Something Other Than Default

Posted by Sam on Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 at 08:46 pm

I have finally gotten around to making the blog design the same as the rest of the site, which you can now view by using the navigation above (obviously). It hasn’t been as hard as I thought it would be, but things aren’t perfect and I still have to refine and then make sure it’s all validated. I’m stopping for tonight as I’m extremely tired and can barely think or see any more.

I can’t wait to go to sleep.

Not-Actually-Cheese Sauce

Posted by Sam on Saturday, October 11th, 2008 at 08:18 pm

This is a recipe for cheese sauce that is not made with cheese, is vegan and also suitable for anyone with dairy allergies. It’s perfect to use with macaroni or as fondue. I like to put it on top of homemade pizza after it comes out of the oven.

I found the bases for this recipe online some time ago and I never noted down where I got it, but there are several versions of this sauce around. Whomever invented it, I applaud and praise them!

Makes: About a cup.

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon non-hydrogenated vegan margarine
  • 1 heaped tablespoon white all-purpose flour
  • Approximately 1/2 cup boiling water
  • Dash of soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder or onion salt
  • 1/4-1/2 cup nutritional yeast flakes

Directions

  1. Make a roux by melting the margarine in a saucepan on medium heat. Once melted, add the flour and mix well with a wire whisk. Turn heat to a slightly lower temperature, depending on what your element is like.
  2. Now we begin adding the boiling water, a little at a time. About a few tablespoons, mixing well after each addition. Keep adding water until you reach you desired consistency, baring in mind that it will thicken up as it continues to cook.
  3. Let mixture cook on a simmer for a few minutes.
  4. Now we add the soy sauce and onion powder, mixing well. Leave to cook for a few more minutes.
  5. Finally we put the nutritional yeast in, mixing well. The yeast can be a little lumpy at first, so if you want a nice smooth sauce just keep mixing.
  6. The sauce is basically done, but now is the time to taste it to make sure the flavours are to your liking. Also, if it’s too thick after the cooking and addition of the nutritional yeast, add a dash more water.

Serve hot with pasta, bread to dip in, or over vegetables. Any left over sauce can be refrigerated and used later in toasted sandwiches or spread on toast or crackers.

Hi

Posted by Sam on Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 at 04:45 am

As you can see I have finally got the site set up with WordPress and things are starting to come together behind the scenes. Please bare with me while I get the aesthetics right for Wrongdecade. I have never made a theme for WordPress before so I will need to get to grips with that while also finalising the design I want for the site.

If you are looking for my quilt, fanlistings or namelistings, please use the links below.
My Quilting Bee quilt
My fanlisting collective
My namelisting collective.

My awesome host, Surnaturelle, gave me a new account for free, which was an amazing and well received gift. I’ve been with them for two years now and I have had nothing but wonderful service from them. If you’re in the market for a host, I highly recommend Surnaturelle!

Because I now have two accounts, and the one for Wrongdecade only has 100MB of disk space, I will turn my old site, PrettyBloomers, into a collective for my fanlists and namelists. I will probably also leave my Q*Bee quilt there for the time being, due to space. When I need more space here I will upgrade, but with sharing the load between two sites I should be well and truly fine for some time.

I am so excited about this site. I have so many plans for it and over the coming months they will all come to fruition.

-Sam

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I'm Sam and this is where I share stuff that I love, bits of my life, & projects I'm working on. I like hot beverages, chocolate, making things, reading blogs, & I drink too much Coke Zero.

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