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The Best Peaceful Pot Pie

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The Hamptons Vegan is pleased to present: a peaceful pot pie.

Yes, this peaceful pot pie is vegan so that means no harm, no foul or fowl! It’s a piece of peaceful comfort food that you can make your own just by altering the veggies or faux meat ingredients. And you can use your own crust or use a store-bought variety.

Because this pot pie is a throwback to the comfort food you grew up eating. But without the meat or dairy. So it’s perfect for a cold winter night or when your tummy needs a warm hug. And it works great for potlucks, too!

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add top crust, bake…and there you go!
Piece of peaceful pot pie
Let’s Eat!

Preparation for peaceful pot pie for potlucks and plenty of other things!

Some of the great things about the peaceful pot pie are the simple ingredients, the ease of preparation, and the freezability. Is that a word? Sorry, no, not a word. But I am using it anyway.

And another great thing is its portability, too! You can make one big pie or several little ones. They also reheat well for leftovers.

I love to make these ahead of time and have them ready to go at a moment’s notice. So when there’s just no time to start a whole meal from scratch, thaw it a bit, and pop it in the oven. And if you keep some individual pies handy in the freezer, everyone can grab a meal pie whenever it’s needed.

So we took these to our first vegan potluck at the Westhampton Beach Library! And they are welcome after a peaceful protest, too!

Need a pot pie hug?!

Because if you are in need of a warm hug now, head to the kitchen. Turn on some Norah Jones (or your go-to happy-music-to-cook-with station). Then pour a glass of wine (or chamomile tea) and assemble your peaceful pot pie ingredients into a lovely meal.

While you wait for your oven timer to ding, put on your comfiest clothes (if you haven’t already), have some cuddle time with your cat, dog, or human, (or other), and get ready to enjoy the rest of your evening. 

Because your cares will melt away after that the first bite of your tummy-hugging peaceful pot pie. Now take a couple of deep breaths, and slow it down. There. All will be right with the world again before you know it. So consider yourself hugged. 

XOXO

Now try some of our other comfy food choices, too! How about Gratifying Garlic and Oil Pasta, Believe it! Beef Stew or Brilliant Banana Bread to add to your vegan comfort food collection?!

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Pleased to Present: Peaceful Pot Pie

PEACEFUL POT PIE: for peaceful eating, for comfort food, for the love of easy homemade meals.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings: 8
Course: dinner, lunch, Main Course
Cuisine: vegan
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 package faux chicken, cut into 1/2 inch cubes like Gardein chik’n scallopini or Terryaki Strips or Butler Soy Curls (See recipe notes)
  • 1 cup sliced carrots
  • 1 cup frozen peas
  • 1/2 cup sliced celery
  • 1/2 cup chopped onion
  • 1/3 cup vegan butter
  • 1/3 cup flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon celery seed
  • 2 teaspoons faux chicken or veggie broth base or use 1 veggie bouillion cube like Better than Bouillion No Chicken Base (see recipe notes for more)
  • 2/3 cup non dairy milk like Westsoy or Trader Joe’s soymilk
  • 2 9 inch unbaked pie crusts like Wholly Wholesome organic pie shells

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 425 F.
  2. In a saucepan (about the 2-quart size), combine chick'n, carrots, celery, and peas. Add water enough to cover and bring to a boil. Then turn it down to a simmer for 15 minutes, uncovered.
  3. After 15 minutes, remove from heat and drain veggies with a strainer over a 2-cup or larger heatproof measuring cup to reserve the liquid. Set veggies aside. Add enough water to reserved veggie cooking liquid to measure to 1 3/4 cups. Add the 2 teaspoons broth base or 1 veggie bouillon cube and mix together. Set aside. (If using broth rather than base or bouillon, then use enough to measure to 1 3/4, omitting the water)
  4. In the same saucepan. veggies were cooked in, cook onion in the butter over medium heat until soft and translucent.
  5. Whisk in flour, salt, pepper, and celery seed. Cook for a couple of minutes, then slowly stir in broth and then the non-dairy milk
  6. Turn heat to low-med and simmer until thickened, stirring frequently. (A few minutes should do)
  7. Put one pie crust into a pie plate and then spoon veggies into the crust. Pour hot broth over vegetables in the pie crust. Top with remaining pie crust and then cut a few slits in the top crust for steam to escape.
  8. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 30-35 minutes until golden and bubbly.

Notes

we like Gardein Chick’n Scallopini or Gardein Chicken Terriyaki Strips (without the sauce packet) for our chick’n filling ingredient.
Also, Butler Soy Curls work very well, can be used for a variety of recipes, and can be purchased at Amazon. (must be rehydrated before using in this recipe)
Better than bouillon no chicken base is our go-to choice or Better than Bouillon vegetable base.
Wholly Wholesome organic pie shells are great if not using your own recipe and they make a gluten-free pie crust, too!
Other veggie broth choices are Pacific broth and Edward and Sons bouillon cubes.

This Easy Vegan Cheese Sauce is a Dream Come True

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Vegan Cheese Sauce is life-changing!

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vegan cheese sauce

Our favorite delicious vegan cheese sauce has enriched our vegan menus and we can’t wait to share it with you!

Cheese is that comfort food in mainstream cooking that is hard to replicate and hard to relinquish. We feel your pain. Starting on a journey that doesn’t include any form of cheese is tough.

Just look at how many foods have cheese in them. It’s mind-boggling! Seriously, we’ve seen cheese listed in the ingredients in the most unnecessary places. Potato chips, guacamole, spaghetti sauce, crackers, soups, and boxed rice mixes all have it. I swear, it feels like almost every frozen dinner has some form of cheese in it too. Sheesh! Cheese has become an invasive species.

Competing in the cheese food group for a vegan was like David going up against Goliath without his trusty slingshot.  Come on!

Until we whipped out our magic weapon! Now we have some ammunition people! Vegalicious vegan cheese sauce to the rescue.

Changing to a vegan lifestyle

It is a decision we finally made permanent in 2013. We thought that being vegetarians was enough. We believed we were distancing ourselves from the suffering and death of animals. We ate no animals or seafood of any kind. We ate “cage-free” eggs, imagining they came from chickens living a peaceful life on farms. Chickens with access to green pastures, fresh air, and room to roam. But it’s not so. We drank cow’s milk labeled organic and hormone-free, believing these cows were treated more humanely. Also, not so. Those foods were easy to let go of, compared to cheese.

If all vegans were surveyed, we’d wager that about 85% would say cheese is the hardest food to give up. It’s like a very addicting drug that has a stranglehold on our stomachs and minds. We must have it on pizza, pasta, tacos, and enchiladas. It is essential on almost every conceivable sandwich, veggies, and bagels. The list goes on and on.

Going “cold turkey” so to speak, is one way to let go of the cheese addiction. But it will make you ch-angry! Cheese-angry: like hangry- but for cheese.

Having a cheese substitute is much easier, though.

Finding a good cheese substitute

There are so many cheese alternatives on the market now. The problem is finding one that tastes good. We tried a lot of faux cheeses on our vegan journey and honestly, not many were keepers. But good news! Vegan cheese has improved.

We recommend Chao cheese, as one good choice. Chao’s American or spicy version is good in a grilled cheese sandwich! Miyokos spreadable cheeses are also a great choice. (Miyoko Schinner has written an excellent cookbook with cheese recipes entitled, The Homemade Vegan Pantry.) Also, try the Follow Your Heart brand (probably our family’s favorite). They make wonderful smoked Gouda cheese and have an extensive line of various other flavors of cheese.  Another brand to try is Treeline. But wait, we can’t leave out Daiya. You can buy the popular Daiya brand at many grocery stores. Their mozzarella is often used in restaurants.

New cheese alternatives enter the market regularly now (yay!). If you haven’t enjoyed any of those yet, keep trying and sampling. They’re just getting better and better all the time! So don’t give up! Making homemade vegan cheese sauce is always a good idea, too.

The magic of making vegan cheese sauce

When looking at the ingredients for this vegan cheese-like sauce, I couldn’t believe it would remotely taste like cheese. If something doesn’t taste how I expect, I prefer to go without it. If it doesn’t taste good I’d rather go without it than eat it.

After suffering through many cheesy imitations, I decided to forget about it. Fuhgeddaboudit for all you Brooklynites.

Then, I tried again despite my stubborn decision to give up before for lack of an acceptable substitute.  That’s when the magic happened. I found this version of our favorite vegan cheese sauce on the PETA website. I want to give them credit for this spectacular recipe.  Everyone loves this cheese sauce.

My advice is to keep sampling. Keep on, keeping on with the quest.  And by all means, try this recipe.

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So good you will be tempted to drink it from the Big Guy mug!
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But you should probably put it on macaroni or something like that instead 😉

 XOXO

P.S. One of my favorite ways to enjoy this delicious vegan cheese yumminess is in my Quicky Quality Queso Sauce. You have to try it when the craving for nachos strikes! It’s our spicier version of cheese sauce.

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It would make a nice topping on Glorious Grilled Veggie Sandwiches

Grilled eggplant, zucchini, peppers and onions on chabatta bread
Grilled Veggie Sandwich

or “Extra Sloppy For Ya’s” Sloppy Joes, too!

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“extra sloppy for ya’s” sloppy joe sandwich

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Vegalicious Vegan Cheese Sauce

Creamy, versatile cheese-like sauce that works perfectly for macaroni and cheese, nachos, on baked potatoes, vegetables, tacos, enchiladas and so much more!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 2 cups
Course: appetizers, dinner, lunch, snacks
Cuisine: vegan
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup peeled and diced potato
  • 1/3 cup diced onion
  • 1/4 cup chopped carrot
  • 2 tablespoons chopped shallot if you don't have a shallot use more onions
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/3 cup vegan margarine/butter or vegetable oil like Earth Balance margarine
  • 1/4 cup raw cashews (soaked if not using high speed blender)
  • 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast optional
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 1/2 teaspoon mustard

Method
 

  1. Place chopped vegetables (potato, onion, carrot, and shallot) in a saucepan with 1 cup of water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to simmer, and cover the pan with a lid. Cook for 15 minutes. (Set your timer!)
  2. While vegetables are simmering, place the rest of the ingredients in a high-speed blender (like Vitamix). When the vegetables have cooked, add everything from the saucepan, including the cooking water, into the blender with the rest of the ingredients already in the blender. Blend everything on high speed for a couple of minutes until thoroughly blended. It can be stored in the fridge for about 2 weeks.