Easy and Healthy Gravy

Easy and Healthy Gravy
Easy and Healthy Gravy

Here’s an Easy and Healthy Gravy recipe, because Fall is right around the corner. But seriously, I get asked often for a gravy recipe. This one is thick and creamy, and is made with only a few simple ingredients. If you serve it with this Ultimate Lentil and Walnut Meatloaf, you’re in for a special treat.

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Easy and Healthy Gravy

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 46 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 large carrot, diced
  • 1/2 red onion, diced
  • 1 tomato, chopped
  • 1 1/2 cup cremini mushrooms
  • 2 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 1 can coconut milk
  • 1 cup vegetable broth
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

In a skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the carrot, onion, tomato, mushroom, thyme and generous pinches of sea salt and pepper. Sautรฉ, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables start to really get some color, about 5-6 minutes. Add the broth and the coconut milk. Let cook and thicken for about 5 minutes more, or until the vegetables are tender. Discard the thyme sprigs and let cool a bit. Transfer to a blender and process until smooth. Bon appรฉtit!

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Sauce brune tout usage

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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  • 1 c. ร  soupe d’huile d’olive
  • 1 grosse carotte, coupรฉe en dรฉs
  • 1/2 oignon rouge, coupรฉ en dรฉs
  • 1 tomate, hachรฉe
  • 1 1/2 tasse de champignons cafรฉ ou cremini
  • 2 branches de thym frais
  • 1 boรฎte de lait de coconut
  • 1 tasse de bouillon de lรฉgumes
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

Instructions

Chauffer l’huile d’olive dans une grande poรชle, ร  feu moyen-รฉlevรฉ. Ajouter les carottes, l’oignon, la tomate, les champignons, le thym, et du sel et du poivre, au goรปt. Faire revenir, en remuant occasionnellement, jusqu’ร  ce que les lรฉgumes commencent ร  dorer, environ 5 ร  6 minutes. Ajouter le bouillon et le lait de coco. Remuer. Laisser rรฉduire pendant 5 minutes, ou jusqu’ร  ce que les lรฉgumes soient tendres. Retirer les branches de thym et laisser reposer quelques minutes. Transfรฉrer dans un mรฉlangeur et pulser jusqu’ร  l’obtention d’une sauce lisse. Bon appรฉtit!

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Oh oui, Poutine!

Oh oui, Poutine!
Oh oui, Poutine!

Oh oui, Poutine! Being from Montrรฉal, Canada, I always considered poutine a fast food item or a 3AM pick-me-up! But when you dig deeper, poutine is really the most famous quรฉbรฉcois dish on a national (and international) level. I remember seeing poutine on menus in San Diego and in Mexico, for example. It originated in rural Quรฉbec in the late 1950s. Many small communities claim to be the birthplace of the famed poutine, but nobody really knows exactly where it originated. And I don’t want to take a side, because the discussion could get heated. I’m sending a big wink to people from Drummondville, Warwick, and Victoriaville!

Either way, poutine was always the first thing I would eat stepping off the plane when I visited. But because of the cheese curds, plus the sauce is usually made with beef broth, I had to realign my strategy. Thankfully, many restaurants in Montrรฉal, plant-based or not, now offer poutine vรฉgรฉ (Lola Rosa, Copper Branch, La Banquise, Poutineville, and many more). That’s when you see that we, French Canadians, can’t live without our poutine! So here is the version I use at home. This time I tried tofu as the cheese, but I think the very best option remains the Follow Your Heart Provolone.

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For another great French Canadian recipe, check out this wonderful Split Pea Soup.

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Oh oui, Poutine!

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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For the Fries:

  • 56 Yukon Gold potatoes, cut into 1/4” wide sticks
  • Any high-heat oil (I used safflower, but peanut oil would work just great)

For the Sauce:

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 small onion, minced
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 1/2 cup maple syrup
  • 1/4 cup chili sauce (the Heinz kind)
  • 2 tablespoons tamari
  • 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
  • 1 tablespoon chili powder
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • Juice from 1 lemon
  • 2 tablespoons corn starch
  • 2 cups vegetable broth
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

For the Cheese (if you want to use tofu):

  • 1/2 pack firm tofu
  • 1/2 cup lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons sea salt

Instructions

For the fries, I’ve always used the method from rvgoddess.com. It’s basically putting your potato sticks into room temperature oil in a large Dutch oven. Bring the oil to a rolling boil without disturbing the potatoes. Once you achieve the rolling boil, keep cooking the potatoes without disturbing anything for an additional 15 minutes. Once the potatoes are floating loose, you can start to stir them. Carefully! You will need to keep frying them until they are golden and crispy. Remove to a paper towel-lined baking sheet. Season with sea salt and use right away. This method is mess-free and stress-free!

For the sauce, heat the oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the onions and garlic, and sautรฉ for 4-5 minutes, until translucent. Add the maple syrup, chili sauce, tamari, red wine vinegar, smoked paprika, chili powder, Dijon mustard, and lemon juice. Cook while stirring for two minutes. Dilute the corn starch into the vegetable broth. Add to the saucepan. Bring to a boil stirring constantly, lower the heat, and simmer 10 minutes, stirring often. Taste and adjust seasonings.

For the cheese, if you are using tofu, cut the half brick into small cubes. Soak in the lemon juice and sea salt for about 30 minutes. If you are using the provolone, just cut into small pieces.

To assemble, place the fries in a plate, top with the cheese, and finally with some sauce. Enjoy your plant-based poutine, mes amis! Bon appรฉtit!

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Poutine vรฉgรฉtalienne

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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Pour les frites:

  • 5 ร  6 pommes de terre Yukon Gold, coupรฉes en bรขtonnets de 1/4 pouce (0,5 cm)
  • Gros chaudron d’huile ร  haute tempรฉrature

Pour la sauce:

  • 2 c. ร  soupe d’huile d’olive
  • 1 petit oignon, รฉmincรฉ
  • 1 gousse d’ail. รฉmincรฉe
  • 1/2 tasse de sirop d’รฉrable
  • 1/4 tasse de sauce chili (de type Heinz)
  • 2 c. ร  soupe de sauce tamari ou soya
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de vinaigre de vin rouge
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de paprika fumรฉ
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de poudre de chili
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de moutarde de Dijon
  • Jus de 1 citron frais
  • 2 c. ร  soupe de fรฉcule de maรฏs
  • 2 tasses de bouillon de lรฉgumes
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

Pour le fromage (si vous prรฉfรฉrez utiliser du tofu):

  • 1/2 paquet de tofu extra ferme
  • 1/2 tasse de jus de citron
  • 2 c. ร  soupe de sel de mer

Instructions

Pour les frites, j’aime utiliser la recette de rvgoddess.com. Il s’agit simplement de mettre les bรขtonnets de pommes de terre dans une cocotte ou un chaudron d’huile ร  tempรฉrature ambiante. Porter l’huile ร  รฉbullition doucement, sans dรฉranger les pommes de terre. Une fois au point d’รฉbullition, laisser mijoter sans dรฉranger, pour 15 minutes. Une fois que les pommes de terre commencent ร  flotter, vous pouvez les mรฉlanger. Faites attention. Vous pouvez continuer de les cuire jusqu’ร  ce qu’elles soient dorรฉes et croustillantes. Retirer de l’huile et dรฉposer sur une tรดle recouverte de papier essuie-tout. Assaisonner de sel de mer. Cette mรฉthode est sans dรฉgรขt et sans souci.

Pour la sauce, chauffer l’huile dans une casserole ร  feu moyen. Ajouter les oignons et l’ail, et faire revenir pendant 4 ร  5 minutes, jusqu’ร  ce que l’oignon soit translucide. Ajouter le sirop d’รฉrable, la sauce chili, la sauce tamari ou soya, le vinaigre de vin rouge, le paprika fumรฉ, la poudre de chili, la moutarde de Dijon, et le jus de citron. Cuire, en brassant, pendant deux minutes. Diluer la fรฉcule de maรฏs dans le bouillon de lรฉgumes. Ajouter ร  la casserole. Porter ร  รฉbullition, en brassant constamment. Rรฉduire le feu et laisser mijoter pendant 10 minutes, en brassant souvent. Goรปter et ajuster les assaisonnements.

Pour le fromage, si vous utiliser le tofu, couper la moitiรฉ du paquet en petits cubes. Tremper dans le jus de citron et le sel de mer pendant environ 30 minutes. Si vous utiliser le provolone de Earth Island, couper en petits morceaux.

Pour assembler, placer des frites dans des assiettes creuses ou des bols peu profonds, ajouter le fromage et napper de sauce. Bon appรฉtit!

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