VEGAN LOW FAT BISCUITS AND GRAVY TO THE RESCUE!
This recipe is so good and so much better for everyone involved. Now I wouldn't go so far as to call it a "health food" as it does use a lot of processed ingredients but it is BY FAR better for you then the original! We replaced the animal flesh with Gimme Lean vegan sausage, the butter and milk in the biscuits with cooked potato and unsweetened soy milk, and the milk in the gravy with soy milk as well.
It is thick, creamy and delicious with beautiful fluffy biscuits, I just can't get enough! Even if you aren't vegan, this alternative is a great way to eat what you love and not suffer the consequences, My omnivore husband approves!
Biscuit ingredients
2 cups white or whole wheat flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp garlic powder (optional)
1 tsp onion powder (optional)
1 Tbsp sugar (optional)
1 cup cooked, peeled, mashed potatoes
1 cup soy milk
Directions
Mix flour, baking powder and seasonings until combined. Add in the potato and use a pastry cutter until mixture forms fine crumbles. Then add the soy milk and combine with wooden spoon. Turn out onto a floured surface and add extra flour if dough is still sticky. Pat out to about 1/2 inch thickness but be careful not to over work the dough, the lest amount of tampering will result in the fluffiest biscuits. Use a biscuit cutter or a glass and cut out biscuits. Place on baking sheet lined with parchment paper. You should get around six biscuits, it will just depend on the size biscuits you cut out. Preheat oven to 400 F and bake for 15-20 min
Gravy Ingredients
1 package Gimme Lean vegan sausage or any vegan sausage alternative of your choice.
1/4 cup white or whole wheat flour
2 cups soy milk
1 tsp salt
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp pepper
Directions
Cook package of vegan sausage until warmed through and crumble with spatula. You may have to add about a 1/4 cup water to the pan to keep the sausage from sticking because there is no fat or grease like traditional sausage. Once the vegan sausage is hot and crumbled, sprinkle the flour evenly over sausage and mix thoroughly. Once sausage is completely coated, slowly add the soy milk and mix together. Turn to medium heat and add seasonings (taste along the way and add more if desired) stirring occasionally until desired thickness. Keep in mind that gravy continues to thicken after the heat is turned off.
Biscuits and Gravy directions
Split open a biscuit and lather with gravy!!!!
