Vegetarian gravy

I've never made much of an attempt at veggie gravy, because I was never a big gravy fan. But I'm planning to invite a bunch of people for Thanksgiving and I'd like to have something gravy-like to serve. Anybody have a brilliant recipe?

I've got an absolutely rockin' recipe but 1. I'm at work and 2. It may be only on my computer at home which means I can't get to it for a few weeks. But I'll have a dig around in my printed out recipes tonight and see if I can find it.

You'll need to find a source of Nutritional Yeast though (trust me it's worth it) - in the US I got it easily from health food/whole food stores....

Or you could take the easy way out and use Bisto veggie gravy granules. It's not nearly as good as homemade, but much quicker:

I use veggie oxo, onions, stock from the vegetables I've cooked, and a little bit of Marmite.

Vicky

I was just gonna suggest the Bisto gravy but chary beat me to it.
I dont like it personally, but give it a go.

Sneaky quick 'gravy':  Heinz mushroom soup with Marmite for colour. 

I should have said that I'm looking to do it from scratch. Maybe it's the British influence seeping in, but I'm interesting in coming up with a gravy that I'd like as well as serving it to guests.

Bisto is just wrong.

Bisto is just wrong.

I agree! But some people want a quick and easy fix. Hopefully Anne can find her homemade recipe for you! 

You could make this garlic gravy with veg stock instead of chicken stock.
I've made it before, and it was lovely!

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1839,146187-244195,00.html

I have a few different ways that I make a veggie gravy. One is to fry onions in a pan, add marigold veg bouillon (dissolved in water), a tiny bit of marmite and a bay leaf, simmer 10 minutes or until the stock has reduced, add cornflour to thicken.

Another way I use a combination of marigold veg bouillion & kallo garlic stock.  Or you could use veg stock & red wine.

 

What veggie dish are you serving with the gravy? Some sort of nut loaf?  I used to get one from Wholefoods, but obviously that can't happen here.

I'm debating whether or not to even bother trying to make a vegetarian main dish.  Maybe just make enough sides to stuff myself!

For anyone interested in finding nutritional yeast you can order it from here:
http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/frameset/detail/579698.html

OK, no luck yet but there's one more place I need to look. Will do that tonight. Glad to see that you can get nutritional yeast - that's a good start. I know I've got this recipe somewhere - I just know it.

What veggie dish are you serving with the gravy? Some sort of nut loaf?  I used to get one from Wholefoods, but obviously that can't happen here.

I've been making crepes with a butternut squash, leek, endive, goat cheese, and walnut filling as my Thanksgiving main course for a few years now, and it's been a huge hit. Personally I can't see putting gravy on crepes, but maybe on the mash?

OK, no luck yet but there's one more place I need to look. Will do that tonight. Glad to see that you can get nutritional yeast - that's a good start. I know I've got this recipe somewhere - I just know it.

Thanks to you and everyone else! I think I'll start doing some experimentation at the weekends. Will post what I come up with, if anything.

I've been making crepes with a butternut squash, leek, endive, goat cheese, and walnut filling as my Thanksgiving main course for a few years now, and it's been a huge hit. Personally I can't see putting gravy on crepes, but maybe on the mash?
  Thanks to you and everyone else! I think I'll start doing some experimentation at the weekends. Will post what I come up with, if anything.

ooh those crepes sound delish! No I definitely would not put gravy on those.