Quick Fake Out Stuffed Eggplant Recipe Rachael Ray. Heat the oven to 4. F. Halve 4 eggplants lengthwise. Pour about 14 cup extra virgin olive oil on a rimmed baking sheet. Season the cut eggplant with salt and pepper, to taste, and arrange, cut side down, in the oil. Put in the oven and roast until tender, about 2. Peel the remaining eggplant and dice into 12 inch pieces. In a large skillet, over medium high heat, add 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil. Stir in the beef or lamb, the tomato paste, onions, garlic, diced eggplant and raisins. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Add the wine or stock, and cook until the eggplant and onions are soft, about 8 to 1. Remove from the heat and stir in the pine nuts and basil. While the meat cooks, melt the butter in small skillet over medium heat, add the bread crumbs and toast until golden. Transfer to a bowl and cool. Stir the parsley and cheese into the bread crumbs and add half of this mixture to the meat. 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Get all your Disney news and gossip hereHow to Make Anything Vegan. Over the years my recipes have developed a very definite theme veganizing favorite, familiar foods. Since I became vegan, I have been introduced to more new foods than I could list and I love that my palate has evolved so much. Still, I often crave the foods I used to eat. Of course, I miss the tastes of all my old favorites but there are also foods that I associate with people, places and experiences. These foods are a part of my lifes history. This leaves me with three choices one, I can give into those cravings and eat those foods two,  I can forego those foods and feel deprived or cut off from a huge part of my past or three, I can figure out how to veganize those dishes so I can satisfy my cravings but stay true to my values. For me, only one of these choices makes any sense. Thats why I have learned how to make vegan versions of pretty much every dish I ever loved. I get to re experience the feelings and memories of childhood favorites, dishes my mother made and the foods I loved to order in restaurants. Its easy to learn how to veganize any dish you loved and have it still be delicious and satisfying. Because if you can have the foods you grew up with, the foods you always loved, the foods you crave in a healthier and compassionate way, why wouldnt you Read Recipes Through a Vegan Lens. I am constantly reading recipes and cookbooks even though most of the time, they are not vegan to start with. If I want to come up with a vegan version of a favorite food, I have to start with the original recipe. Choose a recipe for the dish you want to recreate and read through it with a red pen. Every time you see an animal product, circle it. Circle any meat, fish, eggs, milk, cheese, butter, honey, and gelatin in the recipe. These are the ingredients that need to be replaced with plant based versions. Know Your Substitutions. Once you have a list of the animal ingredients that need to be replaced, think about what plant based foods can used in the dish. Write down a plant based substitution for each of the ingredients you circled. For instance, if the recipe uses chicken, pork or beef, cross that out and write down tofu or seitan or jackfruit. Read about the 1. Vegetables that Can Substitute for Meat. If the recipe uses fish, jot down tempeh or chickpeas. See How to Make Vegan Seafood without the Fish for ideas. Replace any milk or butter with non dairy milk and vegan butter or coconut oil. You can easily live without cheese when you have delicious vegan versions of cheese. Does the recipe say you need eggs Guess what, you dont. Learn How to Cook and Bake Without Eggs and How to Replace Eggs in All Your Favorite Dishes. Leave the bees alone and use any of these 5 Best Alternatives to Honey. There is a vegan way to substitute almost every food. For a quick reference, see 1. Food Substitutions Every Plant Based Eater Should Know. Looking at recipes with appropriate swap outs in mind lets me believe that anything any chef makes, I can make vegan. Think About Texture and Flavor. Now that you know what you want to make and what ingredients you will use to make it, how do you make it taste like the original recipe Its all about texture and flavor. Individual Apple Pies here. Think about it when anyone describes an amazing meal they had, they talk about the food being spicy, tender, juicy, crispy, etc. Once you learn to cook plant based food so that it has the flavor and texture you desire, you wont miss the meat. No one ever said, That was delicious. It was so bland and spongy. Learn how to properly prepare and cook tofu. Press the water out of the tofu and let a zesty marinade seep into it. Youll be amazed how much flavor you will experience. Freeze the tofu before pressing it to get an even denser, chewier texture that will make it the perfect stand in for chicken. Read 7 Tips to Make the Perfect Tofu Dish. Steam tempeh before cooking it to make it softer and more tender. The texture is almost flaky which makes tempeh a perfect choice for veganizing seafood dishes. Break up tempeh in a food processor and it gets the texture of ground beef which is perfect for tacos or shepherds pies. Check out my 5 Tips for Making Amazing Tempeh Dishes. Baking seitan rather than boiling or steaming it will give it the hearty chew of ribs while braising it can make it soft and tender for pot roast. Read How to Make Perfect Seitan for tips and recipes. A common mistake people make with vegan foods is to NOT treat them as they would meat. No one would cook a steak without seasoning it first whether with a rub or a marinade yet so often cooks take a block of tofu, drain it, cut it up, and just cook it without doing anything to it first. No wonder it tastes bland and flavorless Having an arsenal of marinades and spice rubs will bring out the best in any ingredient, vegan or not. Learn about different spice blends and sauces to give your food amazing flavors. One block of tofu can easily become General Tsos Tofu, Tofu Scampi, Tofu Pad Thai, or a Mexican Tofu Scramble. Mushrooms and jackfruit, when cooked with the right ingredients, can make delicious vegan French Dip Sandwiches and Philly Cheesesteaks. Buy It Or Make It. There was a time when being vegan meant eating a lot of stir fries and brown rice. Today, vegans have so many choices when it comes to food. When it comes to store bought products, there is a vegan substitute for almost everything and if theres something missing, I can guarantee you someone is working hard to develop it. There are vegan meats, vegan chicken, vegan fish, vegan hot dogs and sausages, vegan milks, cheeses and ice creams, vegan butter, and even vegan eggs. These incredible products allow us to make all our favorite dishes in a snap. If you would rather not buy prepared products, you can learn to make vegan versions of your favorite ingredients yourself. Recipes are everywhere, in books and on the web, that will teach you how to make your own non dairy milk, your own cheese, your own seitan or tofu, your own vegan butter, your own sausages and burgers, your own fish fillets and scallops, and even your own gluten free vegan meats. Take advantage of all the knowledge out there just waiting for you to use it. Lets Veganize a Recipe. One of the most popular recipes on my blog is my vegan and gluten free version of The Pioneer Woman, Ree Drummonds Chicken Fried Steak with White Gravy and Creamy Mashed Potatoes. The original recipes contain 3 lbs. Tbs. of butter, and 14 cup of grease leftover from cooking the steaks. AackThese dishes are probably amazingly delicious but lets make vegan version of them. Lets start with the Creamy Mashed Potatoes, which typically contain heavy cream, butter and cream cheese. We can make an equally delicious side dish but lighter and plant based. Preheat the oven to 3. Spray a baking dish with cooking oil or grease it with an oiled piece of paper towel. Cut 2 3 lbs. Yukon gold potatoes into even chunks so they will all have the same cooking time. Put them into a large saucepan, fill with cold water, and add some kosher salt. Cover and bring to a boil over medium high heat. Uncover, lower the heat and let cook until the potatoes are fork tender, about 2. Drain the potatoes into a colander and return them to the hot pot. Mash the potatoes over low heat and then turn off the heat. We will swap out the cream cheese for vegan cream cheese and trade both the heavy cream and butter for non dairy milk. Add 2 Tbs. vegan cream cheese, 12 cup non dairy milk or cream, tsp. Transfer the potatoes to an oiled baking dish. Put a few drops of oil or some pats of vegan butter on the top of the potatoes. This will help them brown. Bake until golden brown, 2. While the potatoes are in the oven, lets move on to the steak. First, decide what to use for the steak. I chose tofu but you can also use tempeh, seitan or you can make this with vegetables such as Portobello mushrooms or even cauliflower steak.