Jan. 18th - Happy Martin Luther King day! Mushroom Gravy

Mushroom Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, Variety of Veggies, and Seitan.

Mushroom Gravy:
2 cups fresh mushrooms (thinly sliced or chopped or both)
2 tbl butter (or margarine)
1/2 onion finely chopped
2 cloves garlic crushed
1/2 cup wine (or 1/4 wine & 1/4 balsamic vinegar)
1 tsp dry herbs or 1 tbl fresh parsley or other herbs

1 tsp tamari or other soy sauce
4-5 cups vegetable stock  (reserve 1/2 cup of stock)
2 tbl cornstarch and 2 tbl flour mixed with water or reserved stock and 1 tbl nutritional yeast.

Saute onions in butter in skillet or saute pan over med high.  Cook about 10 minutes.
Add garlic and mushrooms - cook 2-3 more minutes until mushrooms release juice. (alternatively you can brown some of the mushrooms for more flavor before adding the rest.)
add wine/vinegar
add herbs, tamari
cook approx 5 minutes on medium heat.
add all but 1/2 cup of stock
If you prefer a smooth gravy, you can blend this mixture in a blender or strain out the large pieces and blend.  Return all to the pan.
Whisk cornstartch, flour, nutritional yeast with reserved stock and slowly whisk into the pan.
Simmer over medium heat until thick, then turn to low heat.