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Quicky Quality Queso/Quick Equality Queso that everybody will love!

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Quicky Quality Queso A.K.A. Quick Equality Queso!

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quicky quality queso dip
vegan queso sauce

Quicky Quality Queso!

Now say it out loud three times. Yes, it’s both: A quicky, quality queso, and a quick, equality queso. It’s quick. It’s quality. And it’s equality for vegans who can now have their queso too! So for the love of cheese, people, you must make this one!

It’s quicky quality for all!

So how about this:

It’s the perfect dip for your tortilla chips, for sure! Also, it’s great drizzled on your enchiladas, your vegan hotdogs, mixed into rice, a top your baked potato, a dip for your veggies, and on your hot pretzels. And the possibilities are endless! So this is the cheesy-tasting dip you’ve been waiting for!

Take queso to your potlucks and tailgates

This sauce goes to many of our potlucks and meetups and we always have requests for the recipe. This queso is a keeper and I’m happy to share it with you.

 

vegan queso dip
cheesy vegan sauce

Football season and sleepovers for your kids…

This dip will be seeing a lot of action for the upcoming football season snack menu. And it’s perfect for sleepover snacks and after-school treats, too. Because it’s so easy and crowd-pleasing. And we’re just getting started!

Queso any time of day!

Yes, even breakfast. First of all, your breakfast home fries would love a drizzle and your tofu scramble says “Si, por favor!”

Next, lunchtime tomato soup is requesting a dollop and your plain jane pasta feels naked without it!

Then, dinnertime quinoa is a perfect match… quicky quality queso quinoa, anybody? With a side of black beans, please.

Finally, dessert is great …but I’ve got nothing. Sorry. Maybe quicky quality queso isn’t a good fit for dessert. Oh well.

 

queso dip for chips
perfect cheesy dip for vegans and everyone!

Some ideas for that!

Now if you have an idea for a queso dessert, be sure to let us know!

But when you need a dessert that doesn’t involve that, how about our scrumptious strawberry pie?

strawberry pie
the Scrumptious Strawberry Pie

And our summer sunflower chocolate cupcakes are also pretty and delicious

summer sunflower chocolate cupcakessummer sunflower chocolate cupcakes
a bouquet of summer dessert flowers

But our chocolate chip cookies are pretty delicious too!

chocolate chip cookies

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queso dip for chips
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Quicky Quality Queso/Quick Equality Queso that everybody will love!

A spicy vegan cheesy sauce. Delicioso and versatile!
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Cook Time 2 minutes
Total Time 7 minutes
Servings: 2 cups
Course: appetizers, snacks
Cuisine: vegan
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 can (15 ounces) diced tomatoes with chilis like Rotel tomatoes
  • 1 jalapeno pepper, small dice or use 1/4 cup jarred pickled jalapenos pepper slices, chopped
  • 1 recipe vegalicious vegan cheese sauce see notes for recipe link

Method
 

  1. Mix vegalicious cheese sauce with the can of tomatoes with chilis and the chopped jalapeno pepper in a saucepan to heat through. Or heat in a glass bowl in the microwave for about 2 minutes untll heated through. Serve warm.

Notes

Vegalicious vegan cheese sauce recipe.

You’ll Love Our “Extra Sloppy For Ya’s” Sloppy Joes

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Vegan Sloppy Joes, here!

sloppy joes on a bun
sloppy joe sandwich

Billy Madison would love our sloppy joes.

Without a doubt! And there’s no need to go back to school for sloppy joes from the lunch lady. We got the recipe right here. “Extra sloppy for ya” Sloppy Joes are vegan, too!

About 700 bazillion times

So, that’s about how much my kids watched the Billy Madison movie with their favorite, Adam Sandler. And they quoted every line, all the time! I never even had to watch it, but I knew all the lines, too, because it was always playing.

“Stop looking at me, swan!” was one of their favorite lines. And I didn’t get it, but that wasn’t the point. Because it wasn’t supposed to make sense, it just made you laugh (insert a Mom eye roll and shoulder shrug).

So, when the lunch lady gives Billy his scoop of sloppy joe, she says,

“Here ya go! Have some more sloppy joes. I made ’em extra sloppy for ya’s. I know how you’s kids like ’em sloppy.”

Heard this line a lot! And, most definitely, when I made sloppy joes for dinner!

The truth is, I think I like these sandwiches even better than my kids! So when I heard that, it made me want to make sloppy joes. We ate a lot of sloppy joes in the ’90s!

Sloppy Joes made extra sloppy for ya’s (and extra better for ya’s), too!

Now, my kids are not kids anymore, but I’m sure they still love that movie. My menus have changed since then, too, but I still make sloppy joes. I don’t buy the little envelopes in the grocery store to dump into vegetarian hamburgers anymore though. Because my sloppy joes have grown up, as well!

It’s so easy to make your own spice combination and add some veggies and healthy stuff.

( Yeah, I said stuff. I blame Billy Madison for the dumbing down of this post.)

But the taste remains the same, if not better. Definitely, better! So the next time you hear that famous quote and you, too, get a craving for the sloppy joe, hit up our recipe. We make ’em extra sloppy for ya’s! And you have to say that every time you serve these bad boys. Because it’s just part of the package now! Ask my family. 

vegan sloppy joes
Extra sloppy for ya’s

P.S. For another terrific sandwich from thehamptonsvegan, try this: glorious grilled veggie sandwich

grilled eggplant, zucchini squash, peppers and onion on a ciabatta
Grilled veggie sandwich

Or pair it with a bowl of Champion Corn Chowder for the win!

corn chowder
Champion corn chowder

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Extra sloppy for ya’s, sloppy joes

A vegan sloppy joe even Billy Madison would love!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings: 6
Course: dinner
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 medium onion, diced
  • 1 green pepper, diced
  • 1-2 cloves garlic
  • 1 1/2 cups TVP textured vegetable protein or use a vegan ground beef alternative like a package of 12 – 16 ounces of Beyond or Impossible Burger
  • 1 cup water or vegetable broth OMIT water or veggie broth if not using TVP
  • 1 can – (8 ounces) tomato sauce
  • 1/4 cup ketchup
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon worcheshire sauce like Annie's (optional)
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon mustard
  • 1/2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 6 hamburger buns or rolls

Method
 

  1. Heat a skillet and add a bit of cooking oil.
  2. When hot, add onions and green pepper.
  3. Cook until peppers are soft and onions are translucent.
  4. Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds more.
  5. (If using Beyond Meat or Gardein beef crumbles instead of TVP, add them now to lightly brown.)
  6. Add the TVP (if using) and the rest of the ingredients and mix well. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer, cover with a lid, and cook for 20 minutes. (Reduce cooking time to about 10 minutes if using meat alternatives instead of TVP and water).
  7. Remove the lid and cook and stir for a couple minutes.
  8. Serve on toasted buns.

Notes

The Impossible and Beyond Burgers are great alternatives for ground meat or in place of the TVP in this recipe.

A Grilled Veggie Sandwich is the Tastiest One

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glorious grilled veggie sandwich
Grilled veggie sandwich
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Glorious Grilled Veggie Sandwich

Why a grilled veggie sandwich?

Because veggie burgers are fantastic, veggie hot dogs hit the spot at picnics and barbecues, too. But let’s be honest, here. You can’t live on veggie hamburgers and hot dogs alone! It gets a little ho-hum after a while.

Of course, a grilled Portobello mushroom is yummy on a bun, but I have something a little more tasti-licious for you. It’s got a ton of flavor and is very filling. And everyone with their meat barbecue sandwiches will be jealous of yours. It’s that good.

No grill to make the grilled veggie sandwich, you say?

That’s alright! You can still make this glorious grilled veggie sandwich without the grill. too! Confession: I’m not the “go-to griller” in the family. Don is the GrillMaster. He’s more than happy to grill these beauties because he loves these sandwiches. But there are times when he isn’t home and I want to make these anyway without the grill. So, experimenting with the oven paid off.

If you have an oven-proof rack to lay the veggies on, it’s convenient, but not required. Spray or brush oil on both sides of your veggies, so they don’t stick to the pan if you are not using oven-proof racks.

Then, follow the directions, but cook in a hot oven (about 450 degrees Fahrenheit) on a large baking sheet. Flip the veggies after 7-10 minutes, then cook another 7 minutes. They should be lightly brown. Grilling is my favorite way to cook up these vegetables, but this is a close second.

I recently got a Lodge griddle/grill, and I can’t wait to make this sandwich on it. So you know there will be even more grilled veggie sandwiches in my future!

Make it your own!

There are so many ways to accent this vegan beauty. How about sautéed spinach? Sun-dried tomatoes, anyone? What about hummus or pesto to replace (or in addition to!) the balsamic mayo?

Maybe you could squeeze in a Portobello mushroom or add baby portobellos to the top! Just thought of another good one: artichokes! I’m on a roll (pun intended!) Avocados! Black olives! Roasted cherry tomatoes! The choices for this veggie delight are seemingly endless.

Make some of our other summer food favorites like Champion Corn Chowder,

vegan corn chowder
Champion Corn Chowder

Vegan Party! Potato Salad

vegan potato salad
vegan party! potato salad

or Scrumptious Strawberry Pie!

Strawberry Pie
Scrumptious Strawberry Pie

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grilled eggplant, zucchini squash, peppers and onion on a ciabatta
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Glorious Grilled Veggie Sandwich

OMG…Eggplant, zucchini, red peppers and red onion grilled and placed on garlic ciabatta bread with balsamic mayo. That is some SERIOUS yum!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Course: dinner, lunch, Main Course, summer barbecues
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 medium eggplant
  • 2 medium green or yellow zucchini squash
  • 1 large red onion can use Vidalia or yellow onion
  • 2 red peppers can use green or use jarred peppers
  • 1/2 cup vegan mayo
  • 2 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
  • 1 loaf garlic ciabatta bread can use other rustic/ artisan bread of choice
  • 2-3 tablespoons oil

Method
 

  1. Slice the eggplant into 1/2-inch rounds. Slice the zucchini squash lengthwise into 1/4-inch long slices. Slice onion into 1/4 inch rings. Slice peppers into quarters (removing seeds and stem). *If using jarred peppers, slice and set aside to use during sandwich assembly.
    Brush lightly with oil on each side of the veggies.
    Mix mayo and vinegar and set aside.
    Slice the bread open to make one big sandwich. *(After stuffing with veggies, slice into individual pieces)
    Cook veggies on the grill until grill marks appear, but don't let them turn black.
    Lie the bread on the grill, open side down.
    To assemble: Spread the mayo mix on both sides of the opened bread loaf.
    Layer veggies in any order to your liking. * I like eggplant, peppers, zucchini squash, then onions.
    Fold over bread and slice into four glorious grilled veggie sandwiches* or slice smaller to have more to share.