{"id":6089,"date":"2013-09-13T17:32:39","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T17:32:39","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2022-11-05T15:55:10","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T15:55:10","slug":"veganizing-friends-chandlers-righteous-mac-cheese-html-d2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laughfrodisiac.com\/2013\/09\/13\/veganizing-friends-chandlers-righteous-mac-cheese-html-d2\/","title":{"rendered":"Veganizing “Friends”: Chandler’s “Righteous” Mac & Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Picture\"<\/a>Righteous mac & cheese with some burnt Brussels sprouts<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0If you know “Friends” (and I hope you do!), you know that Chandler hates, I mean HATES, Thanksgiving. His parents announced their divorce on Thanksgiving when he was nine years old, and he was so upset that he threw up all the traditional foods he had eaten. Subsequently, he refused to ever celebrate the holiday or eat ‘Thanksgiving-y’ foods. (If I recall correctly, he also started smoking at this point too. At age 9.)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nSo, we learn through flashbacks that, during college, Ross brought his roommate Chandler home for several Thanksgivings. The first time, Monica offered to make him mac & cheese since he didn’t eat Thanksgiving food. When eating it, Chandler said, in an offhand way, “This is great, you should be a chef!” and Monica just excitedly said “Ok!” And as we know, she became a professional chef. It’s one of my favorite Fat Monica moments, though I love her allatimes.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0So, the following Thanksgiving, Chandler (having dropped his Flock of Seagulls look for a Miami Vice one) asked Monica if she’d again make him some of that “righteous mac & cheese”.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 So yay, we are making some righteous mac & cheese! And it’s not even Thanksgiving! (Mac & cheese is ideal for any occasion.) This is the dish that gave Monica her start as a chef! Soo important. This recipe is my usual weekly go-to, but I added a secret ingredient today – caramelized onions – to give it a richer, more autumn, more Thanksgiving-y taste.<\/div>\n
\nYou start by boiling carrots and potatoes. I got the idea from the famous VegNews recipe years ago, and since then I’ve adapted it into my own specialty. I usually do two pounds (!!) of each, like 7-8 small potatoes and 10 peeled and chopped carrots (not baby carrots, too sweet). Come on, you need lots of sauce! Then, you blend the vegetables with margarine, milk, nooch, cashews, mustard, lemon, salt and pepper, and sometimes soy sauce\/tamari\/miso if it needs to be saltier. Mix in your pasta, and voila! My favorite mac & cheese.<\/div>\n
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