Corn Pudding

If you remember from an earlier post I have been on the look out for a vegan corn souffle recipe. I knew souffle would be impossible so I found something very comparable: Corn Pudding. I know what you're envisioning in your mind: jiggly, gelatinous, off white colored mush speckled with corn. But you have to give corn pudding a break, it comes from the South and the South isn't very talented when it comes to naming foods (i.e. grits, hush puppies, jambalaya, swamp cabbage) but they are talented cooks.

Serves 2-4
1 hour 10 minutes

3 cups Canned corn, drained
1/4 cup Almond milk (or soy)
1 Tbsp Vegan butter, melted
1 Tbsp Arrowroot starch
1 Tbsp Sugar
1 Tbsp Gluten-free corn meal (or All-purpose Gluten-free flour)
2 tsp Baking powder
1 Tbsp Fresh rosemary, diced
1/4 tsp Salt (optional)
Pepper to taste

1. Mix milk with arrowroot starch. Throw 1 cup of corn in your food processor along with your arrowroot mixture. Processes well.
2. Throw in the rest of your ingredients EXCEPT your remaining corn. Process. Now you can add the rest of your corn. Process for just a little bit, you want some kernels intact so it has a nice consistency and people remember that it's corn they're eating, not baby food.
3. Spray small baking pan with canola oil spray. Pour mixture into said pan. Put your pan in the oven and turn it on to 350 degrees. Bake for 1 hour.

Stupid Hearty Corn Chowda' (+Broccoli)

As I stated in a previous post, I've got my eyes on the prize for another awesome Thanksgiving meal. One dish I have yet to recreate is my mothers amazing Corn Souffle but seeing as how it calls for every animal product plus corn, the idea of recreating it has been intimidating. I figured I would take a step back before approaching this one. My step back being Corn Chowda'. I threw in some broccoli because there's no such thing as too many vegetables.

Serves 8
30 minutes

1 Tbsp Olive oil
1/2 White onion, finely chopped
1 Bell pepper, seeded and finely diced
8 Red potatoes, some diced, some chopped
2 Stocks celery, diced
3 Carrots, diced
1 Head broccoli, finely chopped
2 Bay leaves, broken
8 cups Vegetable broth
3 Tbsp Better Than Bouillon, No Chicken Base
1 cup Cashews, soaked 8 hours in water (I wont lie, I spaced this and soaked them for an hour and lived to tell the tale)
1/3 cup Cornstarch
3 cups Fresh or frozen white & yellow corn
Pepper to taste

1. Heat a big ol' pot with EVOO in the bottom. Saute onions for a minute or so, than add the rest of your chopped veggies plus bay leaf pieces, saute for about 5 minutes.
2. Add 6 cups of your broth and than your bouillon.
3. In the meantime do two things: First, add cashews (minus water) and 1 cup of veggie broth into processor and process till smooth. Second, add cornstarch into your last remaining cup of veggie broth and mix.
4. Once taters are tender, add cashew blend, corn starch blend, corn and pepper, bring to a nice hot temperature again.
5. Eat. Watch out for bay leaves.

Original recipe from Cheeky Kitchen
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