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Baked Potatoes Au Gratin

What you need: 

4-5 medium Yukon gold potatoes, sliced
1/2 cup chopped spinach, optional
vegan butter, to taste
2 cups plain nondairy milk (I use soy)
2/3 cup nutritional yeast
1 tablespoon flour
vegan bacon bits, to taste
French fried onions, to taste (I use French's)
salt and pepper, to taste

What you do: 

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Place potatoes in a casserole dish. Add spinach and top with butter.
2. In a separate bowl, whisk together milk, flour, and yeast. Pour onto potatoes. Top with vegan bacon bits and fried onions.
3. Cover and bake for about 1 hour, or until the top is browned and potatoes are cooked. Top with more vegan bacon bits and fried onions. Serve.

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Servings: 
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SO HOW'D IT GO?

So, so, so good! It more than satisfied the craving I was having for the boxed potato crap I grew up eating. Though we love nooch, I was skeptical that a sauce of just nooch and soy milk would be any good but I'm glad I believed the reviews and gave it a chance. I skipped the butter to cut a few calories and the flour because I'm trying to avoid wheat. I figured the starchy potatoes would thicken the sauce and it worked out perfectly? I used half rice and half soy milk to avoid that soy flavor from coming though plus a healthy splash (maybe a glop? Is that a thing?) of hot sauce because that always makes "cheese" sauce taste cheesier to me. I served it with some grilled asparagus and though we didn't have any bacon bits, fried onions or spinach, I can only imagine they kick this recipe up to out of this world. Either way, this'll become a part of our dinner rotation.

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This was was a great dish. We liked it very much, heats up well, or can be eaten as cold left overs. Very good, we will make again. Here are the changes we made; instead of the dried onions we fried some up in olive oil, and put them on top. No bacon bits.

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I liked this recipe, but made a few modifications.  First off, I sauteed the spinach with the butter, and added crumbled tofu (frozen/thawed).  I like to add protein to every dish.  Also added some salt, pepper, and some other seasonings (mrs. dash).  It was yummy!

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This was very good.  I added more spinach and some fresh parsley.  It was filling but not heavy. 

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Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm good.  Didn't have fried onions, added chopped mushrooms.  Wanted to take the author's advice and serve with green beans - but I didn't have any (so I ate it by itself).  Would have made the perfect meal.  I've never made potatoes au gratin from scratch and rarely make it from the box.  I really surprised myself.  Really, really good.  Everyone should try this recipe.

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Made this for dinner tonight and it was amazing.  I made a few changes I wanted to share.  Ba-cos scare me a bit, so instead I used light life tempeh bacon.  Browned it in a skillet, cut it into bit sized pieces, and put it on top of the potatoes.  I doubled the spinach and added fresh broccoli.  Baked it for an hour and it tasted like a loaded baked potato! 

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I can't wait to try this recipe, it sounds delicious!

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This is soooo good. I love the spinach in it.

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I didn't care for this much at all....the nut. yeast tasted fake and awful I wish I liked it cause it sounded so delicious. The only thing I didn't put in it was bacon bits. I feel awful because I'm the only one who didn't care for it.

I don't like the taste of nutrtional yeast either, kind of a bummer cause all these recipes that use it as a cheeseey ingredient, I have not liked one!!  wish there was something else i could substitute cause these potatoes sound and look super good!!!

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I made this recipe and it came out wonderfully!! My alterations: I added half of a small diced onion, sauteed, to the potatoes. I also blended a whole small tomato into the sauce to give it more colour and flavour. Added some garlic salt, onion salt, pepper, and margarine to the sauce as well.

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