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Turkey Stuffing

Use the packaged bread stuffing unless you have plenty of good bread that you do not mind cubing and toasting in the oven.

Chop an onion or two and several stalks of celery. Saute in two tablespoons of chicken, turkey or bacon fat, or butter. Diana uses chicken fat from organically grown chickens. Add one-half cup or more of chopped Rappahannock walnuts to the breadcrumbs and small amounts of cardamom, black pepper, basil, coriander, cumin, parsley, marjoram and sage— or any of these that you have and like.

Stir the cooked vegetables into the breadcrumbs and add a cup of hot water. Stuff crop and cavity of the turkey and if you have any left over, make a foil dish to hold it. The dressing is hot when Diana puts it into the turkey, to help the turkey cook a little faster.

Roasted Turkey

Place turkey in a clean, brown paper shopping bag and, if you like, slide another one over from the other end. Place in a 300 degree oven and cook as you usually do. The paper bag produces a moist heat but, by the end, the bird will brown.

Check one hour before the bird is done and, if you think it is not brown enough, remove the bags and finish roasting uncovered. The juices collect in the bag. Diana splits the bags lengthwise with a knife and peals them off. If called for, degrease the juices and make gravy as you usually do.

When carving, it is important to cut the meat against the grain. With a turkey, cut breast meat perpendicular to the breastbone.

Butternut Squash Casserole

Diana bases her recipe on Mollie Katzen's “Moosewood Cookbook.” Cut a couple of large butternut squashes lengthwise, placing them face-down on an oiled tray. After baking for a half-hour, scoop out the filling and mash.

Saute a cup of chopped onion and two or three crushed garlic cloves. When translucent, add a heaping cup of chopped green and red peppers and saute until just under-done.

Beat two eggs into a cup of buttermilk or yogurt. Crumble in a halfcup of feta cheese. Add mashed squash; add spices, salt and pepper

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