Vegan Carrot Spaghetti with Creamy Crisp Celery Apple Topping

One thing that is really fun to make is vegetable spaghetti.
You almost get a different flavor, when you peel the vegetable, and
blanch it.
It truly is like regular noodles, which absorb whatever you add to it.
It is fun to us your imagination for different was to serve vegetable spaghetti.
I have done many vegetables, but in this recipe I used carrots.
Carrots gives a sweetness, to the dish.
This is a delicious way of serving a salad over "spaghetti" :)
This was a BIG hit:)
This is a great dish because the crispness of the apple and celery over the
soft sweet noodles. Yummmmy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Carrot Spaghetti with Creamy Crisp Celery Apple Topping
Serves 3 good portions

6 small carrots peeled
1 apple
2 stalks of celery
1/4 cup fresh parsley (chopped fine)
3 Tablespoons of milk (vegan)
21/2 Tablespoons mayonnaise(vegan)
squeeze of fresh lemon juice
sea salt

Wash and peel carrots into long ribbons, in a small stock pot boil water like you are making
normal pasta, add a good pinch of sea salt to the water.
When water is boiling, add the carrot ribbons and blanch for 3 minutes.
Strain and let cool, add another pinch of sea salt.
Then wash and chop apple into small size pieces, you can peel the apple, but I like the peeling:)
Then squeeze a little lemon juice over the cut apples, just to coat them from getting brown.
Wash and chop the celery stalks into small size pieces, as well.
In a small bowl mix the milk and mayo with a good pinch of sea salt, add the chopped parsley,
and mix until well incorporated.
Then add in the apple and celery, add sea salt to taste, and let sit in refrigerator covered for 20 minutes.
When carrots are cooled, swirl on plate and top with celery apple mixture.

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Creamy Broccoli Spinach Topping for a Steamy Baked Potato;)

This is a ultimate comfort food! It ticks all the boxes, warm, creamy, hot, and filling!
It is a simple recipe for 1 to 20,I also like to make it when I have been outside all day and you need a hardy meal:)
I love broccoli,and I cook it until there is still a crunch.
Spinach is a great basic ingredient to have on hand, I buy frozen, you can take as much as you need,
and nothing goes bad.
The combo is soooooo good over a steamy baked potato, I like to buy the yellow flesh potato's
they have a creamer texture and more flavor.
As always use what you like!

Creamy Broccoli Spinach Topping for a Steamy Baked Potato
Makes 11/2 cups (it may make more because of the liquid in the spinach)

1/2 lb broccoli
8 oz of frozen spinach
1/2 cup of milk (I used oat milk)
3 Tablespoons of butter (vegan)
1 Tablespoons of potato starch
sea salt

Wash and chop broccoli into bigger chunks, in medium pan add 1 tablespoon of butter, when melted
add broccoli, saute until there is a slight crunch.
Then add spinach to the broccoli, 2 good pinches of sea salt.
Cook until spinach is heated though and water is released from spinach.
Mix milk, starch and a good pinch of sea salt until smooth.
Then add it to broccoli and spinach mixture, and stir until thick.
When thick add the last 2 Tablespoons of butter.
Before you spoon the creamy topping, over steamy baked potato add a pinch of sea salt to the baked potato!!!
Always taste for salt, add more if you like. If you want when serving add a dot of butter on top!
For even richer, add butter to steamy potato, before broccoli mixture.
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Creamy Ice Cream with a new topping!

Most of us like ice cream, whether your favorite flavor is vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, bubble gum
you know who you are:) I have a great idea!
We all like hot fudge, how it melts the ice cream and makes a chocolate sauce that is warm and creamy on the bottom of the dish.
Oh I do love hot fudge, but the other idea is to scoop your favorite flavor into a dish, then pour a fresh or store bought smoothie over the top!
It is completely different flavor then adding fruit to the top of your Sundae, sometimes it does not mix chewing the cold fruit with creamy texture ice cream:(
 Oh my gosh it is sooooooooooooooo good, you get the same as you would with hot fudge a creamy mixture of both ice cream and smoothie.
I used a store bought smoothie (blackberries, raspberries, strawberries).
You can make a fresh one and do the same.
Super refreshing on a hot day.
Here is a picture of what I am talking about ENJOY!
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