Veggie Holiday Turkey Dinner or “Over Stuffed Squash”

Ingredients

1 large squash

1 small eggplant

1 small zucchini

1 red pepper

Stuffing: (spices have two amounts as some like lots of spice and some don’t. So spice according to your family’s tastes)

All vegetable insides from the hollowed out vegetables

4 table spoons of olive, avocado or grape seed, no flavour coconut oil your choice

1 1/2 cups ground walnuts (use a clean coffee grinder to grind the nuts)

½ to 1 teaspoon thyme

½ to 1 teaspoon rosemary

½ to 1 teaspoon oregano

½ teaspoon of sage (if you want that hint of Holiday flavour)

½ to 1 teaspoon dry hot pepper flakes (optional)

All of the scrapped insides from the squash, eggplant and zucchini.

1 tablespoon of maple syrup

Braggs seasoning liquid

Kitchen implements needed: cutting board, melon baller, med size-mixing bowel, high side frying pan, Natural hemp string, Pyrex low side pan or cook sheet to fit the squash, a friend to help you hold the squash together and tie with string.

Directions

Take out a cutting board, a melon baller and a med size-mixing bowel. Cut all the vegetables listed above in half. Scoop out the seeds inside the squash, then scoop out the squash meat into a mixing bowel. Do the same to the eggplant and zucchini. Clean the red pepper and set aside.

Next you want to make the dressing. Heat the fry pan with your choice of oil. Add all the spices into the oil, stir for ½ min, then add vegetable scrapings and stir. Let simmer for a couple of mins then add the ground walnuts. Stir and add the maple syrup and Braggs liquid seasoning to taste. Cover with lid and simmer for 10 mins.

Pre heat oven to 400 deg. Get out a Pyrex pan and set aside.

Now it’s time to assemble the whole thing together. Place both sides of the hollowed out squash in the counter or big cutting board. Put the stuffing into the
squash and spread thin and to the sides. Next take the eggplant if you squash is large enough, omit if your squash is too small. Then add more stuffing and place the zucchini on top. Make sure you press the stuffing around the vegetables as they are added. On top of all of the pile of veggie add a small slice of red pepper.

Next you will need some string to hold the squash together. Get your friend to help you tie the string around the squash. Put both sides of the squash together and using all four hands and tying the string around the squash.

Place the stuffed squash in the oven lightly covered with tin foil, then uncover for the last half hour. Bake for 90 min. in the oven. Test for tenderness with a fork and bake longer if needed.

When you serve this dish. Let it cool for 10 min before slicing. Then slice and place right on each person’s plate. You will see how beautiful this makes your holiday plating.

Enjoy the rave reviews from your holiday guests. No one will miss the Turkey. This dish is way taster. Serve with salad and all the holiday dinner treats your family loves.