Thanksgiving recipes:
Baked tofu -- easy but only OK
https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/homemade-baked-tofu
Stuffing:
(USE 1/2 salt):
https://www.food.com/recipe/betty-crockers-classic-bread-turkey-stuffing-44938
To make very good mashed winter squash, cut in wedges, roast in oven at 350 until soft, then mash.
Mushroom gravy:
-- 1/2 lb sliced mushrooms (crimini is our favorite, white would work also)
-- butter
-- 1 shallot, minced
-- 2 cups water
-- a little soy sauce
-- 1 teaspoon better than bullion veggie stock mix
-- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
-- 2 Tablespoons flour
-- salt
-- pepper
1. heat up some butter in another big fry pan or sauce pan. Put the mushrooms in the pan and fry and stir until they are brown on both sides. This takes a while, maybe 15 minutes?
2. When the mushrooms are almost done, add in the shallots and let those cook. Maybe another 5 minutes.
3. When the shallots are cooked, add in the soy sauce and thyme let it cook down.
4. Add in the water, stock, and bring to a boil. Taste the water for seasonings, if it needs more salt or anything add it here. If this water does not taste good, your gravy will not taste good!
6. In a separate bowl, mix the flour and some water together to make a slurry. While the mushroom and stock mixture is boiling, whisk it rapidly, and pour the milk and flour mixture in a stream into the gravy. Keep whisking and boil the gravy until it thickens.
7. Finally, add salt to taste and you are done!
Baked tofu -- easy but only OK
https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/homemade-baked-tofu
Stuffing:
(USE 1/2 salt):
https://www.food.com/recipe/betty-crockers-classic-bread-turkey-stuffing-44938
To make very good mashed winter squash, cut in wedges, roast in oven at 350 until soft, then mash.
Mushroom gravy:
-- 1/2 lb sliced mushrooms (crimini is our favorite, white would work also)
-- butter
-- 1 shallot, minced
-- 2 cups water
-- a little soy sauce
-- 1 teaspoon better than bullion veggie stock mix
-- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
-- 2 Tablespoons flour
-- salt
-- pepper
1. heat up some butter in another big fry pan or sauce pan. Put the mushrooms in the pan and fry and stir until they are brown on both sides. This takes a while, maybe 15 minutes?
2. When the mushrooms are almost done, add in the shallots and let those cook. Maybe another 5 minutes.
3. When the shallots are cooked, add in the soy sauce and thyme let it cook down.
4. Add in the water, stock, and bring to a boil. Taste the water for seasonings, if it needs more salt or anything add it here. If this water does not taste good, your gravy will not taste good!
6. In a separate bowl, mix the flour and some water together to make a slurry. While the mushroom and stock mixture is boiling, whisk it rapidly, and pour the milk and flour mixture in a stream into the gravy. Keep whisking and boil the gravy until it thickens.
7. Finally, add salt to taste and you are done!
