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_Seasons Greetings_ Recipes offer turkey alternatives Are the thoughts of eating dur.ig the holidays leaving a bad taste in your mouth? Would you prefer to avoid spreading salmonella by way of an undercooked bird? This holi day season need not be filled with turkey anxiety While the United States Department of Agriculture report ed in 1994 that turkey consump tion has more than doubled in the United States In the past 20 years, two-thirds of the turkey consumed in this country is in fact eaten during “non-holiday" times Here are a couple of recipes to take your holiday din ners m a new direction Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie Ingredients Pastry for bottom pie crust 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 cups of TVP (Textured Veg etable Protein) 6-8 medium potatoes (mashed) 1 large onion (chopptxt) i large garlic clove (pressed! 1 lb bag mixed frozen vegetables 1 -1 ■ cups tomato sauce 4-8 ounces Cheddar cheese hert) salt, tamari, paprika, salt and pepper to taste Textured Vegetable Protein is available m a chunky, powdery form from stores that provide vegetarian items It adds a more substantial texture to vegetarian dishes, and is a healthy way to get protein into your diet Line a y men pan with pie crust Soak the TVP in ? cups ot cold water for 10 minutes While the TVP is sudiuny, 'xiuit? onion in ouve oti and garlic lor 5 minutes Add frozen vegetables and cook lor another 5 minutes Drain excess water from TVP. add tomato sauce and stir Com bine the TVP mixture with the vegetables in the pan and add spices to taste. Put mixture into pastry lined pan and sprinkle with hat! the cheese. Spread mashed pota toes on top Sprinkle with paprika and remaining cheese Bake at 360 for 30 minutes Persimmon Bread Persimmons are a miidty sweet fruit with a dense texture They took tike a tomato-pepper hybrid and for this recipe need to be as ripe as possibte Cut open and spoon out the fruit from the skin. Ingredients 1 '> Cup flour p wttt p teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda '< teaspoon satt teaspoon ground cinnamon . teaspoon ground cloves > cup cokt water 2 eggs ! cup persimmon (mashed) i cup butter dash nutmeg dash aJtspice Combine dry ingredients with the butter and then add the w it<>r. •• jgs and pers.rmvjM Stir mixture welt and spoon into a greased bread pan hou H\ Trai \ I’n hti Vegetarian options as good as meat As the year comes to its close, many people may plan to turn a new leal or have begun considering what their New Year's Resolutions will be For some, this will include eat ing more healthy foods, exercise and weight loss One way to do this is to change your eating habits and what better way than switching over to a meatless diet. Vegetarian cooking does not have to be difficult and does not have to lead to compromise for die-hard meat eaters. Heres's a recipe that provides a fat free alternative to a holiday staple that's quick, easy to pre pare and tastes |ust as good as its meat equivalent. The best part is, the food is is completely vege tarian. Enjoy! Mock Chicken Stuffing (Dairy free) 2 cups cooked rice (can be left over refndgerated. not too old or dry) a handful of dried currants a handful of dried (sweetened) cranberries 2 cups couscous 2 German celery stalks — one of the easiest vegetables to grow 3 tbs nutritional yeast — widely available at health food stores salt to taste Boil some water, add cous cous, chopped up celery stalks, and dried fruit Cook 4 minutes or until cous cous is tender. Dram. Blend the steaming hot couscous with the cold cooked rice, add nutritional yeast, stir, and salt to taste Serve immediately. Tastes chickeney or savory, which might the more appropriate word The yeast adds flavor and extra nutrients Version 2 Cook the couscous with a savory herb or a vegetable such as German celery, lor 4 minutes Dram. Stir in nutritional yeast and salt to taste This is good too, it's hard to tell which is better. Another good source tor vege tarian recipes is on the World Wide Web at Veggies Unite1 A Searchable Vegetarian Cookbook which is ioacated at http www honors Indiana edu/ ~veggie/reo pes.cgi/ Categories include a glossary, mailing list, weekly meal planning tips, grocery lists and page and pages ot recipes. liy Anne Miner KornjeLi Buy Coffee People Coffee in 5 Lb. 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