How to Make Vegan Cake | Interview and Cooking with Jen Shipley

bread crumbs

🥗Healthier: ground oats

💰Cheaper: crushed crackers

Ground oats add fiber and nutrients while crushed crackers can be more economical.

vegetable broth

🥗Healthier: homemade vegetable stock

💰Cheaper: water + seasoning

Homemade stock is healthier and more flavorful, while water with seasoning is cost-effective.

Prepare and set aside the lentils and rice.

Pulse together in a food processor the red bell pepper, mushrooms, red onion, garlic, sundried tomatoes, rolled oats, and pecans or walnuts until coarsely chopped.

Add the cooked rice and lentils to the mixture and pulse to mix until uniformly chopped but not mushy.

Press the mixture into a 9” cake pan lined with parchment paper and roast covered at 400° F for 60 minutes.

Turn off the oven and allow to cool.

Pulse together in a food processor the garlic, onion, and celery until coarsely chopped.

Sauté the onion mixture in veggie broth until lightly cooked, about 5 minutes, then add the cooked rice.

Pulse together in a food processor the apple, toasted pecans, pumpkin seeds, and fresh herbs until coarsely chopped.

Add this mixture to the rice and onion mixture and season with salt substitute to taste.

Prepare the winter squash by cutting it in half and roasting face down on a baking sheet at 400 °F, checking for doneness after 30 minutes.

Pulse together in a food processor the onion, celery, and sage until finely chopped, then scrape the flesh from the roasted squash and add to the mixture.

Pulse to combine and season with salt substitute to taste.

Cook the cranberries, orange juice, apple, and sweet cherries on the stovetop until bubbling and berries begin to pop, then pulse in a food processor until coarsely mixed.

Blend together the onion, dried mushrooms, garlic, salt substitute, balsamic vinegar, and water to create broth.

Reserve ½ cup of broth, pour the remainder into a saucepan and add sliced mushrooms, simmering until cooked, about 10 minutes.

Create a thickener by adding arrowroot powder to the reserved broth and blending well, then stir into the mushrooms until thickened.

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