Pamela Toman

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Strata

Ingredients	Step
2k cups of bread	Scantly fill a lidded baking dish with cubes of stale bread (you'll add more volume, and it'll rise more when baked). Measure the volume of the bread (it's probably 4-6 cups), and cut that number in half. We'll call half the volume of bread "k".
	If you're going to make the strata the night before, first dry out the bread cubes by baking them at 250 degrees for 5-10 minutes, just until they start to brown.
k cups of eggs (~4-5 eggs per cup) k cups of milk seasoning	Beat eggs. Add the seasoning (e.g., salt and pepper, mustard, hot sauce, paprika, nutmeg, herbs, lemon zest) and mix well. Add milk and mix well. Set the egg mixture aside.
k cups of cheese (some reserved for topping) k cups of extras	Butter the dish. Combine the cheese and extras with your bread in the buttered dish, layering or mixing together.
reserved cheese	Pour the egg and milk mixture on top of the bread base. Press down to make sure all bread cubes have been submerged. Top the strata with reserved cheese. Cover and let it rest at least 30 minutes, and potentially overnight in the fridge.
	When you're ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Bake the strata covered (until it rises too high), uncovering it only for the last 15-30 minutes to brown the top. Bake until the eggs reach 160 degrees. (Depending on how cold your ingredients are, baking may take ~30-60 minutes.)

Source: Anna Stockwell (epicurious.com)

Wild Rice Dressing

A good amount of work, but very festive.

Ingredients	Step
⅓ c. brown basmati	Cook the basmati (perhaps soaked, then boiled with ⅔ c. water, then lid added to steam over simmer for 30 minutes until the water is gone, then let stand).
½ c. wild rice	Cook the wild rice (perhaps boiled 45-60 minutes with 1½ c. water).
½ c. sushi rice	Cook the sushi rice (perhaps rinsed well, then boiling ½ c. water without rice, then adding rice and stirring for 2-3 minutes, then simmering with lid for 10-15 minutes, then let stand).
1½ medium onion, diced	Saute.
1 c. carrot, diced 4-5 stalks celery, diced	Add and continue to saute until the vegetables are fully relaxed.
¾ t. thyme, dried ½ t. red pepper flakes	Stir in and saute a bit longer. Then remove vegetables from skillet.
8 oz. tempeh	Crumble into the now-empty skillet. Cook over high heat until golden brown. Maybe start with a splash of water to get some steaming too. When cooked, stir the vegetables back in and heat through.
balsamic vinegar soy sauce/tamari	Pour atop. Let sizzle. Stir together. Taste and repeat as necessary.
½ c. sunflower seeds, toasted ½ c. parsley	Sprinkle atop and/or stir together.

Source: unknown

Curried Tofu Crumble in Pita Bread

Makes about 3 cups / 3 sandwiches.

Ingredients	Step
1 carton firm tofu	Crumble into cloth. Gather ends and twist to remove moisture. Turn into a bowl.
1/4 t. turmeric juice of 1/2 lime a few pinches of salt	Toss with tofu.
2 T. oil 1 heaping T. chopped ginger 1 jalapeno, seeded and minced 1 serrano, seeded and minced 1 heaping T. chopped garlic	Saute over medium heat for 2 min or less -- just until garlic begins to color.
2 onions, finely diced 1.5 t. ground cumin 1/4 t. cayenne 1/4 t. turmeric	Add. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onions soften.
2 Roma tomatoes, seeded and diced	Add. Raise heat; stir and cook until the tomato juice has disappeared.
	Lower heat and add tofu. Cook until tofu is heated through.
1/2 t. salt, or to taste	Season to taste.
3 T. cilantro, chopped 1/2 t. masala spice (optional)	Sprinkle atop.
pita or chapati yogurt (optional) chutney (optional)	Serve hot or at room temperature, with chapati or pita.

Source: This Can't Be Tofu

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