• French trained chef
• Classic comfort foods done right
• Inspired to re-invent the family meal
A vegan Thanksgiving feast?! You betcha! Stuffed winter squash is served with wild mushroom and sage dressing, vegan roasted garlic smashed potatoes, brussels sprouts with sweet roasted grapes, homestyle gravy and cranberry sauce, all without a single animal product! Finish it all off with my take on a classic fall dessert: salted caramel apple crumble (vegan, too!).
stuffed squash (acorn squash, quinoa, walnuts, cashews, cranberry, onion, celery, carrot, garlic, panko, vegan butter (palm fruit, soybean, flax, canola, and olive oils, salt, soy protein, lactic acid, annatto extract), parsley),
mushroom and sage dressing (French bread, onion, celery, carrot, herbs, stock, vegan butter (palm fruit, soybean, flax, canola, and olive oils, salt, soy protein, lactic acid, annatto extract), sage, wild mushrooms, salt, pepper),
vegan roasted garlic smashed potatoes (red potato, vegan butter (palm fruit, soybean, flax, canola, and olive oils, salt, soy protein, lactic acid, annatto extract), roasted garlic, canola oil, salt, pepper, almond milk),
GF vegan sweet potato crunch (sweet potatoes, brown sugar, vegan butter (palm fruit, soybean, flax, canola, and olive oils, salt, soy protein, lactic acid, annatto extract), rice flour, salt, pecan)
brussels sprouts (brussels sprouts, roasted garlic, olive oil, red seedless grapes, salt, pepper),
vegan gravy (vegetable stock, cornstarch, vegan butter (palm fruit, soybean, flax, canola, and olive oils, salt, soy protein, lactic acid, annatto extract), salt, pepper, garlic),
cranberry sauce (fresh cranberries, orange zest, orange juice, lemon juice, sugar, salt, pepper),
GF vegan salted caramel apple crumble (vegan butter (palm fruit, soybean, flax, canola, and olive oils, salt, soy protein, lactic acid, annatto extract), Bob's Red Mill GF AP flour, sugar, cinnamon, apple, cinnamon, brown sugar, salt)
Vegan Folks V. Happy!
Except for the turkey, this meal was not good and we would not want to do Thanksgiving with this chef again. Items were very salty, the stuffing needed more texture and was mushy and dry, the potatoes had an odd vinegar taste in them that didn't belong, the sweet potatoes lost any crunch they may have had and were mushy, and the brussel sprouts were overcooked. I heard one person say everything seemed the same. The somewhat pureed, mushy consistency of the items definitely made it feel that way. They also did not package the food for two separate lines which made things much more difficult.