This recipe is a must every Christmas in our home. The recipe is featured in all it’s glory in my book Epic Vegan. You can also get a pizza dough from scratch in that book, but never fret, store bought vegan pizza dough works just fine! Impress your friends and family with this over the holidays. It’s creamy and cheesy on the inside with a crispy buttery crust, you can’t go wrong!
Festive Cheesy Spinach Bread from Epic Vegan
1/2 cup (68 g) raw cashews, soaked in water overnight or boiled for 10 minutes and drained
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons (88 ml) water
2 tablespoons (10 g) nutritional yeast
2 teaspoons (10 ml) lemon juice
1 clove garlic
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 cup (58 g) vegan cheddar shreds
1/4 cup (20 g) packed frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
1 batch Pizza Dough, divided, enough for 1 pizza (store bought or homemade from Epic Vegan)
2 tablespoons (42 g) vegan butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
Maldon or coarse sea salt (optional)
Marinara, for dipping
Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C, or gas mark 6). Line a large baking sheet (13 x 18 inches [33 x 46 cm] or larger) with parchment paper.
In a high-speed blender, combine the cashews, water, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, garlic, onion powder, and salt. Blend until creamy and smooth, 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer to a bowl, and stir in the cheese and spinach. Set aside.
Take the parchment from the baking sheet and lay it on a flat surface. Roll out the pizza dough to a 10 x 12-inch (26 x 30-cm) rectangle on the parchment paper. With a pizza cutter or sharp knife, cut the dough into the shape of a tree with the tip at the top; keep the excess dough where it lays—don’t gather it or remove it from the parchment. Carefully transfer the parchment paper with the dough on it back to the baking sheet. Spread the spinach mixture over the tree part of the dough, leaving a 1/2-inch (1-cm) border all around the tree dough. Flip the 2 pieces of dough that were cut off from the sides, so that the bottom points are now up top, and lay the pieces over the filling to match the shape of the tree and cover the filling. Pinch the 2 pieces of the top layer of dough together in the middle and pinch all sides of the dough together to close in the filling. Cut 7 lines, through to the bottom, from either side of the dough toward the middle of the tree, being careful to leave the dough connected in the middle; there will be 8 “tree branches” on each side. Twist each branch toward the bottom one time. Bake for 20 to 22 minutes, or until crispy and golden brown. While it’s baking, mix together the butter, garlic powder, and Italian seasoning.
When the bread is done, remove from the oven and immediately brush with the butter mixture. Sprinkle with coarse salt, if desired. Serve warm with the marinara.
TVP & Bulgur Ukrainian Stuffed Cabbage (Holubtsi) "Ukrainian stuffed cabbage rolls with soy mince (TVP), bulgur wheat and tomato sauce. I make my cabbage rolls with soy meat and bulgur instead of rice, because, in my opinion, bulgur wheat gives much more deeper flavor to the dish."
A classic dish to make during Christmas, these Ukraniian cabbage rolls are delicious, nutritious, and very comforting. If you wish to make this gluten-free, substitute the bulgur wheat for rice. If you wish to make this recipe soy-free, substitute the TVP for mushrooms, which is the traditional vegetarian option for stuffed cabbage and is also very delicious.
Recipe by The Slavic Vegan, who veganizes classic dishes found in Eastern Europe and especially in Ukraine.
Hello frenes, i have made a poppy seed cake that's vegan and gluten free. I do it rather often and it always works out well for me :)
I base it on a polish recipe I found that i made to be gluten free but I assume many people don't speak polish and are missing out so I decided to post
The ingredient list
2 cups of flour ( i use 1.5 of some gf mix and half a cup of millet flour but it worked with other ones too, it's just cheaper to do it that way for me and works out :))
2 cups of soy milk or any other vegan milk ( soy however has more texture than for example almond, and we did it with water before but the results aren't as good )
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of groud poppy seeds
1/2 cup oil
1 cup ground or cut up walnuts
1 package of vanilla sugar ( you could add less for sure but I just can't be bothered to keep it and do the whole thing )
2 teaspoons or so of baking powder and a pinch of salt
You could add 0.5 cup of cut up raisons but my friend didn't like them so we didn't use them this time
It's pretty simple really, i mix all the ingredients without the nuts and raisons ( because otherwise you won't get it to be smooth ) and once it is smooth you add the nuts and whatnot (some people like to add some candied orange skins but I usually just don't have any)
It should be like a thicker pancake texture, if it's thin try adding a little more flour.
The batter has to sit for around 15-20 minutes as the poppy seeds kind of expand a tiny bit ( this is a good time to set the oven to 180°) and then you're good to go
Keep in mind that the baking time will differ based on the oven and size of the cake form. This one took around 90 minutes but when I use smaller forms it takes around 50-55 minutes. I use a toothpick type thing to poke the middle and check if it's cooked (if it sticks to it it isn't)
We also put some sugar and more walnuts on top so it would have a little hard top from the sugar ^^
Make sure to cool the cake for 20-25 minutes so you can cut it nicely without it falling apart or falling down.
Smacznego frenes, it's a nice Christmas cake that we bake all year round as it's easy and it works :))
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