Yesterday I got the hankering for biscuits and gravy and after looking at several cookbooks I decided to try to make it vegan....not healthy but vegan. So I got up this morning and took a little time to wake up. I am not someone who can get up and cook breakfast right away so if I am cooking of the morning it is more like brunch. I have scars from trying to cook before I get good and awake. So anywho, I found a recipe for drop biscuits, easy and quick. Then I just made gravy like I normally do but with oil instead of bacon grease, soy milk(silk organic, no sugar added) instead of milk, and a vegan breakfast sausage instead of reg. sausage. A lot of the fake meat has eggs and milk added so you just have to read the ingredients to get the ones without. It was soooo good. It's not something I would cook and eat every day or even once a week. More like every few months because it was not too healthy but just feels great to know when I want a good old southern breakfast I can make it. The rest of the day is just snack around although the urge for fries hit big time so off to Wendy's we went and they hit the spot. Not a very healthy day I am having, I'll confess Nutter Butters too, yes read the back no milk or eggs.
Tomorrow I am traveling so it should be interesting. I think Taco Bell because I need the fiber of the bean burrito(without cheese or ordered Fresco). Got to pack a snack bag tonight. Yummies to keep me straight!
I might have to try this one...Bob loves bisquits and gravy. I'm not in love with them, but he does...I never thought to make it with the soy sausage..
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I had biscuits and gravy at our breakfast buffet at our hotel yesterday and wondered what you could eat if you were with me. They had fruit, bread for toast and peanut butter that you could have had. It is good to know that you can still have the "comfort food" of your childhood and that it tastes pretty good. I wonder if I could make this for the family and see if they notice that it isn't the real thing. I almost want to try.
ReplyDeleteThe biscuits would definitely pass muster, I will put the recipe on when I get back to Ohio. Please remind me if I forget. The gravy you could tell a little difference but I don't know that it wasn't because I use to use skim milk and the soy has a thicker consistency. Harry said he could taste the difference a little but I was so excited that I actually had a tear in my eye so it was pretty darn close!
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