Remember that recipe I promised you? Well, I have to apologize for not posting it sooner, but here it is:
Vegan Creamed Mushrooms Polenta
- 3 cups polenta, cooked according to instructions
- {I boil polenta in 1.5 cups of water for each cup of grain, lightly salted and seasoned}
- 3-4 tbs olive oil
- 18 oz (or more) mushrooms of your choice
- 1 large yellow union
- 1-2 red bell peppers
- 2-3 cloves garlic
- 3-4 cups almond, rice or soy milk, or you can use water or veggie broth
- 2 tbs organic all purpose flour
- 1-2 tsp your favorite seasoning
- sea or Himalayan salt to taste
Preparation
- Prepare polenta as described above;
- While it is cooking chop all veggies {mushrooms, onion, bell pepper, garlic), season with seasoning and saute in oil on a skillet for 5 mins on high heat and 10 mins on low heat
- Pour in "milk" of your choice, increasing heat to high, bring to boil;
- Salt to taste
- Reduce heat to low and stir in flour very slowly so it does not clump up
- (if you are not sure how to keep flour from clumping, mix is in a bowl with 1/4-1/2 cup of milk first, then pour into the skillet while stirring)
- stir for 1-2 mins, turn off heat
To Serve
- Spread veggie mix on the plate
- Using a mold place polenta on top of it
- Pour more mushroom mixture over the top
- Garnish with celery or parsley
- Enjoy!
You will have polenta left over, which will clump in a very funky way when it cools off. To spare yourself "ugly" polenta, when it cools off place it on a peace of parchment and shape into a round tube {I have a measuring tube that I use to give it shape, which I then squeeze onto the parchment paper}
Place in a zip-lock bag and refrigerate. You can later pull it out, slice it as you wish, and warm it up for another tasty serving with creamed mushrooms. It makes meal planning so much easier!
Even my mushroom-hating husband enjoyed this dish.... and asked for seconds. I think that his heart has officially been won to mushrooms (you don't even know how happy that makes me, because I am a mushroom lover. My next task is to convert him to loving eggplants :)).
