It's a Very Merry Vegetarian Holiday

by Libby Pelham | More from this Blogger

20 Nov 2006 11:20 AM

I myself eat meat, but when I blog about the recipes, I hate to leave out our vegetarian and vegan friends. This recipe is for a nut roast. It is taken from PeTA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and is strictly vegetarian, but you don't have to be vegetarian to love this tasty recipe.

Vegetarian Nut Roast

For this recipe, you will need oil, margarine, two large onions, cloves of garlic, raw cashews, bread, vegetable soup stock, salt, pepper, nutmeg, lemon juice, celery, thyme, marjoram, sage, and fresh parsley.

To prep for this recipe you will need to toast and cube enough bread to make 4 1/2 cups. Finely chop both onions and mince five garlic cloves. Chop three cups of the raw cashews by hand or in a food processor. Chop enough celery to make 1 cup and chop enough of the fresh parsley to make 3 tablespoons.

Cook all of the two finely chopped onions except 1/2 cup and the minced garlic cloves in a skillet with two tablespoons of oil until tender, and then remove from the heat. Add 1 1/2 cup of the bread cubes and the chopped cashews to the skillet with the onions and garlic. Add one cup of the vegetable soup stock, 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg, 2 tablespoons of lemon juice, and salt and pepper to taste. Mix well. Add half of this mixture to a non-stick loaf pan.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. To make the stuffing, combine 3 cups of bread cubes, 2 tablespoons of margarine (melted), the remaining 1/2 cup of onions, 1 cup of celery, 1/2 teaspoon of thyme, 1/2 teaspoon of marjoram, 1/2 teaspoon of sage, and 3 tablespoons of chopped parsley in a large bowl. Mix well, and then put that mixture on the top of the mixture in the loaf pan. Top that with the rest of the first mixture.

Put the loaf pan in the oven for 30 minutes. When done, the top should be brown. After removing it from the oven, let it cool a few minutes before serving.

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Libby Pelham is a work-at-home mom located in Jacksonville, NC. She has a beautiful little boy, Will, born in July of 2004.

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