8 Hearty Vegan Meals To Keep You Warm This Winter

 

8 Hearty Vegan Meals To Keep You Warm This Winter

 

Tater Tot Hotdish is a favorite dish of mine. It's a southern American dish that has been popularized by American chef and food creator, Paula Deen. Tater tots are potatoes that have been deep-fried in oil until the texture becomes crisp and crunchy. The potatoes are then combined with an assortment of vegetables and other ingredients, such as onions, carrots, green bell peppers, cabbage, celery root or parsnips for the vegetarian variety and canned tomatoes non-vegetarian version. The mixture creates what resembles a hash brown casserole served over rice or mashed potatoes with cream gravy on top.

 

The flavors of this dish are hearty without being heavy because it is dairy-free and gluten-free. The original recipe calls for chicken broth, but since I am a vegetarian, I use vegetable broth instead. This is a make-ahead dish that can be frozen and reheated when you are ready to enjoy it.

 

The Twice-Baked Potato is a potato cooked, peeled and then mashed with a variety of other ingredients in the mixture. These mashed potatoes are then divided into two portions, stuffed with various fillings and baked to create a fluffy warm dish. The Twice-Baked Potatoes contain eggs, butter or margarine but can be made without dairy products when necessary by substituting them for organic vegetable cooking spray instead. The sweet potato has made an excellent replacement for the mashed potatoes when desired. You can add your favorite ingredients in this dish, such as garlic or bacon bits to dress up the flavors even more! This dish is perfect for any occasion and guarantees leftovers that will keep you satisfied until your next meal

 

This recipe indulges my love for cheese and broccoli! The casserole includes a combination of rice and broccoli, topped with a rich dairy-free cheese sauce.

 

For my vegan cheese sauce, I combine almond milk or soy milk with minced garlic as well as nutritional yeast. This is then blended until creamy before adding the rest of the ingredients such as salt, paprika, chili powder and pepper. The dish is finished off by topping it off with some crushed almonds before baking in the oven until golden brown on top. Rice casseroles are a staple in most families because they are easy to make ahead of time for an evening meal without too much effort!

 

"Quiche Lorraine is a French quiche with a thick crust and an egg-based custard which contains onions, ham, bacon, and Gruyere cheese. The crust of the dish is crispy on top and chewy on the bottom. The dish was created by chef Marie-Antoine Carême in 1832 to honor the coronation of King Louis Philippe I that year.

 

""Daal" is a type of stewed lentils, usually red or green, which are boiled with spices such as coriander and cumin.

 

The dish is cooked on a stove-top or in an oven by adding the ingredients to boiling water. The cooking time varies depending on the desired texture of the daal curry. "Roti" refers to Indo-Caribbean yeast breads that are popular in many countries of the Indian diaspora such as Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam and St. Vincent and Grenadines where they have been influenced by Hinduism and Christianity.