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Supreme Snoke-anoff AKA Vegetarian Stroganoff

Vegetarian Stroganov / Stroganoff AKA Star Wars Supreme Snokeanoff

According to my DNA, I'm less than 1% from the area of Siberia/Russia. And what a great excuse to make a Vegetarian version of Beef Stroganoff. I turned it into Supreme Snokeanoff for a Star Wars Recipe.

Is it any coincidence that RUSSIA has been in the US news recently and I made Stroganov? Do you think the cooks at the Kremlin ever google Stroganov recipes and will end up making my version of their beloved classic?

Vegetarian Ingredients for Stroganoff

Perhaps you will be surprised to learn that my family and I eat vegetarian meals about half of the week. I try different vegetarian meat substitutes, as I do prefer them to be soy and gluten free when possible. I actually like the vegetarian substitute for ground beef much better than the real thing.

However, when I eat barbecued meat...it's still the real deal! Oh, but I digress, so here is our family's Vegetarian Stroganoff recipe, AKA Supreme Snokeanoff. Прия́тного аппети́та! (Prijatnogo appetita!)

Don't forget to print out the free Star Wars Themed food label for Supreme Stroganoff!

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Star Wars Snoke Supreme Snokeanoff AKA Vegetarian Stroganoff

by The Star Wars Mom - Giulianna Rigali August-24-2017

A delicious vegetarian stroganov made more delicious as it's named after Star Wars Supreme Leader Snoke. Adapted from Betty Crocker's Classic Beef Stroganoff Recipe.

Ingredients

20 oz vegetarian steak strips
8 oz sliced fresh mushrooms
2 med thinly sliced white or yellow onions
1/2 cup butter, salted
3 cloves minced garlic
2 cups vegetarian beef flavored broth
2 Tablespoons worcestershire sauce
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups sour cream
freshly ground pepper to taste
freshly grated sea salt to taste
16 oz package egg noodles or other pasta (prepare noodles before starting stroganoff and rinse)

Instructions

1. Saute onions, mushrooms, and garlic in 1/4 cup butter. Add some salt. Saute until mushrooms are golden and onions are tender. Remove from skillet.2. Cook vegetarian beef strips in 1/4 cup butter and 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce until heated all the way through, usually about 6 minutes. 3. Stir in 1 cup of vegetarian beef broth, 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce and bring to a simmer. 4. Whisk flour into remaining cup of vegetarian beef broth until smooth. Add to beef in pan and stir. Add onion and mushroom mixture back into pan. Stir until thickened, turn off heat. 5. Mix in sour cream, season to taste. Serve over hot egg noodles or other pasta.

Details

Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 30 mins Total time: 40 mins Yield: 6 servings

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Italian Roasted Vegetables Recipe

Buongiorno miei amata amici!

“An onion can make people cry but there's never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.” ~Will Rogers~

I thoroughly enjoy the adages of Will Rogers. His Cherokee upbringing gave him such earthy maxims that he spun with his marvelous sense of humor. The above saying used to be a perfect fit for my family. I confide, I would use dehydrated onions and re-hydrate them with water before cooking, as I hated my contacts falling out of my eyes when they would tear incessantly from cutting onions. I hated the taste of raw onions and raw onions or fried in too much oil would both make my tummy sick, often for days.

Then came my pregnancy with Levi, my son with autism. Every time I ate garlic I would get so sick at my stomach, I thought I would die. It got where just the scent of garlic would send me into hiding. I loved garlic, so this was pure torture. I quit eating Italian food for a couple of years, until the mystery aversion to garlic disappeared as suddenly as it had came on.

Next, you have the members of my family. My husband claims to love vegetables…but only if they are KILLED TEN TIMES OVER and then slathered in FAT. Is this a man thing? Is he attempting to transform the vegetables into meat, if only in his mind? Does eating vegetables in such a manner make him feel like a hunter? Such as, he wants cooked broccoli with heaps of mayonnaise on top. He wants baked potatoes with oodles of butter and sour cream or better yet, just fry his potatoes. His green beans are drowning in butter and bacon. Need I say more?

My kids are of the typical American mindset. Vegetables are the required food that they love to hate. They balk at the suggestion of putting them in their mouths. Envisioning the coming dessert, in their minds, seems to be the little bit of sugar that makes the vegetable medicine go down.

Preparing Italian Roasted Vegetables Recipe

As a result, I am often in quest of methods to make vegetables taste delicious. Leave it to the Italians to have a method that has my husband and children begging for seconds. Did I mention it is healthy?

The Italian Roasting method works beautifully on most vegetables. It forces the vegetables to release their natural sugars and converts the dreaded into the desired. We were eating a Pork Roast this night so I made the vegetables that would traditionally go into our roast. However, this variation is superior to throwing them in the pan with the roast, in my opinion.

First, you chop up some onions. The size depends on whether you want them simply to be an aromatic or a vegetable. This method makes onions taste delicious as either. To keep from wearing swimming goggles on my eyes while chopping, I always cut my onion in half and place it in ice water for 15-30 minutes before chopping. This helps curb the enzymes from breaking down amino acid sulphoxides and forming the gas that irritates eyes.

Second, finely chop up garlic. This will be an essential aromatic. If your garlic is too strong and is causing the same reaction to your eyes as onions, you can use the same procedure explained above. This is rare, but I had a recent encounter.

Next, cut up some vegetables. We used carrots, potatoes, and celery this night. I am going to be honest, I don't peel my celery first. By the time I roast celery, it is tender. Peeling potatoes is up to each person. My children would prefer I do, but personally, I love the skin. Carrots, do get peeled.

Italian Roasted Veges - hot out of the oven!

Place all of them on a baking sheet (you can line it with foil or parchment paper if desired). Toss them with olive oil, your favorite Italian herbs and spices (mine ALWAYS includes Basil), salt, and pepper (black or red). Paprika is optional, but will add beauty to your final product. Bake at 450 degrees for 20+ minutes until the vegetables are tender and golden and your onions and garlic have browned and caramelized. Expect your family to fight over the caramelized veges as they are so sweet and delicious.

There are ways to dress this up, but that cari miei lettori, is for another post.

Italian Roasted Vegetables

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