"Beef" Stroganoff

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I decided to adapt my mom's tasty beef stroganoff to my ovo-lacto-vegetarian-ness. Here's with what I came up:

Ingredients

• Fake steak strips (I like MorningStar Farms' version.)
• 16oz sour cream (I used the fat free kind, 'cuz I'm single and lookin'.)
• Dill
• Black pepper
• A coupla' medium yellow onions (They're my standard onion unit™.)
• Some shiitake mushrooms (I'm not a mushroom fan, but these 'shrooms taste kinda' meaty.)
• Olive oil for sautéing stuff (Mammy uses butta', but she's also on like blood pressure and cholesterol medicine. Also, EVOO is my standard fat.)
• Whole wheat, no-yolk egg noodles (I try to use whole grains when possible.)
• Low sodium vegetable broth (I cook my rice and noodly things in broth as it gives 'em more flava'.)

Prep

1. Get everything out. Verify you have it. Adults don't need to run to the store in the middle of cooking a meal because they are responsible.
2. Finely dice the onions.
3. Dice the 'shrooms.
4. Start heating the broth for cooking the noodles.

Instructions

1. Cook the steak strips exactly how the wee package says. duh.
2. Set them aside.
3. At some point, the broth is going to be boiling. When it does, follow the noodle-cookin' directions.
4. Add a lil' evoo to your pan and heat it to mediumish.
5. When the oil's hot, sauté your onions. Since you pre-diced them, you can feel like a cooking show host by just dumping them in.
6. When the onions are nearly sautéed, add and sauté the 'shrooms.
7. Add the sour cream, pepper, and dill. If you're one of those salt/MSG types, add them too.
8. Add the steak strips to warm them up a lil'.
9. Drain your noodles: Nobody wants a watery cream-sauce.
10. Put your well drained noodles on a plate and top with the sauce.
11. Voilà! "Beef" Stroganoff!

By the power o' techno toys, PICTURES!

the ingredients, pre-me


the finished product