Vegan Spaghetti Squash Recipe

This is definitely the best recipe that I've created in a while! I can't wait for you to try it! I used soy imitation mozzarella cheese by a company called Soya Kaas. Their "cheese" is lactose free and has no cholesterol or hydrogenated oils. It works well in any recipe as a cheese substitute and tastes much better than the other vegan "cheeses" that I have tried...and you can get it at Honey General Store!

Vegan Spaghetti Squash

Ingredients:
1 large spaghetti squash cut into long halves, seeds removed
Water
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp dried oregano
1/2 cup shredded soy imitation mozzarella cheese (or regular mozzarella if you aren't avoiding dairy)
3 large olives, pitted and chopped
salt & pepper to taste

1- Preheat oven to 375 F. Place squash in a casserole dish, open side facing down and fill the dish with 1/4 inch of water. Bake for 30 minutes.
2- Remove the squash from the oven and scrape the stringy flesh out of the squash with a fork.
3- Over medium heat, saute garlic with extra virgin olive oil and oregano for about 3 minutes. Add spaghetti squash, cheese, olives, and salt and pepper. Serve when the cheese melts!

Yum! Plums!

Plum Sorbet!

Plum sorbet...a sweet way to end any summer meal! Sorbet is a a flavored syrup with a slushy consistency that contains no dairy. Serve this treat in a chilled martini glass or small ice cream dish. Garnish with an sugared orange peel twist and mint leaves!

Plum puree:
3 cups ripe red fleshed plums
1 cup boiling water
2 cups superfine sugar
1 vanilla pod
1 cinnamon stick

Plum Puree: Place the boiling water and sugar in a saucepan and stir them together until the sugar has dissolved. Add the vanilla pod, cinnamon stick and plums to the syrup and place the saucepan over a moderate heat. Bring the syrup to a simmer and reduce the temperature slightly. Leave the plums to cook gently for 10 minutes. Remove the saucepan from the heat and remove the plums with a slotted spoon and leave them and the syrup to cool. Cut the plums in half and remove the pits from them. Roughly dice the plums and place them in a food processor or blender and puree them with cooking syrup. Set the puree aside until well cooled.

Sorbet: Place the puree and syrup in an ice cream machine and allow it to churn until the mixture becomes firm. Place the sorbet in a well sealed freezer proof container and freeze until ready to serve. If you don't have an ice cream machine place it in a freezer proof sealed container and place it in the freezer for 1 hour then remove it and stir, then return to the freezer and take it out and stir it every 30 minutes for 2 hours then freeze it until ready to serve. Remove the sorbet from the freezer 15 minutes before serving.