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Thick and hearty vegetable stew that\u2019s naturally gluten-free and vegan! Use your favorite vegetables in this flavorful, savory, comforting recipe!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Even though it\u2019s januari now, I\u2019m not quite ready to say goodbye to comfort food and have been playing around with this thick and hearty vegetable stew over the past couple of weeks.<\/p>\n To make a long story short, it all started when I did an experimental 48-hour fast, and needed a hearty meal to break the fast with that would be easy on my stomach but still nutritious. In addition to being packed with vitamins and fiber, root vegetables are an awesome post-fast choice, in case you ever find yourself in the same situation! Throw them into this veggie stew and you\u2019ll be good to go!<\/p>\n There is a certain kind of vegetable stew recipe that you can find on the internet: potato and carrot based; roux thickened; flavored with tomato and wine. Mine is the same general idea, but this version has a little bit of a Shannon spin on it and I think you\u2019ll enjoy it!<\/p>\n I used whole grain brown rice flour to thicken the soup and give it an added boost of nutrition, but you should be able to use almost any flour that you\u2019d like.<\/p>\n I noticed that most vegetable stews call for about a cup of red wine. I love the notes that wine adds to this hearty vegan stew, but because the seasonings are simple, I feel that a smaller amount of white wine lets you enjoy the flavor of the vegetables more, and gives the dish a little bit of Mediterranean flair<\/p>\n This stew contains a whole quartet of my favorite ingredients to boost umami. Tomato paste, soy sauce, nutritional yeast, and marmite \u2013 the latter two being increasingly optional. I wanted to capture that super savory flavor that meat-based stews tend to have, but provide it to you in a vegan \u201cbeef\u201d stew.<\/p>\n (To that end, this dish is great with vegan beef-less pieces \u2013 such as Gardein tenders, or re-hydrated TVP chunks \u2013 added.)<\/p>\n You could also add another protein like chickpeas to this recipe if the green peas aren\u2019t enough for you! As for other variations: make it spicy by adding red pepper flakes or hot paprika; swap in any hearty vegetables that you like; add about 2 cups of chopped kale 10 minutes before the soup is done. You can really go your own direction with this base.<\/p>\n\t