Breakfast Casserole (WFPB, vegan, GF)

Sometimes the amount of veggies in the fridge are in abundance and need to be used before they go bad, usually during the 6 months of the year where we pick up a bounty of local produce from our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) share. It’s a great problem to have, too much food!  My spouse came up with a recipe for a casserole to save the veggies.  It’s a good one to do on a weekend when you have more time for cooking and reheats well through the week.  Top it with salsa, hot sauce, microgreens, or plant-based queso.  Great for breakfast or anytime.

For the fridge veggies, we had parsnips, mushrooms, cooked beans and greens that needed to get used this time.  Roast your potatoes and sauté your veggies separately before layering into the casserole dish.  

Ingredients

Eggy Filling (cut the egg filling in half if you prefer less, it's great either way):

2 packages organic tofu, extra firm (drained)

½ cup nutritional yeast

2 cups aquafaba*

½ tsp liquid smoke

2 tsp black salt (kala namak)

1 tsp turmeric

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

Veggie layer:

2 lbs potatoes, cubed, steamed

1 lb mushrooms, cooked

1-2 onions, cooked

1 bag kale, frozen 

Or whatever veggie combination you like!

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 425°. Cook veggies.  Blend eggy filling ingredients in a blender until smooth.  Layer in a 9x13 casserole dish in order: 1) potato, 2) ½ egg mixture, 3) pre-cooked veggies, then 4) remaining ½ of egg mixture.  Bake uncovered for 45 minutes.  Let stand for 5 min, slice, and top with your favorite toppings.  

*Aquafaba is garbanzo bean broth found by saving the liquid from canned garbanzo beans or by making your own.  Making your own is very easy but the secret is to use kombu.  My favorite aquafaba recipe comes from Aquafaba by Zsu Denver.  If you use canned bean liquid make sure it’s salt and BPA free.  

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