Oktoberfest Sans Knockwurst

I made homemade sauerkraut this year.  The first thing I thought of was warm sauerkraut with mashed potatoes and gravy.  Yesterday I picked some beautiful blue potatoes in the garden.

I went a little farther than the mashed potatoes. I made some potato pancakes with a some homemade applesauce, warmed the sauerkraut and grilled some lemon pepper tempeh.  I made a vegan herb gravy with black bean flakes, rosemary, sage, salt and pepper, and garlic, for the tempeh.  It was a fine example of Bavarian Oktoberfest meal, a vegetarian Bavarian meal.

I asked my husband if he enjoyed his dinner. This was his reply...