Brussels Sprouts and Tomato Curry with Gnocchi

Last night I ran into the same problem Susan over at the Fat-Free Vegan Kitchen once described*. The food was good. But how do you photograph it so that it looks good on a blog??? A uniform, yellowish curry... So you just have to take my word for it - this was delicious! And it contains a cruciferous vegetable to boot. Especially Brussels sprouts haters might wanna give this a try since the curry and the spices take off the edge of the taste so many people don't like. I love Brussels sprouts in all forms and this is one of my favorites :-)

Brussels Sprouts and Tomato Curry With Gnocchi


1 onion, diced
2 cloves of garlic
4 cups Brussels sprouts
1 cup dried tomatoes
1 pack ready-made gnocchi (or other gluten-free pasta to make it gluten-free)
2-3 cups of water
1 cup soy creamer (mine has 17% fat, substitute soymilk or coconut water to make it fat-free)
ginger, curry powder, chili and salt to taste

Heat a little oil in a skillet. Add the garlic and onions. Cover with a lid and let sweat until the onions caramelize. Be careful not to burn them. If they start browning too much, add a tblsp. water.

Remove the outer leaves from the sprouts, trim the stems, and cut them into quarters. Cut the dried tomatoes into thin stripes. Add to the onions. Add the water, the soy creamer, ginger, curry powder and chili. Simmer until the Brussels sprouts are tender. Add the gnocchi directly to the pan and heat them in the sauce.

I used real Italian sun-dried tomatoes I get at the local farmers market - in their dried form, not reconstituted and packed in oil. They are quite salty so I didn't add any salt to my curry, but if you can't find dry dried tomatoes you might have to add salt.

* Help, all you experienced bloggers out there!!! How do I hide a link behind a word??? Sorry, I'm still a total blogging illiterate... Update: Thanks to Paulina's help I was able to solve the problem :-)

Fat-free depends on the use of fat-free ingredients.
Gluten-free depends on the use of gluten-free ingredients.