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So Deb changed my life when she introduced me to the gums. My smoothie and ice-cream lovin self will never be the same, and now Mae has changed my life with her Humnut Sauce.
I first used it as a pizza cheese sauce and immediately fell in love…
Ever since, I’ve been using the Humnut Sauce in and on everything, and yesterday’s lunch was no exception. I present to you Spaghetti Carbonara, HEAB style…
My “pasta” was the flesh of half a spaghetti squash topped with 2 slices of prosciutto and steamed Brussels sprouts. The Humnut Sauce consisted of 2 TBSP hummus, 2 TBSP nutritional yeast, and water to thin, plus a drizzle of tahini. Ahhhhh, so freaking tasty! To all my vegan friends, just sub tempeh for the prosciutto or don’t even worry about it. It’s the sauce that makes this dish. 
How about you? Have you received any life changing tips or recipes from other bloggers lately?
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i’ve gotten so many great recipes, but the biggest ones that changed my eating habits are the whipped banana oats from kath and the breakfast cookie from Tina…introducing oats back into my life made me want to change my eating habits for the better
Mae has given me some AMAZING recipes to try, too. I have some nutritional yeast and really want to try the humnut sauce!
My most recent life changing tip was from YOU! Your bacon in the stir-fry trick was ahhmayzing in my stir-fry last night! Two strips of bacon, broccoli, Brussels, carrots, onion, red and green bell pepper, and mushrooms! I didn’t even need sauce on top! It was so delish that I made another one for work today!
Erin, Bacon makes everything better!!!
I still can’t believe that Mae is in high school…
I also have to get up the courage to try nutritional yeast, it does really freak me out. Seriously though, the most life-changing advice i’ve gotten lately is from YOU. I don’t think I can express enough how much our emailing the other day (last week?) helped me out. I got some perspective, stopped feeling like a freak, and am finally starting to feel normal again… so thank you my friend
Mara, You know I’m ALWAYS here for you.
I don’t even remember where I saw it first but chocolate avocado pudding was life changing. I think I have at least 1 a day, and it’s completely out of want. I never would have guessed me to go through so much avocado but here I am!
Chocolate Covered Katie’s melted banana trick.
Life. Changing!
recently morning changing are Averie’s overnight mango coconut chia oats!!! seriously good! http://www.loveveggiesandyoga.com/2009/10/chia-oats-brekcookie-green-plates.html
Love your blog, definitely making me want to up my intake of Brussels sprouts! =)
I really, really want to try cheez or Humnut. I have no idea what nutritional yeast is or a good brand- any ideas?!
Katie, Nutritional yeast is a non-active yeast that has a nutty/cheesy taste. It’s also high in B-vitamins, and so it’s great to use in “cheeze” sauces if you’re vegan. I’m not vegan, but I love using it in place of Parm and in various sauces. I buy mine in the bulk section at Whole Foods, and they also sell it in canisters in the supplement section. Just make sure you buy nutritional yeast and NOT Brewer’s yeast. 2 different things.
I would have to say that the kabocha squash was a life changer for me. I can’t even remember where I first saw it, but man, my life would be empty without it. That, and your frozen avocado trick. I ate some more mexican avocado pudding for breakfast dessert today. That is, after I ate humnut sauce on my leftover stir fried veggies from last night! Have you tried the humnut sauce on butternut squash? Heaven.
Katie, I have not, but I have some kabocha that are simply screaming for some Humnut lovin.
Angela at Oh She Glows has the best uses for pumpkin!
That sauce sounds and looks just amazing. I love that its vegan too=fabulous! I wish I could enter the coco water giveaway but I don’t do facebook
Happy weekend Heather
Ive embraced many new foods bc of blogging.. I was always anti “overnight oats” (because everyone was jumpin on that bandwagon) but now Im hooked (PLUS you save some time in the AM)
Happy weekend, Heather
Just goes to show how much you can learn from a variety of people. I never liked spaghetti carbonara, but that version of it might be just right!
discovering savory oats via blogland seriously changed my vida. oh, and deb’s egg white oatbran!
That sauce looks SO delicious.
The overnight oats for sure, I’m now addicted to the breakfast cookie. And Green Monsters. I had tried to make one before with kale, and because I don’t have a vitamixalicious, it was so chewy that I was sad. Angela (OhSheGlows) suggested spinach! And it blends beautifully and is so freakin’ tasty that I’m addicted and now trying to convert my huz too
I love coconut water during the warmer days when you get back from a workout and is so sweaty. The cold coconut water is so refreshing. It been a bit harder for me to enjoy it during the winter, can’t wait to get back into drinking it in a few months. This is a fun giveaway!
I am not addicted to giant bowls of veggies mixed with hummus. Never thought that would fill me up but it really does!
Humnut cracked me up!
Like you need to even ask?! HEAB helped me make over my bowls of oats forever. Oh and got me into putting tahini in the darndest places. It goes with everything–I think that might actually be true.
Diana, It’s true.
I agree that Mae’s “Humnut sauce” is life changing. I have made it twice this past week as a pizza topping and I am looking forward to making a couple of dishes with it this weekend. It’s soooooo good!
Hmmm….spaghetti sauce has been life-changing. And anything chocolate. I could go on…love your pizza pics. And…
Must. Get. Bacon.
Is there a difference is guar gum and xanthan gum in terms of what they do? I have xanthan, but not guar, and am wondering if I need both to make your ahhhhhmazing ice cream.
Thanks!
xoxo
Mandy, Yes, you need both, or you won’t get the ice-cream effect. I’ve always used them together. Xanthan makes your smoothie or ice-cream really thick, and the guar makes it creamy. Read more about them here: http://smoothiegirleatstoo.blogspot.com/2009/12/saturdaysunday-smoothie-guar-and.html
Oohhh…I LOVE the sound of this humnut sauce!
Wow there are countless things that I’ve learned from blogland – and only some have to do with food! I think the best lesson I’ve been reminded of is how good it feels to be generous; generous with kindness, with belongings, with yourself! Sounds a little cheesy, but those are my favorite things that I take away from blogging.
I need to get me some HUMNUT sauce STAT!
Hummunt sounds like an amazing combination of tasty!
Heather you’re so awesome! Thank you so much- your carbonara looks amazing!!! I have a spaghetti squash, I just need to grab some prosciutto. I love that stuff- it’s the best way to start an omelet!
Speaking of, I made your HEAB-ifyed humnut stuffed omelet last night. Soo good!
You take my concoctions to a new level, and for that I am eternally grateful!
I have to say the hummus on my pizza was pretty freakin’ amazing! Oh and oatgurt! HHMMM I need to make more of that…so good!
That humnut cheese *is* amazing
“How about you? Have you received any life changing tips or recipes from other bloggers lately?”
Um, yes! My life was changed when you introduced nutritional yeast to me. I’d never even heard of it before, but now I’m hooked!! And as a vegan, it comes in really handy!
I can honestly say that, like you, the hummus sauce from Mae is A-FREAKIN-MAZING! Seriously. I can’t get enough of it either! I made a tortilla pizza with her hummus cheese sauce, tahini, and brussel sprouts the other day, and now that is all I’m eating. I can’t stop. Genious. Pure genious, that girl!
Happy Friday!
Thanks to Tyrah for linking me in your comments as a life changing thing…wow.
Thanks to you, Heather, for indicating that nooch is different from Brewer’s yeast. I was telling another blogger this yesterday but was having a hard time googling correct/concise info and how serendipitous that you wrote that to reader Katie about indeed, they are different. I knew that, and this just validates it a bit for me
Life changing things. Wow. The internet and having access to all the raw un-baked desserts…sooo many things to do, view, tweak, incorporate, I love it all!
And nooch is pretty cool too
That pizza looks incredible. I will be trying that sauce. Nutritional yeast and tahini are two of my favorites. I often make tahini dressings, but haven’t thought to add nutritional yeast to them.
I LOVE hummus….but never thought about using it in pizza!! that pizza look really yummy and perfect for a dinner!!!
That pizza looks good! The last couple of days I have been craving brussel sprouts, and I credit your blog for that.
http://www.joelygolightly.wordpress.com
Humnut sauce looks delish !!
Finally got me some brussel sprouts at the store today!!
-Ashlei
You changed my life by creating the ingredient combo for the Omg Omg Omg nut butter that I made for your first Heabversary giveaway. From memory I believe it was hazelnuts, hazelnut chunks, cocoa powder, chipotle n stevia, right? You deemed it The Spiced Nutella. Heanev on earth.
Right Deb. That was it, and it was Heaven on Earth. Although, I’m quite partial to your Holy Mole.
Went out and bought brussels sprouts after I read this. I can only cook so many at a time, because if I have leftovers I just eat them all and end up with a slightly bloated brusselbelly.
Re: Life changing tips and recipes….Too many to even remember… Well, i do but it would be embarrasing to list them all! Life is a lot more fun when lots of food and nutrition obsessed women (and guys) spend brain power thinking up creative food ideas together!
What exactly does the nutritional yeast do in the humnut sauce…?
Gracie, Nutritional yeast is non-active yeast with a nutty/cheesy flavor. So, it adds a cheesy taste to the Humnut sauce as well as a nice dose of vitamin B-12.
Correction! The OMG OMG OMG = Spiced Nutella is with CARDAMOM not chipotle- it’s my HOLY MOLE that has chipotle, with peanuts and ??coffee grounds?? Gah, can’t even remember my own recipes b/c usually they are created by just grabbing what looks good at the moment. If I write it down afterward, then I’m lucky. If it wasn’t for blogging I would have forgotten 80% of my “recipes” as countless other “recipes” pre-blogging days have been forgotten and never made again.
brussel sprout porn… mmmm.
And fabulous recipe by Miss Mae, I love it already and I haven’t even tasted it yet.
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