Menu Monday and a Recipe

 Welcome

Today I am super excited to share a new recipe! 

Author Diane Kelly is offering an alternative to canned Nacho Cheese Sauce. 

Diane Kelly’s “Casho” – Cashew Queso Dip

In Busting Out, Officer Cha-Cha Rinaldi shares a basket of cheesy nachos from a high school concession stand with Newton Isaac, a physics teacher. He jokes about the questionable and difficult-to-pronounce chemical ingredients in the gallon-sized can of cheese goo used to make the nachos. Here’s a yummy “cheese” dip recipe that is high in protein, non-dairy, and absolutely delicious! Plus, all the ingredients are easy to pronounce. Yay!

Ingredients:

1 cup boiling water

1 cup raw cashews

1 clove of garlic finely chopped

2 tablespoons nutritional yeast

1 teaspoon chili powder

1 tablespoon of your favorite salsa or one dash of hot sauce

salt

Directions:

Pour the boiling water over the cashews in a bowl and let them soak for five minutes. Put all ingredients in a blender or food processor and blend until creamy. Remove and add salt to taste. Serve with tortilla chips or cut fresh veggies. This dip can also be used to make “cheese” enchiladas. Yum! Enjoy!

And here are my Menu plans for the week 

Monday 

Chicken Lettuce Wraps I will be using Swiss Chard from the garden in place if Lettuce  

Tuesday Chili Rellono's, Mexican Rice and Refried Beans 

Wednesday Pot Roast with Potatoes and Carrots 

Thursday 

Mussels, Shrimp over Angel Hair for the Cowboy and plain ' ole Spaghetti for me 

Friday 

Guacamole Chalupa's, leftover Beans and Rice and Diane's Queso Dip

I hope you'll join me this week as I feature Diane Kelly and her Busted series.

Today at My Reading Journeys you can meet the main characters.