Christmas 2017

Christmas Morning we served Apple Fig Custard. We had saved (sliced and froze) figs from the summer harvest.

We enjoyed time with our older boys. We also had unexpected, but definitely wanted family, the Lindley's from Maryland as guest.
For our meat eaters we served a turkey gluten free vegan stuffing, a vegan green bean casserole, mashed potatoes and gravy of choice.

For the Whole food plant-based we served a pumpkin stuffed with a millet cranberry, apple stuffing.








For dessert, my husband wanted a Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie from Wholefoods, I made a fig and almond tart










Bread Crumb Stuffing
2 boxes of gluten free Ener-g bread crumbs
1 cup celery, diced\2-3 garlic cloves, minced
1-2 onion, diced
1 TBS poultry spice
2 TBS fresh parsley
2 TBS fresh sage
1 TBS fresh thyme
2 cups vegetable broth
Directions: Broth saute the vegetables. Add seasoning and herbs. add bread crumbs and moisten with the vegetable broth to desired consistency.

Stuffed pumpkin

Stuffing Ingredients:
Millet cooked in instant pot (or on the stove top)
1 cup millet
1 2/3 cup vegetable broth (for stove top - 3 cups broth)
Place in instant pot using manual setting for 12 minutes.

(for the stove top - boil, cover and reduce to medium heat for 40 minutes)
While the millet is cooking, broth sauté the onions, celery, herbs and garlic
2 stalks celery, diced
2 onions, diced
6 cloves garlic, minced
1/3 cup vegetable broth

4 TBS fresh sage, rolled and chopped
2 TBS fresh thyme

1 apple, cored and diced
1/4 cup apple sweetened cranberries, minced

mix everything in a large bowl to finish stuffing

Stuffing Pumpkin

remove top as for a Jack-a-lantern and removed seeds

stuff the millet stuffing into the pumpkin

make 4 slits in the outside of the pumpkin to vent while cooking

place top on pumpkin

oil the outside of the pumpkin

place on a baking rack with tray underneath to catch the juices.

Turkey and Pumpkin

bake at 350 for 1 ½ hours

from these juices we make a gravy, just as one would using juices from a turkey,