" P outine is a typical Canadian dish (originally from Quebec ), made with French fries , topped with brown gravy and curd cheese ."— Wikipedia N utritionists worldwide may be screaming in horror that poutine has captured the world by storm but, proud Canadian that I am, I'm shouting, "Yippee!" To be sure, vegetarians are reputed to eat more along the lines of tofu, broccoli and brown rice but an occasional poutine won't kill us. In fact, fast-food poutine makes quite a comforting indulgence! Did you know that poutine gravy, which is generally made from a mix, is vegetarian? Valerie of McCormick Canada Inc. confirmed to me by phone that Club House Brown Gravy Mix contains no meat products. Silly to write out a recipe. All you do is sprinkle French fries with cheese curds then pour brown gravy over top. For a vegan version, crumble vegan feta on French fries then pour vegan brown gravy over top (Bisto Instant Gravy...
What a delicious start to the day! And it sounds like spring has finally arrived:)
ReplyDeleteHi Sara! Yup, and French Banana Toast is quite healthy too. One portion fruit, two portions grain, one portion protein. Sure beats what I had for breakfast this morning. A glass of milk and a stick of chocolate with hazelnuts. Don't tell anyone...
DeleteWhile this post is up, I expect the flowers to behave exactly as I described in my post above. I see some blue but I wouldn't describe my view as a carpet just yet. I sense the Academy Awards of spring are just around the corner.
Great recipe. ALways love french toast
ReplyDeleteI am happy to have you nominated for the Liebster Award. For more check here http://goodeatstostyle.blogspot.com/2013/04/my-first-award-liebster-award.html
Dear Megha, I'm honoured that you nominated Vegetarian Detective for the Liebster Award. Thank you very much. Only thing is, in the post just before this one you'll see that I have accepted once already. Don't think it's something I can do twice but I sure appreciate the thought!
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