Homemade Vegan Carnival Squash and Cashew Cheese Tortelloni !

I was inspired by a post over at Luminous Vegans to make my own stuffed pasta!

I roasted some Carnival Squash to make my filling for the pasta.

I made a quick cashew cheese to mix in with the roasted squash. I used two cups of soak cashews, 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast, about 4 tablespoons soy milk and 2 diced jalapenos. I used my blender to mix that together. Then I used one cup of the cashew mixture and combined it with two cups of the roasted squash. And there’s your filling!

For my pasta dough I used two cups unbleached flour, one teaspoon salt and about 1/3 cup water. The jalapenos weren’t as hot as I was hoping so I added two teaspoons cayenne powder to my dough. I must be immune to heat because I couldn’t taste the cayenne at all! Next time I will used habaneros!

My original plan was to make ravioli. They aren’t very pretty so I then started to make tortellini. These are technically TORTELLONI since they are bigger than the traditional sized tortellini. I looked that up…I’m Polish and German…I don’t know THAT much about pasta  🙂

The tortelloni is much prettier than the ravioli!

I gave the finished pasta a quick 3 minute boil.

And then I pan fried them in a little butter to give them a bit of a crunch. Overall this recipe was a success! The filling could use a little more salt and more spicy heat too! Happy pasta making!

Eat, drink AND sew!

I’ve been saving up some recipes and crafty goods for the fall months!  When the seasons change I start to crave different kinds of vegetables and warm beverages to keep my occupied!  Here’s a few of the fun and fabulous things I can’t wait to make over the next few weeks!

Raw AND vegan! Cashew stuffed peppers!

The Bear and the Blackberry has been posting some delightful raw recipes!

Pumpkin spice latte!

Pumpkin Spice Latte!  As soon as September hits everyone talks about nothing but pumpkin.  And I will talk about it too!

Find some vegan leather and make a bag!

Let’s see if I can actually follow a pattern for once and make this!  Kidding!  I’m going to make a bag similar to this, but a little bigger AND I’m going to put a strap on it!  I do have some vegan leather to use too!