1 tablespoon butter or margarine
3/4 cup diced onion
3 cloves minced garlic
4 tablespoons flour
4 cups low sodium vegetable stock ( used mostly water next time would add more stock for taste)
5 tablespoons low sodium or light soy sauce ( used 4 tbsp low sodium would use even less in the future
2 teaspoons minced parsley
pepper to taste

Melt butter in a heavy skillet and saute onion and garlic for about 2 minutes. Transfer to a bowl and wipe skillet clean. Add flour to skillet and cook, stirring constantly until flour gets brown and toasted – stir constantly, you don’t want it to burn! Whisk in water or stock and soy sauce and cook, Whisking constantly until mixture comes to a boil and thickens, about 5 minutes. Stir in onion garlic mixture and parsley. Cook for one minute more. If gravy becomes too thick, thin with additional water or stock.