This is the first recipe in what will hopefully become a regular series for me. Growing up, my mother frequently made beef stroganoff. It's easy, quick and delicious. Stroganoff is not a particularly attractive dish as the sauce is a bit like a thick gravy and some people may not like the taste and texture of egg noodles. But for me, it's comfort food, pure and simple, and I see no reason why vegetarians should refrain from comfort food now and then, especially as the weather starts to get a bit colder (well...cold for San Diego anyway).
Beef Stroganoff hails from Russia and was brought to America around the 1950s by way of Russian and Chinese immigrants (and to a lesser extent, US servicemen who were stationed in pre-Communist China). It has been modified quite a bit from it's original incarnation, but the basics facets still ring true: It's buttery, smooth, rich and warm. It's also a bit heavy, so those with health concerns might have trouble "lightening it up" but you can use light sour cream instead of the full fat stuff. All my recipe recommendations will be veggie friendly, and many of them will be meat dishes that I'll have you substitute some mock meat for the real meat.
For this dish, you'll want to look for Steak Strips from Morning Star Farms. Most of the major grocery stores out there carry them. Here in SoCal, you can find it most Vons and Albertsons. Ralphs are very hit and miss. Morning Star Farms is pretty aggressive about giving coupons upon check out, so if you buy one package now, you'll get a coupon for a discount on another one later.
Okay, here's the recipe:
http://www.recipezaar.com/73922
You'll follow the ingredients and preparation nearly verbatim. I usually prefer fresh mushrooms to canned (duh) and subbed in light sour cream to reduce the calories/fat. The wife is on Weight Watchers, so I love the nutritional info on recipezaar. I built a quick grease monkey script that displays the WW points for each dish (pre-substitution of course). If you'd like to use it, you'll need to use firefox. Download the grease monkey addon if you don't have it yet (and restart firefox). Then download my little weight watchers script (click the "install this script" button). Then go to any recipe page on recipezaar and you'll see a little red text next to the number of servings telling you how many WW points the dish is.
One other substitution you can make is the egg noodles. Vons, recently, has started carrying "yolk-less" egg noodles. The taste and texture is pretty darned similar to the regular noodles and they only cost a little more (and a bag of egg noodles goes a LONG way). Some variations also call for it to be served over rice, rather than noodles.
Beef Stroganoff hails from Russia and was brought to America around the 1950s by way of Russian and Chinese immigrants (and to a lesser extent, US servicemen who were stationed in pre-Communist China). It has been modified quite a bit from it's original incarnation, but the basics facets still ring true: It's buttery, smooth, rich and warm. It's also a bit heavy, so those with health concerns might have trouble "lightening it up" but you can use light sour cream instead of the full fat stuff. All my recipe recommendations will be veggie friendly, and many of them will be meat dishes that I'll have you substitute some mock meat for the real meat.
For this dish, you'll want to look for Steak Strips from Morning Star Farms. Most of the major grocery stores out there carry them. Here in SoCal, you can find it most Vons and Albertsons. Ralphs are very hit and miss. Morning Star Farms is pretty aggressive about giving coupons upon check out, so if you buy one package now, you'll get a coupon for a discount on another one later.
Okay, here's the recipe:
http://www.recipezaar.com/73922
You'll follow the ingredients and preparation nearly verbatim. I usually prefer fresh mushrooms to canned (duh) and subbed in light sour cream to reduce the calories/fat. The wife is on Weight Watchers, so I love the nutritional info on recipezaar. I built a quick grease monkey script that displays the WW points for each dish (pre-substitution of course). If you'd like to use it, you'll need to use firefox. Download the grease monkey addon if you don't have it yet (and restart firefox). Then download my little weight watchers script (click the "install this script" button). Then go to any recipe page on recipezaar and you'll see a little red text next to the number of servings telling you how many WW points the dish is.
One other substitution you can make is the egg noodles. Vons, recently, has started carrying "yolk-less" egg noodles. The taste and texture is pretty darned similar to the regular noodles and they only cost a little more (and a bag of egg noodles goes a LONG way). Some variations also call for it to be served over rice, rather than noodles.
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