(For all ingredients, please use organic versions if available)
Vegan Spinach Artichoke Dip1 cup plain soy milk
1 tablespoon of garlic (or 2 cloves)
1 tablespoon of vegan butter
1 package frozen spinach
2 cups canned artichoke hearts
1 package (8 ounces) vegan cream cheese
1 package (12 ounces) vegan sour cream
1 teaspoon mustard powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground pepper
1 package (10 ounces) vegan Monterey Jack cheese
(Follow Your Heart brand recommended)
Homemade Bagels1 cup warm water
½ package (½ tablespoon) dry active yeast
1 tablespoon molasses
1 tablespoon light corn syrup
2 cups bread flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
Water
Some flour for kneading
Some cornmeal
for bagel bottoms
Herbed Bagel ChipsBagels (day old preferred)
1 cup extra virgin olive oil (add more if required)
2 teaspoons herbs de Provence
½ teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon of salt
½ teaspoon ground pepper
Any additional herbs of preference (optional)
Directions (to make bagels):
- Add 1 cup of warm water
- Add half a package of yeast or about half a tablespoon
- Stir that
- Add 1 tablespoon of molasses
- Add 1 tablespoon of light corn syrup
- Give that a quick mix
- Add 2 cups of bread flour (shift it)
- Add 1 teaspoon of salt
- Mix this around until we get a nice ball that we can work with on the table
- Using a little bit of flour on the table
- Leave some to the sides so that you can always add more when the dough gets a little too sticky to work with
- Knead it for about at least 6–7 minutes
- Keep folding it over until it getting a little dry
- That it’s ready to go is if you pinch the dough, and it’s got the same feeling as your earlobe
- Put it back into the bowl and let this rise (place this in the oven. What i did in the oven was i boiled pot of water, and that should create enough heat for this to, to rise. And plus, it adds the, just the right amount of moisture to it)
- After the dough it’s about double the size (about 40 minutes) punch it down
- Cut this into 4 sections
- Roll these into little balls
- Rise a second time for about 25 minutes
- Punch little holes
- Prepare a medium-size pot of boiling water
- Add a tablespoon of sugar
- Stir it around
- While we have this boiling, i’m also going to pre-heat our oven to 400 degrees
- Boil the bagel for about 1 minute each side
- Put boiled bangel to the baking pan
- Sprinkle some cornmeal on on the top
- Flip them over
- Bake this for 25 minutes at 400 degrees
- After 25 minutes pull these out of the oven then let this cool off
Directions (to make bagel chips):- Use two bagels we made earlier
- Use a bread knife make thin slices about a quarter of an inch thick
- Make oil to brush on top
- Add 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
- Add 2 teaspoons of herbs de provence
- Add ½ teaspoon of ground pepper
- Add 1 teaspoon of salt
- Add ½ teaspoon of dried basil leaves
- Mix that all together
- With the pastry brush lightly coat both sides
- Put into the baking pan
- Put this in our oven at 400 fahrenheit for 1–2 minutes, flip them over and put it in there for another 1–2 minutes
- Ready to serve
Directions (to make vegan spinach artichoke dip):
- Boil a cup of soy milk (we’re going to reduce this by half)
- Turn stove on high
- While that’s boiling away, mince about a tablespoon of garlic or about 2 cloves
- Add about a tablespoon of vegan butter
- Put that on medium high
- Once this gets hot, add our garlic
- Stir this around, and we just want brown it.
- Take 1 package of spinach, frozen spinach (re-hydrate it, i added hot water and i drained it, and i squeezed out all the water) make sure we’re working with dry spinach
- Add about 2 cups of artichoke to our spinach (i got these from the can, which is fine. They’re, they’re soaked in oil, and what i did was i soaked it in water and i rinsed off all the oil)
- Add 1 package of vegan cream cheese
- Add 12 ounces of a vegan sour cream
- Give this a quick mix
- Add 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of ground pepper, 1 teaspoon of ah mustard powder
- Add fried garlic
- Cut about a third of vegan cheese and just leave it to the side
- Grate the rest of vegan cheese
- Add grated vegan cheese in our dip
- Mix it
- Slice cutted vegan cheese about ⅛ of an inch
- Add our soy milk into our mixture
- Pour the mixture using a 9 x 9 baking pan
- Cover the top using sliced vegan cheese
- Put this in the oven for 20 minutes for 400 degrees
- Cut out a little section and put in the bowl
- Put our bagel chips around
- Ready to serve