Lunch: Baked Portobello mushrooms, asparagus with Cashew garlic sauce. 🌱😋❤️

Hello everyone, hope you have a good Friday so far! 🤗

Today lunch/dinner, I baked Portobello mushrooms, asparagus in cashew garlic sauce, served with purple rice (mix black rice and jasmine rice). 😋👍

Step 1: marinate mushrooms: cloves garlic minced, balsamic vinegar, extra virgin oil, paprika, soy sauce, lemon juice,salt and peppers. Let it sit for 30 mins.

Step 2: creamy smoky garlic sauce:

Blend these: extra virgin oil, dehydrated onion flakes, cloves garlic minced, 1/2 cup of toasted cashews, starch, water, lemon juice, and nutritional yeast.

Last step: add star anise, cardamom, paprika, rosemary, freshly chopped basils and peppers. Mix everything together and bake at 375F for 15 mins.

I really enjoy this creamy sauce which makes the dish so savory and delicious. 😋👍

As always, be inspired, be joyful, take a picture and Enjoy it! 😋❤️

[Kitten-whiskers Administrator]

Thats a wonderful meal Koko, absolutely delicous and nutritous - also really love the plate.

Your meal is so inspiring 😊

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Awe thank you Debs very much for saying that, much appreciated! 🤗🙏

I really love the sauce and by blending toasted cashew, it makes so extra creamy and savory.

I hope you have a good night rest and wake up fresh whenever you are ready for bed! 🛏😴💤

[Kitten-whiskers Administrator in reply to Hidden]

Just about getting reading to wind down. I can hear a tawny owl hooting - spooky but sweet at the same time.

Your meal looks lovely, hope you have a lovey day

[Hidden in reply to Kitten-whiskers]

That sounds wonderful to me Debs, you have nature surrounding over nice reading. So much serenity. 📖🦉❤️ I only saw owls at the zoo and it’s amazing they can spin their heads like 360 with beautiful big round eyes. 😇

It’s going to be 100F over here so summer heat is back. 😅

Hope you have a great start up of the weekend! 🤗

[Kitten-whiskers Administrator in reply to Hidden]

They are amazing creatures 😊 oh goodness 100F - That is hot, its the complete opposite here - rain and grey clouds.

Hope you have a lovely weekend as well

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Thank you Debs 😇🙏❤️

[Kainan Guest]

Love it 😍 looks so tasty 😋

[Hidden in reply to Kainan]

Hey Kainan, thank you for saying that and I bet you were thinking Alfredo sauce with pasta! 😂🤣👍

[Kainan Guest in reply to Hidden]

Girl you read my mind Exactlyyyyy

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Hope you got your home cook meal on this Friday evening and enjoy some good movie! 😁👍

[ZazenRiver345]

Looks outstanding 😍😋. Your sauce looks amazing, I bet it would taste good on many other foods too. Lots of good B vitamins in your portobello mushroom and asparagus too. Another well balanced vegan GF meal. Have a good night🙏🤗

[Hidden in reply to ZazenRiver345]

Thank you very much Zazen for saying that! 🤗🙏

I love this combination and the sauce is so flavorful, smells amazing from the oven, definitely lots of nutrients in this dish. It’s great for any pasta, casserole dishes too. 😋👍

Hope you had a great dinner and enjoy your Friday night! 😊

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Another gorgeous meal Koko so nice one as its got lots going on. 😁

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Thank you Jerry for saying that, very kind of you! 😊🙏 I like lots of herbs in my sauce which make veggies so flavorful. 😋👍