This recipe is a whole food plant-based take on the classic comfort food, Chicken and Dumplings. I love comfort food and this is one of my favorite meals. As I child my Grandma and Mom both made delicious Chicken and Dumplings. Now that I am eating plant-based I had to come up with an alternative.
This recipe has a yummy gravy made with vegetable stock, herbs, and spices. I used turmeric int his gravy. Either you like it or you don’t. If you don’t like the taste don’t put it in the recipe. it does have a strong flavor, which I enjoy. My son did not enjoy that flavor as much.
Health Benefits of Turmeric:
- may help fight depression
- may help fight cancer
- fight inflammation which helps with things like type 2 diabetes
- helps fight viral infections
- helps to ease PMS symptoms
- can lower bad cholesterol
For the dumplings, I like to use whole wheat flour instead of white flour. You could also substitute a gluten-free flour.
saute vegetables 10 mintues add stock and plant milk make dumplings add dumpling dough and simmer 15 mintues add salt and pepper to tastee Enjoy!
Veggies and Dumplings
Equipment
- dutch oven or stock pot
Ingredients
- 6 cups vegetable stock
- 4 carrots, diced or sliced
- 4 celery ribs, diced
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1/2 tsp thyme
- 1/4 tsp turmeric
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tsp parsley
- 1/2 cup plant milk, I use unsweetened almond
Dumplings:
- 1-1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup corn meal
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup plant milk, I use unsweetened almond
Instructions
- Add one cup of vegetable stock, carrots, onions, celery, garlic, thyme, bay leaf, turmeric, parsley to dutch oven or pot over medium-high heat.
- Saute for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the remaining stock and 1/2 cup plant milk.
- Cover and bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder, salt, plant milk.
- Stir until all ingredients well combined.
- When stock comes to a boil, drop the dumpling dough, heaping tablespoons, into boiling stock.
- Reduce heat to medium, cover partially, and simmer 15 minutes.
- Add salt and fresh ground pepper to taste.
This looked so good I scrapped my dinner plans and made it. It was fantastic!
I’m so glad that you liked it! Thanks for the feedback!