WINTER VEGETABLE MELANGE

3 Tbsp butter/margarine

4 cup celery, sliced diagonally

1 large onion, thinly sliced

1 large bell pepper, thinly sliced

4 Tbsp water

1 tsp grated lemon rind

1 tsp celery seed

2 Tbsp lemon juice

Salt & pepper to taste

Melt butter in large skillet or saucepan; add celery, onion, bell pepper and water. Heat to boiling, cover and simmer 10 minutes or just until crispy tender. Stir in remaining ingredients. Toss to mix well. Yield: 4 servings

(Mrs. James E Wood, Port Arthur, TX © Southern Living 1968)

Gluten-free and Vegetarian/Vegan Recipes

To meet my needs of being “gluten-free”, there are no ingredients that have wheat in them. Since one out of one-hundred people now have problems with the way the United States processes their foods, there are plenty of brands which are marked GF Gluten-free. However, read all the way around the label and determine if there might be traces of wheat or if the product was processed in a plant or on machinery that also handles wheat. (These statements are usually NOT found near the list of ingredients.) If this is the case and you are gluten-sensitive or have a wheat-toxicity, don’t use it!

I also deleted recipes which called for hidden gluten – like shrimp, frozen mangoes and parsnips.

Vegetarian foods allow the use of milk, honey, eggs, and other non-kill animal products; vegans do not. I have endeavored to post only recipes with vegan-appropriate ingredients. If I really liked something, though, that was vegetarian rather than vegan, I will note it.

Whenever possible, use non-GMO products (non-genetically modified).  If you think gmo’s are ok for you, you haven’t read any science fiction books, let alone Charles Darwin.

These recipes are not an attempt to substitute wheat or animal ingredients with something else. These recipes are “naturally” or originally gluten-free and vegetarian/vegan.