Almond Milk Tomato Risotto With Baked Sweet Potatoes

Risotto is a creamy rice dish cooked with broth and served hot. Now you will ask me how that is possible being a vegan. But I can say my vegan version is as good if not better than the one loaded with animal fat and cruelty. 

Tomato Risotto Method

1. Heat a pan heat oil and add some butter.
2. Now add the onions and fry for a minute, to this add grated garlic.
3. Fry for a bit making sure it doesn't brown.
4. Then add your washed rice to it.
5. Add the stock and keep stirring. Gradually add some Almond milk and stir again.
6. Add the cube of veg stock. Mix well. Also, add nutritional yeast.
7. Keep adding stock and almond milk alternatively making sure you keep stirring. This might take a while.
8. When the risotto is cooked. Plate it and serve it with mushrooms and baked sweet potato (method below).

For the Sweet Potatoes:

 2 large Sweet Potatoes washed thoroughly and sliced. 

Salt  and pepper to taste

1 tsp Olive oil

1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees centigrade before you begin.
2. Make sure the sweet potatoes are thoroughly washed and sliced into 1 cm thick slices.
3. Toss the slices with salt, pepper and oil and arrange them in a baking tray.
4. Now, bake it for 15 minutes on one side and for 5 minutes on the other side. 

Image courtesy Mahafrine Powell

For the Portobello Mushroom side

Ingredients:

2 Portobello mushrooms

2 Tsp Coconut cream:2 tablespoons 

3 Vegan Parmesan cheese: 3 tablespoons 

Salt and pepper to taste

1 tsp White wine vinegar: 1 teaspoon 

Method:

1Clean and cut the mushrooms. In a pan heat oil/ butter add a spoon of garlic and then toss in the mushrooms.
2. A the coconut cream and the seasoning. Let it reduce a bit.
3. Now add a little white wine vinegar and further cook for a minute and keep aside.

Tips: 

You can use kitchen scraps, like peels of potato, carrot, onion, leeks, celery to make a broth. Wash them thoroughly and then boil it in water. 

Best served right out of the pan.