Happy Saint Patrick's Day (Vegan Reuben)

Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Time for green beer, shamrocks, and dancing leprechauns. Instead of going to the store and buying pre-packaged, over priced, imitation meat product, I decided to get creative and try to work out a Reuben sandwich without the meat! My favorite part was creating the vegan Thousand Island dressing! It is a great vegan version if I do say so myself. Here is what I came up with:

For the Thousand Island:

• 1 cup vegan mayonaise       ($0.26)
• ⅓ cup ketchup                       ($0.12)
• 1 dill pickle, diced                 ($0.05)
• ⅓ cup Annie's Goddess       ($0.65)
• 1 tbsp. dijon mustard            ($0.18)

Blend all ingredients in a blender until smooth and you will be in shock of how similar this tastes to real Thousand Island dressing! Also, $1.26 is not too shabby for a homemade dressing.

For the Sandwich:

• 1 slice of pumpernickel rye bread         ($0.22)
• 3 tbsp. vegan Thousand Island               ($0.16)
• 1 large mushroom, sliced                       ($0.15)
• 1 tbsp. beau monde seasoning             ($0.18)
• 3 tbsp. sauerkraut                                    ($0.08)
• 1 tbsp. vegan butter                                ($0.12)
• 1 cup vegetable broth                             ($0.15)

Slice the mushroom and soak it in the vegetable broth and beau monde seasoning for about 15 minutes. This is a good time to make the Thousand Island dressing. Cut the slice of bread in half. Toast the bread, then apply half of the thousand island to both sides of the bread. Save the other half for later. Sauté the mushrooms in the vegetable broth on medium until soft. Scoop the mushrooms out and set aside. Add the sauerkraut to the broth and lower the heat to low until warmed. Layer the mushrooms and the sauerkraut on the bread and add the remaining dressing. Melt some butter in a small saucepan and fry both sides of the bread. Bia blásta! (or Irish for 'tasty food', like saying bon appetit) (($1.06 per sandwich))

I prefer Vegenaise but NayoWhipped was all I had in my fridge
I am curious as to how this would have turned out
using Vegenaise because it was so great the first time 

THIS. Just THIS. If you have not tried this dressing,
stop reading and go to Kroger and BUY IT!
To me, it tastes like a vegan caesar dressing
To my boyfriend, a blue cheese dressing
Either way it is absolutely delicious and I feel like it is
the secret ingredient to this Thousand Island

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DO NOT TRY AT HOME, KIDS
I love taking danger shots of blenders with the lid off

Little shot of dressing
I could almost drink this stuff straight
Almost

Beau Monde means beautiful world and it certainly lives up to the name

This looks so nasty and actually smells so nasty
although it does taste great
DO NOT BE DECEIVED BY OUTWARD APPEARANCE