Thanksgiving 2013: Green Bean Casserole

There are only six days until Thanksgiving; I’m already looking forward to getting together with my family and sharing this delicious recipe for green bean casserole.

I’m personally a big fan of this green bean casserole, which is really just a vegan-ized version of several different recipes that I’ve mixed together.

 I’ve made it in the past and can’t wait to make it again on Thanksgiving. (:

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Vegan Green Bean Casserole

Ingredients:

1 lb of green beans

1 cup of mushroom gravy (I’m using this brand)

3/4 cup of soy-milk

2 table spoons of olive oil

French’s French Fried Onions

Directions:

1. Snip off the ends of the green beans and snap them in half.

2. Boil the beans for 6 minutes and then, using a colander, drain them and run them under cold water (this will stop them from further cooking).

3. Mix together the mushroom gravy, soy-milk, and olive oil until blended.

4. In a medium sized casserole dish, place the green beans in the bottom and then pour the sauce over it.

5. Cover the top with the desired amount of fried onions and bake at 425* for 15 or 20 minutes, or until cooked throughout. 

A Vegan Review of Ruby Tuesday’s

So far it seems like all of the restaurants that I have showed you have ended up being fast food places. Today, I want to break this routine and talk about a nicer sit down restaurant.

A Vegan Review of Ruby Tuesday’s

Ruby Tuesday is probably most known for their salad bar, so it’s been a go to place for me to go out with my friends for quite a long time. Especially when I was in college because I could eat salad to my hearts content and my friends could order whatever non-vegan dish they wanted. It was a win-win.

Last week, on our date night, my boyfriend and I went out to Ruby Tuesfday’s beore going to see Thor. Which on a side note if you haven't seen yet, you should totally make plans to go, it was really good. 

This was my order: 

A Veggie Trio Combo, in which you can choose three sides, as well as soup or the salad bar. I choose the salad bar and for my sides; plain baked potato, steamed broccoli with no butter, and steamed green beans with no butter. 

This is my salad, dressed with oil and vinegar. I love the salad bar, because I can change up what I want every time I get a new  plate. 

This was my dinner plate, and my veggies were delicious. Though they did need some salt and pepper, since the seasoning they used was pre-mixed into the butter. 

These made for a great meal that I would totally recommend, keeping in mind that you could switch up the veggies if you so chose. :) 

Do you like Ruby Tuesday's? 

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