Thanksgiving Recipes, Mashed Potatoes, Sweet Potato Casserole, Green Bean Casserole

Mashed Potato Ingredients:

I cooked my potatoes in the instant pot.  (Yukons make the best mashed)!  I filled unpeeled potatoes to the fill line, added 1 cup of water, and cooked on high for 12 minutes.  Then I mashed them in the ipot, and added 1/2 can of coconut milk.  I added the thicker part of the coconut milk, and left the water.  Also roasted a whole head of garlic, and threw that in, and whipped it all together.  So creamy!

Green Bean Casserole Ingredients:

4 cans no salt added green beans (I used frozen, and defrosted them, and drained them)
16 oz mushrooms chopped into small pieces
2 cups unsweetened plant milk (I used soy)
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 t. black pepper
1/4 t. onion powder
1 package of crispy fried onions
Vegan Worcestershire sauce to taste

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

After chopping the mushrooms into small pieces, cook in a frying pan on medium heat until just heated through until most of the liquid has come out. 

Lower the heat, and sprinkle whole wheat flour, onion powder and black pepper on top. 

Add in the milk, and stir until smooth.  Add the worcestershire sauce to the taste you would like. 

Put this sauce in a blender and blend until smooth, or leave it chunky. 

Place the green beans into a 13x9 casserole, stir in the sauce and 1/2 a package of the onions cook in the oven for 25 minutes.  Put the rest of the crispy onions on top, and bake for another 5 minutes or until golden brown. 

Sweet Potato Casserole

4 medium sweet potatoes (I used yams)
2 cups diced pineapple (I used fresh, you can use canned or frozen)
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. nutmeg
14 tsp. salt (I didn't use any)
1/2 cup pitted dates (chopped)
1/2 cup brown rice flour
1/4 cup pecans (I used walnuts)
1/4 cup cashew butter (I used almond butter)

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees

Roast the potatoes: I baked mine for about 90 minutes, and I used half sweet and half yams.  The yams cooked much faster. 

To make the streusel topping, chop the dates.  Combine the chopped dates with the brown rice flour, pecan pieces, cashew butter, and a dash of salt if you would like

Use your hands to crumble together just like you would a traditional butter streusel topping.  You want the streusel to hold together in pea sized bits.  If it's not sticking, add a TBLS of water and mix well.  Check again, and add water 1 TBLS at a time until you get the pea sized bits.  Set aside for later.

Core and dice your pineapple.  You need about 2 cups diced.  Combine the pineapple with the spices.

When the potatoes are done, let them cool.  Take the skins off and in a bowl with the pineapple mash it all together.  Place in a 9 inch baking dish, and spread the topping on top.

Bake for 8-10 minutes.  (I actually baked it in a 350 degree oven with the green bean casserole for an 30 minutes.




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