Vegan Food for Husbands
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The husband came home from California last Monday. It was the first actual vegan meal he had the pleasure of sitting down to since being out of town with work and holy bananas, I was nervous. It’s one thing to talk your kids into believing the chick’n nuggets sitting on their lunch plates do not actually taste different than those grisly ones you buy from the fast food marts, but a grown-arse man with tastebuds and meat-eating preferences? Well, that was entirely another ball game.
I stood in Whole Foods, stock still, paralyzed by indecision, sweating organic bullets of sweat. What to feed this hairy man-beast of mine?
The answer came in the form of the classic testosterone-inspired food combo: meat and potatoes. I knew that starting with potatoes was a great start. Adding vegan sausage could work. There were enough spices in the stuff to mask any slightly kooky flavor that might otherwise be a turn-off.
Asparagus. My man loves him some asparagus, so I tossed that in there, too. It was like batting my eyelashes with Smashbox mascara. You know, the good stuff that stays on nicely even when you cry. Helloooooo boyyyyyys.
The end result? An irresistibly simple meal that fills you heart and marrow. Just the sort of vegan meal that will make a covert out of even the most finicky meat-lovin’ men.
Well, that and real time eyelash batting. And maybe a sneak peek at the cleave.
Hey. A vegan girls gotta do what a vegan girls gotta do.
Holy Simple! Sausage & Potato Bake
Yield: 6 servings
Prep Time: 10
Cook Time: 35
Total Time: 45 minutes
When you need an elegant, hearty meal fast, this recipe delivers big time. Full of flavor, with a stunning presentation, crispy oven fried potatoes get tossed with vegan Italian Sausage and asparagus in this one-dish wonder that even meat eaters will adore.
Ingredients:
1/2 red onion
2 pounds fingerling potatoes or red potatoes
1 bunch asparagus
1/3 olive oil
4 Tofurky Italian Sausage (I like Tofurkey brand)
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
salt & pepper
1/4 cup fresh chopped Italian parsley
3/4 cup tofu sour cream
1/2 teaspoon Srichacha
1 teaspoon ketchup
1/2 teaspoon paprikaDirections:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Slice the onion into large chunks, and cut each fingerling potato down the center. Toss the onion and potato on a large, parchment-lined baking sheet. Drizzle with half of the olive oil, salt and pepper. Place in preheated oven and bake for 20 minutes.
Cut the Italian Sausage and asparagus into 2" pieces. Remove the baking sheet from the oven (careful! it's hot!) Then, toss the sausage and aspargus onto your baking sheet and return the oven for an additional 15 minutes.
In a small bowl, mix together the vegan sour cream, Srichacha, ketchup, and paprika.Transfer potato & sausage mixture onto a large serving platter. Top with fresh chopped parsley. Serve with flavored sour cream and enjoy!
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Cumorah on April 10, 2012 at 10:30 pm
A sneak peak at the cleave. It can solve almost anything can’t it? If it can turn a meat lovin’ man into a vegan, who’s to say it couldn’t bring about world peace? Maybe if we all just shimmied at exactly the same time…
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Connie on April 11, 2012 at 9:19 am
:-) Yes, batting luscious lashes and cleavage always does the trick! Sadly, I doubt these tactics would work if I tried to feed my husband some soy sausage. But, it is worth a try! Great story.
rose on April 11, 2012 at 2:50 pm
I love your stories.
Di on April 11, 2012 at 10:46 pm
have you tried Field Roast sausages? the Apple Sage sausage is soooo good!!
anna on April 12, 2012 at 10:12 pm
so tell me true. fake sausage. worth it? i go back and forth on being vegetarian (and occasionally vegan) but i usually try to stay away from the stuff that is just weirdo versions of non-vegetarian food. fake cheese, fake meat, fake bacon, etc. mostly since i took a look at the ingredients list on a pack of boca burgers and it was like, a foot long. i sorta felt like it wasn’t much better than the real thing. it certainly wasn’t less processed.
all this to say…is there a brand of veg sausage that isn’t as or almost as terrible for you as the meat? and where can i find such a brand? for i too have a hairy man beast to feed, and his hairy man beast child.
Brooke replied: — April 17th, 2012 @ 10:07 am
Anna, I’m all on board with you here. But the fake Tofutti sausage, as a rare treat, is really quite nice. My husband said the first bite seemed to have a slightly unique flavor, but all of the rest of the meal (and the spices in the sausage) made up for that. I think this is a good sign. ;)
Sarah on April 13, 2012 at 1:59 pm
“the cleave,” hahahaha
Skye on April 17, 2012 at 11:55 am
Like Di, I want to suggest Field Roast sausages for anyone wary of too many ingredients and overly processed vegan sausage. Field Roast products are made of wheat protein and have non-creepy ingredient lists, plus they taste pretty good!