Vegan Nut Loaf with Vegan Country Gravy

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Vegan Nut Loaf must be the definition of comfort food! Savory seasoned with basil, sage, marjoram, and thyme, its rich, textured, and yearns for Vegan Country Gravy. 

Autumn always inspires us to make our favorite Vegan Nut Loaf. Over the years we've experimented with various Nut Loaf recipes for the US Thanksgiving holiday and this one is our favorite! 

Some Vegan Nut Loaf fall apart, but not this one! It holds its shape while still being moist thanks to the ground flax seeds that serve as a superfood biding agent. 

We do like to serve our Vegan Nut Loaf with a side of bread stuffing because we're so fond of stuffing. However, this recipe contains finely chopped bread and can satisfy your taste buds as both a nut loaf and stuffing.

It's an incredibly nutritious Vegan Nut Loaf, giving you heaps of protein, fiber, calcium, and iron. 

We use three kinds of nuts in it for a variety of flavor and texture:

1. Cashews because they're creamy,
2. Walnuts for their savory flavor that blends so well with the herbs in the recipe, and
3. Brazil nuts for their texture and high levels of selenium.

Feel free to substitute for your favorite nuts or alter the ratios to your liking. Pecans and Chestnuts would be great to add too!

Sauté the onions, celery, garlic, and mushrooms. 

Chop the nuts and mix with breadcrumbs, nutritional yeast, ground flax seeds, and parsley. 

Add remaining ingredients and bake! 

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Vegan Nut Loaf with Vegan Country Gravy Recipe

Prep

• 40 minutes prep, 40 minutes bake time
• Serves 8
• Suggested equipment: sharp knife, large bread pan, mixing bowl, sauté pan, optional blender or food processor

Ingredients

• 1 large onion, chopped fine
• 3 cloves minced garlic
• 1 cup celery, chopped small
• 2 cups finely chopped mushrooms of your choice
• ½ cup red wine or sherry
• 1 Tbsp Yondu Umami Sauce (optional)
• ¼ tsp red pepper
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• 1 tsp dried marjoram
• 1 tsp dried basil
• 1 tsp dried sage
• 1 cup finely chopped walnuts
• 1 1/2 cups finely chopped cashew nuts
• ½ cup finely chopped Brazil Nuts
• *you can also use nuts of your choice
• 1 1/2 cups day-old bread cut into tiny cubes (5mm)
• 3 Tbsp nutritional yeast
• 3 Tbsp ground flax seeds
• ½ cup chopped fresh parsley
• ½-1 cup of vegetable broth
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F.

1. Sauté the onion and celery in oil, or a bit of water, over medium heat until it softens, 5 minutes or so. Add garlic and mushrooms. Stir occasionally. When onions are translucent add the wine, optional Yondu Umami Sauce, and herbs. Cook until the wine is absorbed. It should be moist, but not wet.
2. Finely chop or use a food processor or blender to finely chop all the nuts. Place them in a mixing bowl with the breadcrumbs, nutritional yeast, ground flax seeds, and fresh parsley.
3. Mix the herbed onion mixture into the nut mixture. Add ½ cup of vegetable broth and stir. It should feel slightly sticky and start to hold together in clumps. Add more broth if needed. Add salt and pepper to taste.
4. Oil a large bread pan. Line with parchment paper. Fill the pan with the nut loaf mixture, tapping and pressing to ensure there are no air bubbles.
5. Decorate the top with additional mushrooms, nuts, or herbs.
6. Bake for 40 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool for 10 minutes. Lift the loaf out by holding the sides of the parchment paper. Slice and serve with Vegan Country Gravy and Tart Cranberry Sauce.

Chef's Notes 

If you’re making Vegan Country Gravy to accompany this Vegan Nut Loaf, you can save time by chopping the garlic, onions, and mushrooms for both recipes at the same time. The Vegan Country Gravy calls for:

• 3-6 cloves minced garlic
• 1/3 cup chopped onions
• ½ cup chopped mushrooms

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Written by Your Vegan Family 

Stacy and Markus live an adventurous vegan lifestyle and write articles about their experiences cooking global vegan cuisine, creating businesses, raising vegan kids, and traveling through more than 65 countries. They earned degrees in molecular biology and acupuncture, consulted over decades for healthcare companies and individuals, created businesses in Asian medicine, eco-tourism, cultural immersion, and taught yoga in myriad venues.

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Vegan Nut Loaf with Vegan Country Gravy Recipe Grocery List: 

• onion
• garlic cloves
• celery
• mushrooms
• fresh parsley
• red wine or sherry
• Yondu Umami Sauce
• red pepper
• dried thyme
• dried marjoram
• dried basil
• dried sage
• walnuts
• cashew nuts
• Brazil Nuts
• bread
• nutritional yeast
• ground flax seeds
• vegetable broth
• salt
• pepper

Vegan Nut Loaf with Vegan Country Gravy Recipe Nutritional Analysis

The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutritional calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice. When exact ingredients are not available in this database, the closest substitution is made. 

Percentages are based on a 2,000 calorie daily diet for an adult. 

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