So you all know I’ve been getting weekly deliveries from Kretschmann Farms for my CSA right? Well this week we were blessed with 10 beautiful tomatoes, 3 zucchini, a huge bunch of basil and parsley, and much more. The timing could not have been better. I’m a huge fan of The Kind Life and earlier in the week Alicia posted a recipe for vegan bolognese sauce. I could not wait to make my own version, and so I did yesterday. Let me just say OMG this is the best sauce I’ve ever tasted. I did not follow her recipe exactly and I would encourage you to experiment as well. For those of you that aren’t big on getting all your veggies every day, this is the recipe for you. The sauce has a tomato base of course, but is filled with carrots, zucchini, eggplant, onion, wine and more. I used seitan in place of the tempeh because that’s what I had in the house. My mom loved it, Aaron loved it and I’m sure the dogs would have too if I was willing to share it with them, which I’m not. I finished it by using my stick blender to puree everything to a nice smooth texture. I added the seitan last (after blending) so that it gave the sauce the illusion of having “meat” in it. I made a large batch, so I will get 5 dinners out of it. I filled 3 quart zip top freezer bags and froze it for future use. I hope you try this yourselves and share the outcome. Trust me this is pure veggie goodness!
Vicki said,
August 4, 2010 at 8:57 pm
That sounds and looks absolutely delicious!