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Happy Christmas (if you celebrate) or Happy Holidays otherwise. Here, at the Veganlovlie cocoon, we had a nice cosy time with some really heartwarming comfort food on Christmas eve.<\/p>\n

We had broccoli and brussel sprouts bake, risotto stuffed peppers and meat-free ‘chicken’ style roast loaf. I’m not especially keen on fake meats but sometimes for a change I quite like the Granose range of products. You reconstitute them with water then bake. It was really delicious and a very nice dinner indeed.<\/p>\n

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The risotto stuffed peppers is a re-visited recipe from here<\/a>. This time I stuffed it with risotto. I used the mushroom and spinach risotto recipe from here<\/a> with a few modifications; I substituted the parmesan with nutritional yeast to make it vegan and I didn’t use any white wine…
\nIt was very tasty.
\nOnce the risotto was ready, I stuffed the peppers with it. A little tip if the peppers are not standing upright, slice a thin layer from the base to make it flat (but take care not to take too much out as it might leave holes and juices from the stuffing may leak…).<\/p>\n

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The broccoli and brussel sprouts bake, I don’t really have a proper recipe as I just made this without measuring. Basically, I boiled the brussel sprouts (after washing and removing a bit of the stalk and top leaves) for about 10 minutes, drained then added a tablespoon of vegan margarine. Placed in an oven-proof dish (I used a lasagna dish).<\/p>\n

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Then I blanched the broccoli for about 5 minutes and added them to the brussel sprouts with some red onions.<\/p>\n

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For the white sauce, I made a ‘roux<\/a>‘ with one and a half tablespoon of vegan margarine with 3 tablespoons of plain flour.<\/p>\n

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I then added about 500ml of soymilk. It became a bit lumpy this time (sometimes it doesn’t… anyway…), so I poured it into a jug and ran the hand blender through. This is great to remove lumps from sauces that need to be smooth.
\nI poured this back into the pan as it was a bit too thick, so I thinned it with some water and at this point added 2 tablespoons of nutritional yeast.
\nNow it was ready to be poured onto the veggies.<\/p>\n

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\nAlready looking yummy!<\/p>\n

I sprinkled some breadcrumbs, dried oregano and some grated vegan cheese.<\/p>\n

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Bake for only 15 minutes (because the veggies are already half boiled) just before serving.
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And the yummy Christmas eve dinner!
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Happy Christmas (if you celebrate) or Happy Holidays otherwise. Here, at the Veganlovlie cocoon, we had a nice cosy time with some really heartwarming comfort food on Christmas eve. We had broccoli and brussel sprouts bake, risotto stuffed peppers and meat-free ‘chicken’ style roast loaf. I’m not especially keen on fake meats but sometimes for…<\/p>\n

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