Sunday, August 14, 2011

Gravy, It's Good On Most Everything



Vegan gravy for your biscuits, mashed potatoes, battered tofu, soy chicken cutlets, tater tots, etc.
Heat about 3 tablespoons of oil in a pan. Stir in 2 cups of flour until the flour has absorbed the oil. Lower the stove to simmer. Pour in soy or almond milk slowly into pan, whisking and whisking. Depending how thick or thin you want your gravy, I would put anywhere between 1 and half cups to 2 and a half cups of non-dairy milk. Whisk until it's a relatively smooth consistency. Toss in liberal amounts of salt and pepper and a healthy pinch of nutritional yeast as well, if you like.
Let's roll.

Monday, August 8, 2011

Easy Peasy Vegan Doughnuts



Easy. Incredible. Vegan Doughnuts. Here we go...
1)Scour your local grocery store for refrigerated biscuits without animal products. This is the hardest part as many contain milk and even beef lard but a lot of store brands are vegan.
2) Pop open biscuits (not in the store, they don't like that!) and press a hole through the center. Don't remove precious dough, just shove it around a little.
3) Fry holed biscuits in a generous amount of oil. When one side is nice and brown, flip.
4) Throw these puppies in a bowl and toss with cinnamon and sugar.
5) Let cool.
6) Get your doughnut on!

You could get all fancy and ice them or ice and sprinkle them or put jelly in the center, if you're feeling all that. But the standard recipe is quick and you may eat them all before any sprinkles can be pulled out of the bag.