This month, Denise from There's a newf in my soup was the hostess for the Daring Cooks challenge. She challenged us to make Gumbo. There were heaps of recipes to choose from, and it was an interesting challenge. Interesting? To this vegorama, it seemed that the main ingredient in all those recipes was seafood, or meat. Okay, not beyond vegoramarising a recipe, first of all I looked for a vegetarian gumbo recipe - there are quite a few out there, but I chose this one to be the basis for my gumbo...
In addition to the what is listed, I also added a couple of carrots diced and also potatoes. I couldn't find file powder anywhere here, but did find Cajun spices, so I substituted those. The end result was fairly tasty, all my visitors enjoyed it, but it was very labour intensive. The roux, which is the basis for the gumbo takes a long time to get right and you can't leave it while it browns, lest it burn! So I don't know if I will make this recipe again. But it was a great challenge - thanks Denise!
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