Savory Veggie Casserole

SpunkyGenius's Note:

Found this online (original recipe here: http://www.genericdomain.net/--ddl/recipes/tempeh-casserole.html) and modified the recipe somewhat. Feel free to substitute out some spices or veggies. I actually haven't made this with tempeh, used a bag of partially-defrosted quorn tenders instead. Delicious!

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 25 mins
• Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 1 cup red wine
• ¼ cup olive oil
• ¼ cup low sodium soy sauce (I use tamari)
• 2 teaspoons hot sauce
• ½ teaspoon ground cumin
• ½ teaspoon ground coriander
• ½ teaspoon thyme
• 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
• 1 teaspoon nutritional yeast
• ½ teaspoon rosemary
• black pepper
• 1 (8 ounce) package tempeh , diced (or use another meat substitute of your choice)
• 6 garlic cloves , minced (or to taste)
• 2 shallots , minced
• ½ cup mushroom , sliced
• 1 head cauliflower , chopped
• 1 head broccoli , chopped
• 1 medium zucchini , diced
• 1 large tomato , diced
• 1 ½ cups cheese (I used a mix of cheddar and jarlsburg...use whatever you have on hand, or soy cheese if vegan)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Whisk together marinade ingredients (red wine, tamari, hot sauce, spices).
3. Add tempeh, garlic, and musrooms to marinade. Turn mixture into casserole dish (mine is 9x13). The pieces should be evenly distributed and about half-covered by marinade. Spoon out any excess marinade and combine with chopped veggies.
4. Cover baking dish with foil and bake for 10 minutes.
5. Mix broccoli, cauliflower, and zucchini (or whatever vegetables you're using) with reserved marinade.
6. Add veggies and extra marinade to casserole. Distribute evenly, recover with foil, and bake for 15 minutes.
7. After 15 minutes, veggies should be just starting to get soft.
8. Sprinkle half the cheese over veggies, top with chopped tomatoes, and top with remaining cheese.
9. Recover and bake 10 more minutes.
10. Enjoy with crusty bread, rice or couscous.

Reviews

[Jeannette 108]

This is a delish recipe. However I doubled the cheese and subbed out veggie broth for wine as I don't drink wine. I also marinated the tempeh for an hour for extra yumminess. I actually have a hard time understanding the point of marinating anything for under an hour. I highly recommend this recipe to anyone seeking a delish and easy to prepare dinner.

[Pixel Pixie]

This was my first exposure to tempeh, and I was pleasantly surprised. I used vegetarian beef-flavored broth for the marinade and threw in some carrots. In the future, I'd use something other than cauliflower (maybe eggplant), or use a smaller amount. Also, I might throw in some sunflower seeds or nuts thrown in for a crunch. Thanks for exposing me to tempeh, even my non-vegetarian husband liked it!

[Chef #447826]

Nutritious, delicious, easy, and used ingredients I had on hand for a wonderful weeknight one-dish meal served with a wedge of skillet cornbread. I used a 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes and green chilies instead of the hot sauce and diced fresh tomato and added it with the wine, oil and soy sauce. Halved all the other ingredients (except tempeh) to make 4 servings and used white wine instead of red (had a bottle of white open). Next time I think that I will brown the tempeh in a little olive oil before adding to the wine, soy sauce and spices for better texture and color. I baked this uncovered and it worked great, it took 30 minutes (total) for the vegetables to cook here in Montana at 5,000 feet. I will make this again.