I don't have a recipe to go with this yet. The above pic is of my dehydrator filled with my version of Scramble (aka Bits & Bites), which is something I accociate with Christmas ...
I used to take care of a few kids in our neighbourhood when my kids were growing up.. and a Mom down the street would give me a tin of this mixture she made every year.. and I often think of Christmas morning and eating this & clementines.. but it was made with cereal- Shreddies, Life & pretzels, etc.. so this year I soaked nuts & seeds: Cashews, Almonds. Walnuts and Sunflower seeds.. and made a couple types of cereal-like recipes - one with soaked Oat groats, Chia seeds, Honey and Salt and the other was the Pizza crusts I have ben making lately broken up into pieces (which worked really well) ..the sauce is kind of spicy, salty, savory, ..but its not completed (but just wanted to share what I was up to..
..and below is the Pate - Turkey Stuffing Loaves I made.. I made a full cooked Christmas meal, and of course had to come up with something delicious that was raw. This is the only pic I have, pre-dehydrated, they came out a little darker..
& were great served with
Cranberry Sauce <- click link for recipe -from a previous post (so good!!)
Turkey Stuffing Loaves
1 c Almonds - soaked 6-12 hours
1 c Walnuts - soaked 4-6 hours
1 c Sunflower seeds - soaked 4-6 hours
2 lg Carrots
1/2 Red Pepper - finely diced
1/4 med size Red Onion - finely diced
1 Celery stalk - finely diced
1 c Mushrooms - diced and marinated in 3 T Nama Shoyu
2 Garlic cloves
1-2 T Poultry Seasoning (to taste)
1-2 t Rosemary
1 t Thyme
1t Onion powder
2 t Salt
First prepare and marinate mushrooms and set aside.
Drain nuts and seeds. Then process these along with the carrots and garlic either in a juicer with a homogenizing blank plate or process together as finely as possible in a food processor. Transfer this mixture to a large bowl and add the resy of ingredients: the chopped up vegetables, seasonings and the mushrooms along with the Shoyu marinade. Mix everything together - hands work best to do this. Then form 2 loaves on a Teflex lined dehydrator sheet. Dehydrate for 3-4 hours to soften vegetables and let flavours meld.
Then remove, slice and serve with Cranberry Sauce. Its also great as leftovers, cold.. will keep in the fridge for at least a week.
I really enjoyed the pot luck this month. I was actually slightly hesitant to go.. for a few hours sometime in the month I had thought maybe I wouldn't.. the previous few pot lucks had grown to about 80 or so people and they had gotten kind of crazy. I always had fun (of course) but it had gotten a bit chaotic, and well, just not what you would expect from a bunch of seemingly peaceful, loving herbivores.. lol (some people seemed a bit turned off and an e-mail full of rules was sent around.. the fun felt like it was dissipating) but the time came & I went of course, I knew I would.. there were less people 40-50 I think.. and someone came up with a bright idea - Forming a line - LOL and all of a sudden it all flowed and was beautiful again. Brilliant! (insert sunshine and flowers here ..or more pics of the beautifully thought out, love filled creations that were brought..)
These deserts were soo good!
This was my plate at the bottom left - Beautiful!!
