[recipe] Easy Skillet Dinner

[Guest guest]

One other way I like to cook fast meals in the summertime is by making skillet

dinners.

They are fast and don't use the oven so the house stays cooler. Here is a yummy

skillet

dinner idea I once found in an omnivore cookbook and I was able to fix it into a

veggie

delight with a few changes. You can use Quorn brand, Tofurkey, or those dried-

reconstituted chicken-like TVP chunks...whatever you have and whatever floats

your boat.

Enjoy!

 

Easy Skillet Dinner

 

2 cups Tofurkey or Quorn brand meat-free tenders

1 package (5.3 oz) fried rice mix**

1 Tbs butter or margarine

2 cups water

1/8 tsp cayenne pepper

1 & 1/2 cups frozen corn, thawed

1 cup frozen broccoli cuts, thawed

2 Tbs chopped sweet red pepper, optional

 

In a nonstick skillet coated with nonstick cooking spray, saute vegetarian

turkey until

warmed through. Remove it from pan and keep warm. Set aside seasoning packet

from

rice mix. In the skillet saute rice in butter until lightly browned. Stir in

water, cayenne and

contents of seasoning packet.

 

Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Stir in corn, broccoli,

red pepper

and tofurkey. Return to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 6 to 8 minutes

or until

the rice and vegetables are tender.

Yield: 4 to 6 servings

**(check labels on fried rice packages carefully to make sure the brand you are

using is

vegetarian)

 

~ PT ~

 

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all

living things, man will not himself find peace.

~ Albert Schweitzer (01/14/1875-1965)