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| MeatLESSloaf and Creamy Garlic & Herbed Mashed UN-Potatoes |
Every once in a while, I get a hankering for meatloaf and mashed potatoes. So I thought I'd share this dish. While its a raw vegan meal...its an excellent substitute. I'll start with the meatLESSloaf first...
MEATLESS LOAF
Ingredients:
- ¼ cup raw organic sunflower seeds (pre-soaked)
- 1-cup raw organic pumpkin seeds (pre-soaked)
- 2 cups tightly packed raw organic mustard greens
- 3 raw organic carrots
- 2 zucchinis
- 1 raw organic onion
- 1 ½ raw organic bell peppers
- 1 pint diced organic portabella mushrooms
- ¼ cup avocado oil (or an omega 3 oil of your choice)
- 1 cup flax meal or ½ cup flax seeds (grind your seeds into meal)
- 1 1/2-cup tomato sauce-RECIPE HERE
- 1 garlic clove
- ½ cup nutritional yeast
- 2 tsp. celtic sea salt
- 1 tbsp. curry powder
- 1 tbsp. black pepper
- 2 tbsp. cumin
- 2 tbsp. hemp powder
PLEASE NOTE: This meatLESSloaf recipe is very spicy from the mustard greens. If you don't like spice, I'd suggest substituting for kale, collards or spinach.
Drain and rinse your seeds. In your food processor, grind
and finely chop your seeds until it looks like a wet meal substance. Put in a
bowl.
Finely chop and/or grind your mustard greens, carrots,
onions, mushrooms, garlic and bell pepper. I like for these things to be so
fine that it’s barely noticeable. Put in the bowl with the finely chopped nuts.
Add your flax meal and seasonings folding it in so that it’s
thoroughly seasoned.
Add your tomato sauce and your oil. Again fold it in so that
it’s thoroughly seasoned. Now get right in there with your hands and mesh it
all together so that it’s properly seasoned throughout.
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| MeatLESSloaf balls setting in the refrigerator |
Form into balls and let it sit in the refrigerator for about
an hour or two. This helps to form the “meat-like” consistency while also
enhancing the flavor of your meatless loaf. (see picture above)
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| MeatLESSloaf Pre-dehydrator |
Take them out of the refrigerator. Now form them in the
shape of your choice. Since I’m doing Meatless Loaf, I’m shaping mine in the
form of little loaves. (see picture above)
Put on the dehydrator and dehydrate.
And you have meatLESSloaf...
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| MeatLESSloaf is ready (this one is not finely ground)! |
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| MeatLESSloaf close up...with finely grinded ingredients... |
Now on to the mashed UN-potatoes...I won't lie to you and say it tastes "just like mashed potatoes"...as a real potato connoisseur, I will say it does NOT taste just like mashed potatoes. It is however, a great substitute for those times you don't want the heavy carbs. And its as close as you're going to come to the real thing. Enjoy!
CREAMY GARLIC & HERBED MASHED UN-POTATOES
Ingredients:
- 1 raw organic cauliflower head
- 2 tsp celtic sea salt
- 2 tbsp avocado oil
- 1 tbsp of fresh dill
- 1 tsp fresh cilantro
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tsp of parsley
- 1 tbsp of dried onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- ¼ - ½ cup of water
PLEASE NOTE: If you're making this for a romantic dinner, you might want to only add 1 garlic clove.
Put your water and cauliflower in your Vitamix blender. If
your cauliflower head was as big as mine was, you may have to blend it down a
bit before adding all the cauliflower and seasonings. Once that’s done, add
your oil and seasonings. Blend some more while stirring and mashing down with
your tamper. When your cauliflower takes on the consistency of mashed potatoes,
its ready!
Put it in a bowl and serve!
Put it in a bowl and serve!
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| The finished Mashed UN-Potatos |
Pssst...I bet you thought that was it...but I'm sure you saw the little meatLESSballs on the dehydrator...that is for Spaghetti and MeatLESSballs, I plan on having after this is gone...let them dehydrate a little longer until they are hard. Then let them marinade a few hours in marinara sauce. See picture below.
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| MeatLESSballs |
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