sriracha Ketchup & Cock Sauce Cashew Cheeze

Cock Sauce Cashew Cheeze

Sriracha Ketchup

I decided to do these two sauces for this week and in leiu of last week's Sriracha recipe (I was unable to make it last week).
I made these two sauces without Carlos's assistance. He had other stuff he needed to get done.

We bought the onion rings (vegan, of course) pictured with the ketchup, and sweet potato fries from a local organic store, Dad's Organic Market. Pictured with the cheeze is a couple of tortilla wraps that were getting stale, that I had oiled, spiced, and baked, then cut into chips.

These sauces were super easy to make, and took no time. The cheeze took a little planning because the cashews needed to soak for an hour, and once blended with the rest of the ingredients, it needed to be refrigerated for another two hours, but active prep time was short and not complicated.

The sauces are very tasty. I say "are" and not "were" because we still have some in the fridge. Carlos was worried that the cheeze was too spicy for me, but it wasn't. I enjoyed how it all tasted. I got daydreaming about how raw veggies would taste with the cheeze.

Happy New Year 2014! (Penne Puttanesca with Charred Broccolini)

Penne Puttanesca with Charred Broccolini

I'm dating a new man (as of mid-July 2013), he's so great. I'd like to tell you more about him, but I want to get to our plan for 2014.
As I'm sure some of you know, I have many vegan cookbooks. I need to update my library list. There's even more because I have a sickness for buying vegan books on Amazon.ca. Besides that, I've begun to use 20-or-so recipes, rather than trying something else. Although I have eaten a lot of great vegan dishes that Carlos, my boyfriend, has cooked up. Amazing.

We decided on The Veggie-Lover's Sriracha Cookbook: 50 Vegan "Rooster Sauce" Recipes that Pack a Punch to start. It was his Christmas gift  from me. I bought a couple bottles of sriracha and a sriracha t-shirt from RedBubble.com to make him a themed gift. First up was Penne Puttanesca with Charred Broccolini.

Carlos made this while I was doing . . . something . . . I can't recall if I was napping or what. In fact, he went out and bought the few items we didn't have for the recipe, and he cooked. And washed the dishes.

Folks, this man is amazing.

Admittedly, I was a tad nervous it would be too spicy for me. But it wasn't. The charred broccolini was perfect, and so was the sauce. Olives are not my favourite, but they were great for this dish. Very flavourful. Excited for next week's dish.