Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Creamy Beef Stroganoff

So, I'm not a big mushroom fan and I don't actually substitute sour cream in this recipe, so you may not think this tastes anything like beef stroganoff, but I actually like it better than regular beef stroganoff.  You can also replace the beef with your favorite vegetables.

Ingredients:

1 T butter substitute optional (I only use this because I use a very lean, organic meat, which can stick to the pan because there's not much fat)
1 lb ground beef
1-2 boxes of Schar Fusili Gluten-Free Pasta (we feed a bunch of Samoans around here, so we cook 2 boxes, and I like leftovers)
1 med sweet onion, diced
3-6 T So Delicious French Vanilla Coconut Creamer
4-8 T Tofutti Plain Cream Cheese
4-8 T spaghetti sauce
1/4-1/2 C Blue Diamond Sweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
1/2-1 C Daiya Mozzarella Shreds (optional)
1 t Mrs. Dash original
Franch

The large variations are because I made this for my first time tonight using approximately the smaller of the 2 listed measurements, and it tasted delicious, but it wasn't incredibly saucy.  It was more meaty.  I'm guessing that if you would like it more saucy that doubling the liquid ingredients would work just fine.

Directions:

Boil enough water for your 1-2 boxes of Schar fusili noodles. Heat butter substitute in pan, or spray pan or cook with a fatty hunk of meat.  I started with a lb of frozen ground beef and shredded each side off as it browned until the whole hunk of meat was cooked through.
Once water is boiling, add noodles and stir often.  Drain when tender.
When meat is thoroughly cooked, add So Delicious French Vanilla Coconut Creamer and the Tofutti Cream Cheese.  When these have cooked down into the meat, add the spaghetti sauce and Almond Milk.  I listed the Daiya shreds as optional because I intended to add some to my recipe tonight, but forgot to.  It tasted delicious without it, but I think it would be nice to add it sometime too.  Sprinkle the Mrs. Dash to taste, about 1 t or so.  Dish meat sauce on top of noodles.
You can also add a dallop of "Franch" on top to make it even creamier.  It was SO good!  I even ate it out of the pan cold when cleaning up dinner later and it was still delicious!  And, if you prefer a more traditional Stroganoff, throw some mushrooms in if it makes you happy.  Enjoy!

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