Holiday Recipe: Vegan Dressing with Apples & Brown Rice
Hello world! I've been in a bit of a turkey coma this week, but wanted to drop in to share one of my Thanksgiving successes: Vegan Dressing with Apples and Brown Rice.
The recipe looks a lot busier typed up than it seemed while I was making it. I've been making a similar recipe for years, but only this year decided to add the rice and quinoa for a change in texture. There's something visually comforting about the purple-ish red onions, cranberries, and quinoa with the fresh green of the celery. The rice/quinoa combo also makes for a fabulous texture that sets it apart from any other mushy potato-championed dressing.
For the record, this stuffing held its own alongside a non-vegan stuffing that was made with bacon. In fact, I ended up preferring this one for its texture. Whodathunk?
Vegan Dressing with Apples & Brown Rice
{ serves six }
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Ingredients:
- 1 large russet potato - diced
- 1 small red onion - diced
- 3 stalks celery - diced
- 2 cloves garlic - minced
- 2 tbsp fresh sage (or 1 tbsp dried) - minced
- 1 tbsp fresh thyme (or 1/2 tbsp dried) - crushed
- 1 tbsp vegetable or safflower oil
- 1/4 cup brown rice
- 1/4 cup red quinoa
- 1 cup vegetable broth
- 1 piece bread of choice - cubed [optional ]
- 1 granny smith apple - cubed
- 1/4 cup dried unsweetened cranberries - chopped
- 1/2 cup apple juice
- 2 tbsp corn starch
- Salt & pepper as needed
Directions:
- In a small pot, boil the potato until cooked. Drain, mash roughly, and set aside to cool.
- In a large pan, heat the oil. Brown the onion, celery, garlic and sage. Remove from pan and set aside to cool.
- In the same pan, add rice, quinoa and vegetable broth. Stir and bring to a boil, scraping any remaining vegetables from the pan. Simmer until rice is tender. Set aside to cool.
- Combine cornstarch and apple juice in a cup or bowl.
- In a large bowl, add potatoes, onion mixture and rice. Gently toss in apples, cranberries, cornstarch mixture and bread if using. Add salt and pepper as desired.
- Press into a baking dish and drizzle with apple juice mixture. Cover and bake in a preheated oven at 350 F for 40 minutes.
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