Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes with Vegan Mushroom Gravy
Mashed potatoes have been a table staple for as long as I can remember! There's no need to stick to the same, butter-laden, bland mash your grandma forced you to eat growing up!
These Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes go perfectly with a savory vegan Mushroom Gravy
Ingredients
For the Mash
- 1 bulb of garlic
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4-5 medium yukon gold potatoes cubed
- 1/2 medium cauliflower roughly chopped
- 2 tablespoons vegan butter
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Nutritional yeast to taste (optional)
For the Gravy
- 2 shallots diced
- 1/2 yellow onion diced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 portabello caps diced
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- 1 tbsp fresh rosemary chopped
- 1-2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 cup vegetable broth preferably low-sodium
- 1 1/2 tablespoons tamari
- 2 sprigs of fresh rosemary optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400ºF
- Cut the top off of the garlic bulb, pour olive oil to coat, wrap in foil, and bake for 40 minutes to roast
- While the garlic is roasting, go ahead and bring a large pot of water to a boil
- Add potatoes and cauliflower and boil, uncovered, for 20 minutes, until soft
- Drain the veggies, mash, and incorporate other mash ingredients (including the roasted garlic cloves)
For the Homemade Gravy
- Sauté the onion and shallots in the oil until translucent
- Add mushrooms and chopped rosemary
- Cook until mushrooms are fragrant and shrink a bit
- Sprinkle the flour on top of the mixture
- Immediately add the broth and tamari, stirring to incorporate evenly
- Add the extra sprigs of rosemary for extra flavor infusion (optional)
- Simmer on medium heat until thickened (5-7 minutes), stirring frequently
- If it doesn't seem to be thickening, add a tad bit of flour. If it thickens too much, add a bit of vegetable stock
- Remember to remove the whole rosemary before serving!
Notes
Store gravy separate from mashed potatoes, both wrapped tightly in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
The more accustomed to the flavor you become, the more you can experiment with the potato to cauliflower to ratio! You could even use 100% cauliflower if you wanted ;)
The more accustomed to the flavor you become, the more you can experiment with the potato to cauliflower to ratio! You could even use 100% cauliflower if you wanted ;)