Vegan Wednesday! Thanksgiving Casserole!

Over the month of November, I will be posting awesome vegan recipes for your cruelty-free Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Casserole

Ingredients:
2 cups cooked brown rice (or substitute lentils)

1/2 cup cashews or walnuts, chopped

2 slices of whole wheat bread, chopped into small cubes

1 cup vegetable broth

1/2 cup soy milk

2 tablespoon nutritional yeast

1 rib celery, diced small

1 small onion, finely chopped

3 tablespoon olive oil

herbs to taste: sage, marjoram, thyme, rosemary, pepper

Prep:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Spray a 8- or 9-inch square casserole dish with cooking spray.
While rice is cooking, saute celery and onion in the olive oil.
Mix well all ingredients in a large bowl.
Spread into casserole dish, and bake for 45 minutes.
Tastes even better topped with vegan gravy!
Serves: 8
Preparation time: 30 min
This is a great recipe to play around with. Add your own touches, make your own gravy, or whip up some Road's End vegan gravy! Add or delete spices, use extra celery or walnuts, etc. Make this your own go-to Thanksgiving dish. It's bound to be a hit with meat eaters too, so bring it to family get togethers!

Gluten-Free Tuesday: Jovial Pasta!

My favorite gluten-free pastas have new competition... Jovial Foods, known for their einkorn pasta, has recently come out with 5 delicious brown rice pastas! The brown rice pastas are made in a dedicated facility, free of casein, eggs, tree nuts and peanuts, in addition to gluten! It is made in Italy, using organic rice flour grown in the country- and let's face it, who makes better pasta than the Italians?

Here at Food for Thought, we currently stock the fusilli and capellini varieties. Jovial also makes gluten-free versions of spaghetti, penne rigate and caserecce noodles- yummy!

A side note from Jovial: the pastas cook best if the water is left at a rolling boil the entire cook time! They have some delicious recipes on their website, too. Click here to check out their website!

Stop in the store, pick up a box and try it with some of your favorite recipes today!