By Reed Mangels, PhD, RD
Think about a pair of spooky eyes staring up at you from a plate of pale orange strands (or, might or not it’s hair?), topped with pink sauce. Then image “bones” to dip into extra pink sauce (blood?) and you’ve got the makings of a Halloween dinner.
Vegan Eye Balls (Tailored from Vive le Vegan! By Dreena Burton)
(makes 18 balls)
7 ounces agency or extra-firm tofu, torn or lower into items
1 Tablespoon cider vinegar
1 Tablespoon diminished sodium soy sauce
1½ Tablespoons catsup
1 teaspoon minced garlic (or to style)
1 teaspoon oregano
1 Tablespoon dietary yeast flakes
1 Tablespoon olive oil plus extra oil for baking sheet
Pepper to style
1½ cups breadcrumbs
½ cup quick-cooking oats (raw)
18 pitted olives (pimiento stuffed olives are a pleasant contact, however black or inexperienced olives would additionally work)
Preheat oven to 375 levels Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and drizzle on a bit of olive oil. In a meals processor, purée tofu till easy. Add remaining substances besides breadcrumbs, oats and olives and course of till easy. Switch combination to a bowl and stir in breadcrumbs and oats. Let sit for five minutes to agency up. The combination ought to maintain collectively – add extra breadcrumbs if vital. Kind combination into balls concerning the measurement of a golf ball, rigorously urgent an olive into every ball, and place on the baking sheet, olive dealing with up. Bake for 20-25 minutes till golden.
Spaghetti Squash
You can begin baking this whilst you put together the “eye balls.” Minimize a spaghetti squash in half lengthwise and place cut-side down on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake at 375 levels for 30-45 minutes, till squash is comfortable. Take away from oven and let cool sufficient to deal with. Take away seeds. Use a fork to comb by means of the squash, separating the strands. Place the strands in a serving bowl.
High the spaghetti squash (or you should utilize common spaghetti) with pasta sauce (selfmade or your favourite vegan model) after which add a few “eye balls.”
Breadstick “Bones” (Tailored from The Farm Vegetarian Cookbook, edited by Louise Hagler)
(makes 15 small breadsticks)
1 teaspoon vegan sugar
1 Tablespoon baking yeast
6 Tablespoons heat water
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 cup all-purpose flour
½ cup wheat flour
½ teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons dietary yeast flakes
In a medium bowl, mix sugar and baking yeast and add heat water. Stir and let proof for five minutes. Add olive oil, all-purpose flour, wheat flour, salt, and dietary yeast and stir, including water or flour to make a easy dough. Knead dough for five minutes. Kind dough into comparatively skinny bones shapes (or simply make skinny breadsticks), place on a parchment paper-covered baking sheet, and let rise for an hour. Preheat oven to 400 levels. Bake for 9 minutes or till executed. Serve with a small bowl of pasta sauce for dipping.
Joyful Halloween!
