Low Fat Vegan Vegetable Kugel

Vegan, Soy Free, Gluten Free, Kosher For Passover
April 27
6 Comments

Kugel is a Jewish dish commonly served at special times during the year (such as the Jewish High Holidays), although I personally believe in eating it all year round. Somewhat like a casserole, a kugel is typically made with potatoes or egg noodles and is baked. If you’re reading this right now, it’s safe to assume that you’re looking for an egg-less version (seeing as you’re on theVEGANjetsetter.com ;)), so guess what?! That’s exactly what I’m going to give you. 

This version of kugel includes leeks, potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, broccoli and zucchini. It is loaded with veggies and uses no oil (other than to coat the dish for non-sticking purposes). My inspiration for this recipe came after coming across a vegetable kugel from Follow Your Heart. I’ve always loved kugel, but hated how most recipes included eggs as a main ingredient. With the creation of the VeganEgg, a whole new world of cooking has opened up. After seeing the FYH recipe online, I quickly ran to my VeganEgg carton to check if it was passover friendly, and BAM! It is. And so the cooking began!

rps20160428_011500.jpgThis recipe involves a lot of grated ingredients. While it is possible to do it manually, I really recommend a food processor with the grating attachment. You’ll thank yourself later. Once all of the vegetables are grated, it’s crucial that you take little hand fulls at a time and squeeze the liquid out. This is essential to the kugel baking properly. 

Adapted from this recipe by Follow Your Heart. 

If you decide to make this recipe, I’d love to see how it turns out! Please tag me in your photos and use #theveganjetsetter.rps20160428_011524.jpgrps20160428_004342.jpgrps20160428_004316.jpg

Low Fat Vegetable Kugel
Serves 8
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Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 20 min
Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 20 min
Ingredients
  1. 4 leeks (if thin, 2 if large)
  2. 1 cup vegetable broth
  3. 1 brocolli stock
  4. 1 large carrot
  5. 1 zucchini
  6. 2 large russet potatoes, peeled
  7. 1 sweet potato, peeled
  8. 3 large garlic cloves
  9. 1 white onion
  10. 5 heaping tbsp. matzo meal
  11. 10 scoops VeganEgg
  12. 1 ¾ cups freezing water
  13. 2 tsp salt
  14. 1/2 tsp extra virgin olive oil, for coating the dish
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
  2. Slice the white part of leeks into small slivers. Rinse well in a colander, making sure all of the dirt is removed.
  3. Sauté leeks on medium in the vegetable broth until clear, adding more broth as required.
  4. Slice off the hard stem from the broccoli.
  5. In your food processor or by hand, grate the broccoli, zucchini, russet potatoes, sweet potato, carrot, onion and garlic.
  6. Little by little, take a handful of the grated vegetables and squeeze the liquid out, transferring the dry vegetables to a new cowl. *This is an important step!*
  7. In a separate bowl, combine the VeganEgg with the frozen water, whisking it well.
  8. Sprinkle the salt and matzo meal over veggies and mix with your hands. You'll want to ensure an even distribution of the matzo meal and salt.
  9. Combine the VeganEgg into the vegetable mix and once again, mix thoroughly with your hands.
  10. Coat a 11x13 pan with the EVOO and scoop the mixture into the pan, spreading evenly with a spatula.
  11. Bake for 1 hr to 1 hr 30 min, testing for dryness along the way.
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  1. Mindy

    May 1

    Sounds very tasty. Nice blog and great pics, thanks

    • Mel

      May 4

      Thanks so much Mindy! xx

  2. bonnie

    March 29

    Has anyone made this the night before and reheated it?

    • Mel

      May 7

      Hi Bonnie,
      Sorry for the late reply! You can definitely make it the night before and reheat! I usually make it and take the leftovers for lunch throughout the week. 🙂

  3. Amy

    April 1

    This is a question and a comment… I want to make this recipe tonight but I’m not clear on the broccoli. Do we use the stalks of the broccoli or the crowns?
    The recipe looks and sounds delicious!
    Thanks

    • Mel

      May 7

      Hi Amy!
      Sorry for the delayed reply – You could use the whole broccoli, just remove the tough part!

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