When I think canned laughter, I think sitcoms and TV dinners. Join me and recipe genius Becky Parr as we reinterpret the classic TV dinner in a healthier, more nutritious, and--dare I say--more delicious way! Recipe below.
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Horror Humor Hunger TV Dinner
Walnut Brownie
Adapted from Elana’s Pantry: https://elanaspantry.com/easy-black-and-white-cake/
Ingredients
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup full fat canned coconut milk
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups almond flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup + 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
Directions
- Preheat your oven to 350F. Butter a 9x9 brownie pan.
- Melt dark chocolate chips and coconut milk in a saucepan over very low heat. When mixture is melted, remove from heat and stir in the eggs and vanilla.
- Stir in almond flour, salt, and baking soda.
- Fold in the semisweet chocolate chips and 1/2 cup of the chopped walnuts.
- Pour your batter into the greased 9x9 pan and top with remaining 1/4 cup of chopped walnuts.
- Bake at 350F for 20-21 minutes.
Secret Ingredient Mac n Cheese
Adapted from Minimalist Baker: https://minimalistbaker.com/20-minute-mac-and-cheese-vegan/#wprm-recipe-container-78078
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups raw cashews, soaked in water for at least 8 hours (or cover with boiling water and soak for 15-20 minutes to soften)
- 1 box Banza elbow macaroni pasta
- Juice of one whole lemon
- 2 Tbsp nutritional yeast
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled
- 1/4 tsp ground turmeric
- 1/4 tsp ground chipotle pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- A few twists freshly ground black pepper
Directions
- Drain cashews, then pour into a high-speed blender.
- Cook pasta according to package instructions; reserve 1/2 cup pasta cooking water.
- To the blender with the cashews, add lemon juice, nutritional yeast, garlic, turmeric, chipotle, salt, pepper, and 1/2 cup of the reserved pasta water. Blend until very smooth.
- If the sauce is too thick for your liking, add more water.
- Pour the sauce into the pot with the drained pasta and stir to combine!
Peas
Defrost a bag of frozen peas as your fabulous veggie side! You can also stir your peas directly into the mac n cheese.
Put it all together and you’ve got yourself a delicious Horror Humor Hunger TV Dinner--perfect for enjoying while you listen to this podcast!
Sound effects courtesy of Pixabay
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