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Mac N'Bees (Vegan Macaroni and Cheese)

Start by boiling macaroni (or whatever kind you prefer) noodles -- about 6 cups of dry noodles. Next you'll want to get started on the cheese sauce, as follows:

5 T olive oil (or a bit less)
1 red bell pepper, seeded and coarsely chopped
1 1/2 c raw cashews, washed
1/4 c raw sesame seeds
1/2 c water
1/3 c nutritional yeast flakes
1/4 c oil
1 T soy sauce

Heat 1 T olive oil in small frying pan over medium-high heat. Add bell pepper and cook until tender, 5-7 minutes. Transfer the pepper to a blender. Add all the remaining ingredients and blend until smooth. The spread will keep up to a week in the refrigerator.
Yields about 2 cups

I usually saute my Big Franks until they are crispy, then slice them up. Add the cheese sauce (you decide the proportions) and the hot dogs to the cooked noodles and voila! Season to taste. It actually needs quite a bit of salt, I think. It will fit into a large rectangular casserole dish.

You can eat it at this point, or another variation would be to sprinkle with bread crumbs and bake until crispy on top.

Pear Ice Cream (Sherry Davis)

1 c. Cashews, raw
1 c. Pear Juice (from canned pears)
1/4 t. Salt
1 t. Vanilla Extract
1/3 c. Honey or Maple syrup
1/4 c. Soy milk
1 quart or two 14oz cans of pears in light syrup

1. Place cashews and pear juice in blender and blend until creamy. Do not underblend.
2. Add remaining ingredients and blend well again.
3. Pour mixture into a flat 9:x12" plastic container, cover and freeze.
4. When ready to serve, remove frozen mixture from freezer and cut into 2" strips.
5. Pint the frozen strips through a Champion Juicer and serve with your favorite desserts.

If you don't have a Champion Juicer the mixture may be frozen in an ice cream maker as well.

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