Reduced Fat Vegetarian Stuffing

My Mom and Me

Hi All,

A friend of mine asked me if I had a vegetarian reduced fat recipe for stuffing.  I revamped my family’s stuffing recipe and decided to use it for my next podcast.  Hope you like it.  It gave me a great idea.  If you have any dish you would like to see reduced, let me know; and I’ll try my best to do it.  Just e-mail me a note or send me a video.  You never know—you may be in my next podcast.

As for my book, it’s coming along great.  It should be finished and on the shelves by the spring. 

Happy Holidays.

Greg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x23cdkI-un0

Reduced Fat Vegetarian Stuffing

Ingredients

1 15-ounce bag of seasoned stuffing

Olive Oil Pam Spray

2 tablespoons olive oil

8 stalks of celery chopped

1 large onion chopped

2 cups chopped cooked chestnuts

½ cup of sherry (or brandy)

2 ½ cups of apple juice (no sugar added)

2 cups vegetable broth

1 egg

Spray a large pot with Olive Oil Pam Spray, add olive oil, and sauté celery, onion, and chestnuts for five minutes over medium heat.  Add the sherry (or brandy) and a 1/2 cup of apple juice.  Continue to sauté for an additional ten minutes.  Set aside.  In a large bowl, mix seasoned stuffing, vegetable mixture, 2 cups of vegetable broth, and egg.  Continue to mix, gradually adding 2 cups of apple juice.  Mix well.  Either stuff the bird or bake in a casserole dish.  If you are going to use a casserole, spray it with Pam and bake for twenty minutes at 350 degrees.

Notes:

If you prefer a non-vegetarian but reduced fat stuffing, you may substitute the vegetable broth with chicken broth and add turkey sausage.  Spray the pot with Olive Oil Pam and sauté turkey sausage in one tablespoon of olive oil.  We are using only one tablespoon of olive oil, because the turkey sausage will release fat.  After you have sautéed the sausage for ten minutes, add the celery, onion, and chestnuts and continue as above. 

If you prefer to use whole wheat bread for your stuffing, you can toast cubed whole wheat bread, sprayed with Olive Oil Pam and baked for 25 minutes in a 350 degree oven.