>From: "Dimitri"

>Well I want to throw away the traditional stuff. You know onion, celery,
>sausage, apple, ad infinitum, ad nausium.
>
># 2 daughter is a semi vegetarian - she's not a vegetarian she just doesn't
>like eating flesh. Great pepperoni, salami or jerky is fine and she has no
>hesitation eating around the meat. She will take a big helping of
>stroganoff and just remove the steak.
>
>So I would like to make a different stuffing if it uses meat that's ok but
>not essential.
>
>Suggestions?

I'm fond of cornbread stuffing with toasted pecans and dried cranberries. Hard
to imagine making it without onions, but celery could be omitted since the
pecans would provide a nice crunch.

You could add a little boozy flavor by soaking the dried cranberries in some
Grand Marnier (save the soaking liquid for a nice shot for the cook), and used
fresh orange and lemon zest to give the stuffing zing.

The pecans could be toasted with a sprinkling of Paul Prudomme's blackening
seasoning or a reasonable facsimile and a touch of real maple syrup. Not a lot,
just a hint. Chop coursely and add to the cornbread, along with some fresh
marjoram, sea salt and pepper. Vegie broth and melted butter to moisten. Bake
separately for DD and stuff the Turkey with the rest.

Then you could glaze the turkey with a maple-citrus-butter mixture.

Just a thought.
Ellen