Recipe: Squash Casserole (Vegan, Oil-Free, Plant-Based)
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- Опубліковано 17 гру 2019
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Before we switched to a whole food, plant-based diet, one of our favorite holiday dishes was a squash casserole Brian’s mom used to make a lot. Although squash is one of the main ingredients, it was not exactly the most healthy dish. I thought it would be fun to try to recreate our own version and personally, I think it turned out great!
The casserole is topped with a stuffing/dressing, so of course we started out with a spice blend to replicate those flavors. We ended up with an amazing combination of poultry seasoning, thyme, sage, rosemary, marjoram, black pepper and nutmeg.
The most difficult part of this dish to re-create was definitely the “sauce.” The original recipe calls for cream of chicken soup and sour cream. We recently started experimenting with silken tofu, so we thought we’d give that a try. Along with the tofu, the final sauce includes red lentils and cashews to help thicken it, along with Better Than Bouillon for a really nice flavor. We like to make the sauce the day before and let it thicken up in the refrigerator over night. Just try not to eat all of it because this sauce is TASTY!
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Check out the blog post to get a printable recipe: bit.ly/KrockCasserole
Can you make the "soup" mix into a soup?
Hi there! Looks like a great recipe thanks for providing WFPB resources! Wanted to let you know that I can’t seem to get the printable version of the recipe by using the print button on the recipe. Any ideas? Thanks!
You two should make a cookbook. ♡
We want to. 😀
I'd buy it
@@thrashermomma1992Me too👍🏻😊
And add a section of things u can buy at a gas station when traveling and also include your weekly or monthly grocery shopping list.
I would totally buy it!
I made this for our Christmas dinner today. Every single omnivore at the table loved it! This is exactly what Whole Food Plant Based cooking should be. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this recipe and for sharing it with us.
So I would take that sauce and add in sauteed chopped mushrooms and pour over polenta or risotto. 😋
Thank you Brian and Jessuca. I so appreciate your genuineness and the love you have for each other. Happy Holidays, family!
I went from your Potato Overload video to present day. One thing I noticed was how healthy your skin is. Both of you.
Great job on this recipe. I’ll try it. Squash casserole is my favorite. You’re both an inspiration.
JESSICA YES, I CRACKED THE CODE ON MAKING VEGAN CHOWDERS taste and look just like dairy cream chowders! Cashews make the best sauces. I'm a vegan personal chef, have a current client, made a corn potato chowder today and added a sauce made from cashews, violife cheddar (about 1/2 cup to whole pot of soup, not too much), nutritional yeast, onion and garlic powder, black pepper and braggs aminos. It made this chowder exactly like a dairy cream soup. I've made lots of vegan chowders, but this was the first one that was exactly like a dairy chowder!
I love your shirt Jessica! It really shows off your weight loss. You both look so good ...and this recipe oh my!!! Cannot wait to make this.
I wonder if that secret sauce could help convert our SAD classic green bean casserole served around the holidays. Oh Peef, what do you think?
mommasday2 what a great idea!
I vote yes, perhaps with the addition of sautéed or roasted mushrooms!
Check out Well Your World for his plant-based green bean casserole which looks really good 😋
For sure! I think it sounds like a good base for many casseroles.
Just what I was thinking!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING THE INGREDIENTS WE NEED AND STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS AND SHOWING US WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO CAN NOT COOK THANK YOU SO MUCH
YOU 2 ARE FABULOUS
I am so mad that I'm just now finding your channel!! I am oil free plant based as well and your recipes are going to change my life!!
Scalloped potatoes is a favorite, I'm going to use your sauce and see how it turns out.
I was thinking the same thing. Scallop potatoes is my families favorite dish.
Yeah!
Holy Smokes! I adore Squasharole!!!!
Dear spice grinder: I know. I've missed you, too! Just been too lazy lately in the spices I've used in cooking. But the Krocks have brought us back together. Can't wait till we make that cool seasoning mix that will go into the squash casserole!
This comment actually made me laugh out loud. 😀
-Brian
@@KrocksInTheKitchen :)
Brian, when are you going to write a cookbook? Your recipes are delicious and REAL!
Someday! 😁
I like your substitute for cream of chicken soup! I will blend tofu and Forager Cashew yogurt, mushroom powder and your spice mix and make green bean and mushroom casserole for next Thanksgiving! Thanks Guys😀
Use that sauce ( cashew, tofu sauce) to make a Green Bean Casserole with french fried onions on top.
I love the childhood story, and how it's tied to a childhood memory, Brian!
Wow, you guys are rock stars! And we get to benefit from all your hard work and research. Thank you! You've really been an inspiration and great resource as we shift over to a WFPB diet. I really can't thank you enough for your channel.
Made this today for plant-based potluck! Very well received. Great job Krocks!!
You two are awesome! Thanks for creating such great recipes, and looking forward to a cookbook someday😊
I love squash, stuffing, and letting flavors marry overnight...Thanks for collaborating on this one!
Request- one day maybe do a batch cooking session that shares lots of prep, steps, and base recipes then branches out. For example, when my kids were little I would use 3 crockpots to make pastasauce, tomato soup, and chili all at once...
I need to start keeping silken tofu in the house, I use cashews all the time to make sauces. And I've used tofu to make 'cheese cake' and puddings. Definitely a good way of cutting the calories. Adding to my shopping list now! 👍
Jessica and Brian, this soup recipe could become the impossible burger of soups. I could see you partnering up with investors to make it available world-wide. Your channel has made a great change to many. Do you want to make an even bigger change to the planet?
I love the highly skilled finger pointing as you narrate!! 2 thumbs up!! Great video and recipe!
Yeah, it will be making an appearance in the future. 😀
This looks delish. I love Peef's Santa Suit...so cute. He he
Looks YUM! I'm gonna add some nutritional yeast to that sauce to make it cheezeh...mmmm. Made your chili 2 weeks ago and it was a big hit. Thank you! P.S. I don't cook...but now I cook thanks to you. Side note: Started a modified WFPB about 6 weeks ago and found you guys. Brian, you are soooo handsome and Jessica, you are simply beautiful! Thank you for what you do. ♡
Explain how u added the nutritional yeast, bc thts wht im lookn for a squash recipe w nutritional yeast
i came across your page several days ago. I have not yet tried your recipes, need to shop, but u have certainly planted a seed. this is almost like having a chef in the kitchen, except for the prep work. thanx for your videos. Peggy
I can't have the tofu but will swap it out with boiled potatoes. Looks great!
A separate video about just the sauce would be awesome!
We make WFPB cauliflower cheese for pretty much every special occasion we have. It is absolutely the bomb.
Brian, with the creamy "chicken" soup stuff could you make mushroom "stroganoff" with zoodles or butternut squash noodles?
This looks super yummy!! Love your creativity!! 😃
Spot on!!! We decided to make this for Christmas Eve dinner... We are only on the sauce so far and it came out so delicious that the whole family is licking the vita mix blender. Not sure it’s gonna make it on the casserole ha ha
This was always my favorite casserole and I thought I would never be able to recreate a healthy version. Thanks so much! I can’t wait to try your recipe.
I made this last night to serve at Christmas. That sauce is SO delicious. It totally reminds me of ye old Campbell’s Soup (I mean that as a compliment) that’s so often used for casseroles but is so unhealthy. Major kudos and thank you!
Thank you for being such an encouragement! You inspire! And this sounds yummy!
Made a version(real close) to your squash casserole. I replaced the cashews with chickpeas and added a few more seasonings. Turned out good. Thank you guys!
Absolutely LOVE your channel. Stumbled upon it last week and have watched so many videos.....and can I just say, those sweet band shirts do not go unnoticed 😍.
this just plain looks awesome, and i love the cream soup - that unlocks some other meals for me
The real revelation here is the WFPB cream sauce sub. That could be used for soooo many things. Thank you!
Tofu is not a whole food. It's processed beans.
I like your soup sub and will try it. We’ve been buying a mix on line to sub the soup in green bean casserole, so this might be nice. I altered our family recipes in steps. I started by removing butter. Stuffing butter was replaced with veggie broth and sweet potato casserole was easy I didn’t substitute the butter, just removed it, and I used a flax egg. My adult kids like both recipes better now. I also use dates for cranberry sauce now instead of sugar. Vegan mac and cheese is now the center of the meal instead of turkey or ham. It’s all very good.i will be making your casserole this weekend for everyone to try. Thanks!
You guys look awesome and so cheerful!!! You make me happy. ❤️
I plan to use both the sauce/soup and the seasoning mixture in several recipes. Thanks for doing the legwork guys!😊
HOORAY A RECIPE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING
Looks great. It’s the alternative process and sauces that are so important. They are transferable to other purposes too! Cashews are so helpful!
Y’all look so great, so healthy. Keep the awesome yummy recipes coming! Your squash casserole looks scrumptious!! Yep, I too remember the conventional squash casserole w/ all those ingredients you mentioned. Wouldn’t touch it these days for anything! Thanks for re-working & transforming that recipe!! 🌱👏🌱👏
My absolute favorite dish for holidays was baked mac n cheese. When we switched to plant-based, we make it now with Violife cheese, but I would love to find a whole-foods recipe that I love just as much. This dish, that you just made, looks amazing and I can't wait to try it! Thanks guys, for showing us the good stuff!
Great job, guys! Looks delicious!
Dangit! I had my holiday menu done and now I have to change it! Thanks a lot! 😉 Pretty sure that cream soup mix will become a staple!
you guys make great instruction videos. so nice and clear!
I would mix the RAW squash slices in just prior to the final bake...for the extra crunch. But you are definitely making me hungry!
Know I'm a bit late, but luv you guys- love what you're doing! Hope your holidays are wonderful, and you continue to inspire people while enjoying your lives! (Am old now, was overweight when young, had to find my own path to healthy eating, but you folks would have been a welcome asset!)
Merry Christmas, and may you continue to inspire! Bless you!
Just finished this tonight!!! A lot of work, but delish!!! Thank you so much!!!!
You both are such an inspiration! Thank you for posting this and for all the work you're doing, coming up with this and video and posting and responding - THANK YOU!
Very tasty - the family unit enjoyed this as did I tonight! Thanks for sharing!
You people are so inspiring. You are so generous with your recipes and so detailed in your methods. I am appreciative.
I will have to use soft tofu as the other is unavailable at Whole Foods in West Vancouver, B.C.
Thank you for doing all the research and work of the trial and error part of creating a recipe. I just started last week trying to figure out how to create a plant base "soup" for such things as casserole. I am going to make this soon. I need to wait to go to the grocery store until the " need" is there with the Corona issue going on at the present time. I will let you know how well it worked. Again, Thank You!
Wow that recipe!! I avoided this video as I didn’t think I would like squash casserole but you have changed my mind!! Can’t wait to try it!!!
Wow! Can hardly wait to make this.
I am so excited to try this! My mom makes this summer squash recipe and she altered it to cream of celery for when I became vegetarian but once I started eating WFPB I just thought there's no way. What an awesome surprise! If you can make the Swiss style green bean casserole vegan I'll just lose my mind 😍
yummm....reminds me of one I use to make layered with cheese and garlic powder. Glad to have a healthy version!
That looks amazing
I will definitely be using your “soup” to make a broccoli casserole. I sure wish Brian lived close so I could rent him out to remake some of my traditional holiday recipes! Happy Holidays!
I am a big soup fan. and I see all that delicious flavored water save for later, make soup! that's a good broth base.
Mmm... it does look cookbook worthy!
Making this for sure! Thanks!😊
FYI better than bullion also has a no-chicken bullion that is vegan as well. I can only get it on amazon, but it works.
It is time consuming and requires planning as you warned us. However it is super yummy. thanks for all your effort to perfect this recipe. I know how much time can be spent perfecting a new dish.
Love this! It looks great. Nice work.
That soup recipe can come in handy! I can easily see turning it into a crean of mushroom soup grinding up dried porcini mushrooms and using mushroom powder and seasoning blend. The technique is beautiful!! Thank you so much!!
Thank-you.--Been-looking-for-resipe-like-this-for-a-long-time.
Mac nuts would be the best dupe bc of their buttery flavor just like the original casserole. Good job!
Looks great!! Going to try it soon!
My mouth was watering watching you guys eat the casserole 😋😋😋😋
Cracker Barrel's hash brown casserole(add some nooch for the cheesy taste) or green bean casserole would work great with that sauce. You could add some mushrooms to the sauce after they have been cooked would be nice.
I'm drooling, I miss cracker barrel!
Martha Chandler Cracker Barrel’s hash brown casserole has cream of chicken in it. I was devastated when I found that out. Lol
That really looks good.
You know you are an adult when you have a favorite spatula!
All your recipes sound so good! Yum!!
Thank you very much! 😀
Yum!
I also just made your refried beans and mushroom powder is genius!
More along the lines of what I was looking for! Cool!
Can't wait to try this. Looks yummy😘
OMG, I'm loving the pointer finger!!!
I made and refrigerated the sauce so it will be ready to use tomorrow. Wow, that is some good stuff. I do think it would be good over green bean casserole as someone suggested. Thanks for sharing.
Looks like a perfect dish for Christmas this year, thanks! I'm still working on perfecting vegan pierogies, can't quite get the dough to come out how I want it to. Those are what I miss the most during the holidays.
Sauces are so awesome and versatile. I’m gonna be looking at this one. Thx@!
There is a reason the French put such a heavy focus on sauces. They are the keys to truly great cooking. 😀
Great I have a xmas potluck to go and I’m going to make this!
That looks delicious! I am gonna have to try this!!!
Please do! 😀
You guys are recipe translating, Refining Gurus! Will be trying this recipe ASAP
Looks like a tasty dish.
Silken tofu makes a great mousse (the firm
Silken type).
Your sauce with a change of the spices would make a great Alfredo sauce. Might be able to sub cannelini beans for the cashews if folks want to go nut free though the ratio would probably have to change.
Good job, Krocks! 👍🏻🥗❤️
Yum! This will be on my thanksgiving menu! I might add the gluten free stuffing I make on top. Worth it! Thank you!
Sour cream is definitely a whole food. Interesting how plant based eaters - a lot of them - don't look very healthy. Since moving to Keto and then to Carnivore, I feel like I am 30 and I am 57. I have 8 autoimmune diseases and have been miserable most of my life. Carnivore has saved my life. Thankful I found it. Takes me 10 minutes to make a meal. I am almost at goal from 250 pounds. I am pain free. I am impressed at what you both have done, but am wondering how you FEEL and if your weight loss has stalled.
Making for Christmas dinner😍
Yeah, that's what we were thinking.
Brian and Jessica, I just made your casserole and it was The Bomb! The sauce is amazing.
Instead of boiling the squash, I roasted it and the onions in the air-fryer. I also added some Quorn Beefless Crumbles, to give it a quasi meaty texture. Family said it tasted like all the flavors of THanksgiving in one pan. Thank you for the amazing recipe! Looking forward to seeing what other ideas you come up with for this sauce.
That sounds great! I bet roasting made a big difference in flavor. I will have to try that. 😀
I make a Veg based Lasagna layered with prepped (precooked and drained eggplant and zucchini) in place of pasta. Sauce starts the pan as a light coating. Then, my layers are alternated noodle with finely diced cooked and drained potato, carrot, what veg have you layer. Sprinkle layers with veg Parm (ground cashew, seasoned breadcrumbs nutritional yeast) cheeze. "Noodle" then a light sauce layer. Another layer of cooked mushrooms, onion, garlic drained. Repeat layers until the pan is almost full. Alternative layers- tofu ricotta ) mashed tofu with minced parsley and a bit of garlic powder. Seitan or vegan crumble work for layers, too. My top layer is usually seeded tomato slices alternated with sliced vegan cheese.
I would sauté the veggies and use the liquid for the stuffing. The soup hack is amazing I can think of so many ways to use it.
Yeah, the soup was the real star of this video. 😀
This sounds amazing! I recently made a casserole of dressing and was wondering what I could do to make it more of an entree -- and here come you two with your clever plant-based brains. I'm SO making this dish for Christmas potluck. That sauce/soup, with the addition of mushrooms, might turn 'zoodles' into an amazing stroganoff. I will probably play around with that in January. (Where would we be without our Vitamix?) Happy Holidays to you, the puppies, and Peef. Cheers!
Yummy making for Thanksgiving.
Okay I NEED to make this - looks so cozy
It is! 😀