Comments on: Wildly delicious vegan alfredo sauce recipe (Oil free, low sodium)

By: Jen @ PlantBasedRecipe

Jen @ PlantBasedRecipe — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 19:22:54 +0000

In reply to Jessica. Hi Jessica! We leave the lid on for this one, at a very low simmer. Thanks, great question!

By: Jen @ PlantBasedRecipe

Jen @ PlantBasedRecipe — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 19:20:00 +0000

In reply to Heather. Thanks Heather!

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 20:06:01 +0000

In reply to Jessica.

You’re right! This dish is insanely good. It’s made weekly in our house!
Thank you so much❤️

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 23:08:03 +0000

Hi – Just a small question about the recipe – when it’s simmering for 30 minutes, is that with the lid off or on? I’m guessing this will have a significant impact on the final sauce texture, b/c it will affect how much of the moisture evaporates. I’m trying it with the lid on, but if that’s not right, please let me know!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 14 May 2021 20:44:26 +0000

Perfect. Taste better than alfredo sauce made with dairy. 🙂

By: Jen @ Plant Based Recipe

Jen @ Plant Based Recipe — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 01:08:37 +0000

In reply to ALICE Wright. Hi Alice! Nuts and seeds are not oil, they are a whole food. Oil is a processed extraction from a whole food. Many foods can have oils extracted: corn, avocado, these nuts and seeds, and more. It is fine to eat the healthy fats contained within them as a whole food. We do not eat the oil extracted from them (and no, grinding them up does not make them into an oil unless you extract the fat as oil and eat it on its own! This site does not do that though.) Just like how orange juice is not an orange with all of its fiber, nutrients, and so on. The extracted sugars in the juice behave very different in the body than eating the whole orange with the fiber. On this diet, nuts and seeds are consumed at around 10% of the daily fat amount or less. For more information about how this works, I recommend consulting the work of Dr. Esselstyn, Dr. John McDougall, or Michael Greger. You will find nuts and seeds supported by all of them. The recipes on this site all support eating these whole foods that contain healthy fats at around this safe rate, supported by all of these oil-free advocating doctors.

By: ALICE Wright

ALICE Wright — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 10:44:54 +0000

So we love your recipes and things, but, I keep seeing oil free, but then, the instructions to use sunflower seeds and grind them up. I’m trying to figure out – why do you call the recipe oil free if the sunflowers ground up contain oil? So 1/2 a cup of sunflowers seeds = 6 tablespoons of oil, it just happens to be sunflower oil. Are you suggesting these recipes so that the oil is extremely fresh out of the nuts, or because you believe sunflower oil to be better than other types of oil? If it’s not a freshness thing, then, I’m confused. To me it’s sort of like saying (grab 120 olives and grind them up, and throw them in a dish) (which would be like 4 tablespoons of oil) but the dish is oil free? I guess it is waste free because you are not wasting the sunflower seeds which are probably also nutritious, but, I made another soup and was saddened to realize I was still actually eating oil, and quite a bit of it via the nuts in the recipe. What are your thoughts on this? I read the testimony of a girl who only ate vegetables and fruit and she got into really great shape and health; do you think this would happen as well with the indirect oil content? Been wondering about this. Thanks