Check it out: another great no-added fat recipe from Susan that shows it's really easy to make a heart-healthy happy vegan potatoes au gratin without adding needless fat in the form of tofu sour cream, earth balance, "cheese" slices, veganaise, and a vegan buttery spread as the recipe after her's below does:
Ironic that some think a highly fat-ladden multi-potato layered gratin with a ton of added fat is "elegant" or "is a home style comfort-food recipe with some serious snob appeal. Potatoes gone chic." (from:
What a myopic view of nutrition, health, heart-safety, and food in general! Heart disease, when I last checked, has little "chic" or "serious snob appeal." The added fat in this recipe would make even the conservative the American Heart Association collectively squirm. That a blogger claims his/her recipes are a "must read" and are "healthy" and are "chic" is indicative of the blogger's ego --- a good sign of a narcistic attitude that is often mistaken as enthusiam to be trusted. Certainly isn't a sign of nutritional savvy and informed advice.
But, in this case, it must be nice to be so indulgent as to purchase three types of potatoes from non-local sources, highly processed fake cheese (which is really just added fat), tofu sour cream, a buttery spread, veganaise, and create a high-fat meal around them.
Ain't real food ('cept for the potatoes), ain't happy, ain't sustainable. Let the "serious snobs" go with the cardiovascular disease. Me? I'll go with the certain, peer-reviewed science of "no-added fat" vegan diet and a longer healthier happier life. I'd rather avoid all the problems shown to be associated with added fat than be "chic."
After all, isn't life worth living well? That's REAL elegance.