Recipe of the day!

Thanksgiving Casserole
Ingredients :
    2 cups cooked brown rice (or substitute lentils)
    1/2 cup cashews or walnuts, chopped
    2 slices of whole wheat bread, chopped into small cubes
    1 cup vegetable broth
    1/2 cup soy milk or almond milk
    2 tablespoon nutritional yeast
    1 rib celery, diced small
    1 small onion, finely chopped
    3 tablespoon olive oil
    herbs to taste: sage, marjoram, thyme, rosemary, pepper (or poultry seasoning)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Spray a 8- or 9-inch square casserole dish with cooking spray.
While rice is cooking, sauté celery and onion in the olive oil.  Mix well all ingredients in a large bowl. Spread into casserole dish, and bake for 45 minutes.
Tastes even better topped with vegan gravy!
Serves: 8
Preparation time: 30 min

Favorite Cranberry Recipe

Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 35 Minutes

Ready In: 45 minutes Servings: 12

 

 

A variety of fresh and dried fruits and nuts are used in this cooked cranberry sauce.  What a great addition to our Thanksgiving meal.

INGREDIENTS: Preferably Organic

1 cup water 1 cup Agave or raw honey 1 (12 ounce) package fresh cranberries 1 orange, peeled and pureed 1 apple - peeled, cored and diced 1 pear - peeled, cored and diced

1 cup chopped dried mixed fruit (I used coconut, pineapple, cherries) 1 cup chopped pecans 1/2 teaspoon Himalayan salt 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

DIRECTIONS:

1.

In a medium saucepan, boil water and agave or honey. Reduce the heat to simmer, and stir in cranberries, pureed orange, apple, pear, dried fruit, pecans, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Cover, and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the cranberries burst. Remove from heat, and let cool to room temperature.  You may have to adjust the sweetener to your taste.

This recipe freezes well

Thanksgiving 2011

What a great time of the year!  I haven’t been able to blog anything in a while but thought that this would be the best time to share a few things I am thankful for…..

I am thankful for my wonderful husband who always thinks the best of me and who always does his best to help out so that I am not stressed from all the prep that goes into our dinner as well as everyday life!

I am thankful for the wonderful friends I have that seem to know when I need a laugh to pick me up.

I am thankful for my husbands mom and dad who, because I have no parents with me, are like my own mom and dad.

I am thankful that I have a job and home right now in times where people are without.

I am thankful for being able to come together as a family and celebrate Thanksgiving in a time where most families are bickering and fighting.

I am thankful for the health I have even when I have not been taking care of myself!

the list goes on and on but these are the things that are on my mind.

The number one thing I am thankful for this day and every day of my life is…

I am thankful for my Lord and Savior whom without, I would not be the person I am.  God has given me the blessings I have mentioned above and has answered my prayers not only when I am uplifted but in my darkest times.  He has been with me through out all of my life looking out for me and guiding me with that little voice that tells me what I need to know and sends the people into my life in times when I need them.  I owe everything to God!  I ask that he bless all my friends and family and watch over them.  I ask he blesses everyone out there and keeps them safe.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!