Comments on: Vegan Slow Cooker Cassoulet

By: Kathy Hester

Kathy Hester — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:02:16 +0000

Light life is a brand that makes a Vegan sausage caller gimme lean. There are no animal ingredients in it at all.

Also calling for chicken seitan is just to get a lighter color and usually it is flavored with nutritional yeast not any meat ingredient. Also if you are new to meatless eating you may not know that seitan is made out of wheat gluten. While it has a texture closer to meat it is completely vegan.

If you are not a fan of these products you could add extra beans in place. I would also add nutritional yeast and a bit of sausage spices to keep the broth rich.

I hope this helps!

By: SusanV (admin)

SusanV (admin) — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:17:09 +0000

There are absolutely no animal ingredients in this recipe. The “sausage” and “chicken” you mention are meat substitutes, as clearly stated. It’s completely vegan, as are all the recipes on this site.

By: Monica

Monica — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:04:40 +0000

Sausage and chicken are not vegan…might need a name change here. Highly disappointed, came here for vegan recipes.

By: vegangoddess

vegangoddess — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:46:09 +0000

Thanks for the recipe geekypoet!

I used 1/2 teaspoon rosemary and 1 teaspoon thyme and I think it was a little too much of both (for my taste). I also added mushrooms and a little garlic to this recipe because I use garlic in everything, and only the Gimme Lean Sausage without the chicken smart strips. Overall it turned out well!

By: doemora

doemora — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 04:19:29 +0000

how much rosemary (dried) if a sprig is not handy?

By: RichardPDX

RichardPDX — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:09:39 +0000

SGriffe,

I am fortunate to live in Portland, Oregon but here are two good sources. They provide details about their products.

Bob’s Red Mill is sold in many places but I am just down the street from the store. There catalog is a great source – lots of details,etc.

Penzeys Spice, I believe was originally just a mail order company. Again, luckily several stores were opened in Portland. There catalog is a great source as well.

http://www.penzeys.com/

BTW…I am new to Vegan and Vegetarian cooking – just six months. One thing I have learned is not to try to convert my old recipes to vegan or vegetarian cooking. Experience new recipes and let you taste buds savor the new found flavor.

Richard

By: geekypoet

geekypoet — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:30:19 +0000

Sgriffe,

In my recipes you can always just substitute what you have on hand. Herbs de Provence is traditionally a blend of thyme, rosemary, fennel seeds, savory, and food grade lavender.

This recipe will still taste good if you just use thyme and rosemary. Also I get most of my spice blends on line which makes it easier to get what you need. I order mine from My Spice Sage and they have free shipping on all orders in the US.

You can find some recipes for an Herbs de Provence blend here. They contain different spices and some have more herbs than others.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/herbs-de-provence-recipe/index.html

http://www.food.com/recipe/herbes-de-provence-162668

http://www.theepicentre.com/Spices/herbesdeprovence.html

Let me know what you decide to use and how it turns out.

By: sgriffe

sgriffe — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 12:59:33 +0000

I’m new to this and I’m having a hard time making some of these recipes because people assume that everyone knows what some of these ingredients are. What is Herbs de Provence? I am googling most of the ones I don’t know but if you live in a small town many smaller grocery stores don’t carry these items and we have no speciality stores.