Is mac and cheese holiday food? It is to me! Most of my Christmas eves from childhood through my twenties were spent at my aunt’s house, and she always had mac and cheese on hand to satisfy my vegetarian appetite. It’s been a few years since I’ve spent Christmas eve at her house, and also a few years since I’ve eaten any kind of mac and cheese that’s made with actual cheese. So when I got my hands on a copy of The Superfun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook by Isa Chandra Moskowitz, the vegan chipotle mac and cheese got my attention right away. The recipe is actually meant to be a Superbowl recipe, which makes sense, but these days I usually spend Superbowl Sunday stocking up on groceries and home improvement supplies (you know, because nobody else is out and about), so I thought I’d have a go at the chipotle mac as a Christmas recipe. The verdict: I’d totally eat this stuff for Christmas. Smoky chipotle peppers and creamy mac and cheese is quite the match made in heaven. And bonus: the Brussels sprouts totally look like little Christmas trees. Check it out, and make sure to point it out to any Brussels sprout hating kids you have in your life. If you’re still looking for the perfect gift for that special vegan in your life, I can’t recommend the Superfun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook enough. It contains quite the collection of no less than 250 (!) recipes, it’s beautiful, and because it’s not limited to just year end holidays, the loved one you gift it to will be able to use it all year long.
