Vegetarian Gravy Low Sodium Sugar Free Food

VEGETARIAN GRAVY

Steps:

• Position an oven rack in the top position in the oven and preheat to 450 degrees F. Toss the onions, celery, carrots and garlic with the oil and 1 teaspoon salt on a rimmed baking sheet. Roast until the vegetables are charred in some places, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Bring the roasted vegetables, 1 cup water, mushrooms, thyme, sun-dried tomatoes, soy sauce, bay leaf and 1 teaspoon salt to a simmer in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until most of the liquid is gone, 8 to 10 minutes. Add 6 cups water and 1/2 teaspoon salt, and bring back to a simmer. Reduce the heat to medium-low, and gently simmer until reduced by about one third, about 45 minutes. Strain the stock through a strainer into a large liquid measuring cup, use the back of a ladle to squeeze all the liquid out of the solids (there should be about 4 cups of stock). If not making gravy right away, let the stock cool to room temperature, then refrigerate for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 1 month.
• To make the gravy, warm the stock slightly in a medium saucepan if it has been refrigerated. Melt the butter in another medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the sage leaves, and stir for 30 seconds; remove and set aside. Add the flour to the saucepan, and stir until smooth and lightly golden, about 2 minutes. Slowly pour in the warm stock while whisking constantly until smooth and thick, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Chop up the fried sage, stir it into the gravy along with the parsley and season to taste with pepper.

VEGETARIAN GRAVY

Steps:

• Better Than Bouillon No Beef Base broth stir in 1 tsp Better Than Bouillon, No Beef Base into 1 cup hot water. set aside.
• Whisk the butter and flour together over low heat in a small saucepan for 2-3 minutes until the flour is golden brown.
• Add the water and Better Than Bouillon No Beef Base broth, Bragg liquid aminos, and pepper and 1/2 tsp Better Than Bouillon, No Beef Base. Bring to a boil while whisking often to keep it smooth.
• Lower heat and simmer a minute or so.
• Combine cornstarch and 2 tbsp water and stir well to get rid of lumps. Whisking gravy briskly, pour into saucepan. Continue whisking until gravy returns to a boil and has thickened.

EASY VEGETARIAN GRAVY

Steps:

• Put margarine in a pot and saute the onions and garlic over med-high heat.
• Reduce heat back to medium after onions and garlic have become golden brown.
• Make a roux by gradually adding the flour, while continuously stirring to avoid lumps.
• Still stirring, add soy sauce and water to the mixture.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Once the gravy has reached desired thickness, turn off the stove and you are done!

LOW SUGAR & LOW SODIUM SYRUP

Steps:

• Bring 1 1/2 cups of water to a partial boil (small boil) then turn off.
• Combine all remaining ingredients until all dissolved.

ITALIAN PISTACHIO COOKIES (GLUTEN/GRAIN/SUGAR-FREE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°C.
• In a food processor or blender, blend 1 cup of hulled pistachio nuts until it has been ground into a fine flour similar to the consistency of almond flour.
• Combine almond and pistachio flours and egg whites and mix well.
• Gently warm ¼ cup of unpasteurized honey on low to make it easy to mix and stir into almond pistachio mix.
• At this step if you find your mix is far too wet add more pistachio or almond flour ¼ cup or less at a time. You don't want the mix too dry though, it should remain fairly moist, if you add too much flour you will need to balance this out with another egg white.
• On parchment paper, spread out 1-2 cups of chopped pistachios or other nut preference.
• Using a spoon, scoop out 1-2 inch balls and roll them into the chopped pistachios until fully coated.
• Flatten balls slightly with a fork and bake for 12-15 minutes.
• Allow cookies to bake longer if you find the cookies too soft to the touch.
• Enjoy!

COCONUT MACAROONS - SUGAR FREE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 325°F.
• In a food processor, pulverize the coconut. If you don't have a food processor, you can skip this step but the cookies will have a bit different of a texture.
• In mixing bowl beat egg whites, vanilla, and sweetener on medium until it makes peaks (tips stand straight up). A wisk attachment on your mixture will work wonders. If you beat it too hard or long you may break down the egg whites and not get it to peak. If this happens don't despair, as long as its frothy, it should work.
• By hand, gently fold in ground coconut and almond meal. Do not mix any more than necessary to wet your dry ingredients.
• Drop by rounded teaspoons onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 325°F for 20 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.

VEGETARIAN GRAVY (LOW-SODIUM & SUGAR-FREE)

Steps:

• Measure the vegetable oil into a small saucepan.
• Cook the garlic and onion in it for about two minutes on medium or medium-low heat, until the onion is a bit tender and translucent.
• Add the flour, yeast, and tamari to make a paste.
• Add the water gradually, stirring constantly.
• Bring the gravy to a boil on medium to medium-high heat, stirring constantly-- the gravy has to boil for it to thicken.
• Add pepper.
• Stir in the sliced mushrooms, if desired.
• Add salt substitute, if desired.
• If the gravy is too thin for your taste, add one or two tablespoons of flour or small amounts of cornstarch to thicken it and add home-made-looking lumps.
• Use a wire whisk to eliminate lumps.
• Pour the piping hot gravy onto toast, biscuits, vegetarian sausage, poultry stuffing, potatoes, or burgers.