Entrees
French Onion Poke Chops
This recipe is just about as easy as they come. With just 3 ingredients and and a 5 minute prep time it’s perfect for a busy night when you have no time to cook but want a flavorful home cooked meal on the table. Paula’s original version called for 2 eggs but Match Meat Ground […]
Chik’n Fried Steak with Cream Gravy
As a California girl I never really got the concept of the quintessential chicken-fried steak. Is it chicken? Is it steak? Is it both? As it turns out chicken-frying is a method of cooking a tough cut of steak and then battering it up like chicken and frying it. To veganize this southern classic I […]
Southern Style Seitan
The words southern and seitan don’t really go together. Let’s be honest, seitan isn’t the cornerstone of southern cuisine – until now! I love this seitan for it’s versatility. I use it everywhere from Chik’n Fried Steak and Southern Fried Chicken, to Fried Chicken to Smothered “Steak” and Onions. It freezes incredibly well so I […]
Red Beans and Rice with Andouille Sausage
Red beans and rice might sound pretty benign on the scale of healthy to heart attack but Paula adds her signature style to the dish with the very first ingredient – bacon fat. In her defense she does offer the substitute of lard. Oh wait…did that just make it worse? Probably. Aside from the first […]
Brown Sugar Glazed “Ham”
Ham was the very first meat that I ever gave up, way back in the ‘80s (yep, I’m old). I haven’t the faintest clue what it taste like anymore but something about the brown sugar glaze in this recipe let’s me know that the veganized version is the real deal. As a base I modified […]
