"SportKite1" > wrote in message
...
> >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

Wow Maple Citrus - got a recipe?

As far as the onions and celery are concerned - They're OK I was just
wondering about different things maybe leeks and anise root or celery root.
I don't know.

Dimitri