Recipes of The Week: Mashed Potato and Rockin’ Gravy!

This week’s recipe is from Angela Elliott who is just in time for the holiday season with a ‘not’ Mashed Potato and a Rockin’ Gravy! Free the turkeys and make this your healthiest Holiday season ever. Check out Angela Elliott’s Holiday recipe guide and enjoy your holiday favorites with a healthy new twist.

Mashed Potato

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Parsnips, peeled
• ½ cup Cashews, soaked
• 1½ cup filtered water
• 1 Tbs fresh lemon
• 1 tsp Garlic powder
• 1 tsp Himalayan Salt
• 1 tsp cold pressed, unflitered Olive Oil

Directions:
Place everything in a blender and process until smooth and creamy. Serve potatoes with gravy. Sprinkle potatoes with paprika for beauty and presentation.

Rockin’ Gravy

Ingredients:

• ¼ cup Nut butter
• ½ cup filtered water
• 1 tbs onion, minced
• 6 stalks Celery, minced
• 1 tsp garlic, minced
• 2 Tbs Namu Shoyu
• 4 Tbs finely chopped Crimini mushrooms
• powdered Flax (grind Flax in coffee grinder) to thicken gravy
• fresh black pepper

Directions:
Place all ingredients in a blender except for the 4 Tbs. of crimini mushrooms and powdered flax, and process until smooth. Transfer to a bowl and add chopped mushrooms and powdered flax until thick and gravy like. You can warm this in a dehydrator, if you have one, or in an oven on the lowest setting with the door open.

You can find more delicious recipes like this in Angela Elliott’s Alive in Five and The Simple Gourmet.