Thanksgiving Five Spiced Turkey Recipe

Ingredients:

6 tablespoons low-sodium soya sauce
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon ground ginger,
2 teaspoons paprika
1 tablespoon fresh chopped basil,
2 teaspoon parsley
1/4 tsp black pepper
2 teaspoons Chinese five-spice powder,
1 (12-pound) turkey
water

Directions:
Combine soy sauce, garlic powder, ginger, paprika, basil, parsley, pepper and five-spice powder in small bowl and let stand 20 minutes to thicken. Remove neck and giblets from turkey. Wash turkey well, then pat dry and season inside and out with salt and pepper. Pour 1/2 marinade over turkey, reserving other 1/2 for later use. Place turkey on rack in roaster. Pour about 1 cup water in bottom of roaster. Prepare foil tent to cover roaster. Spray underside of tent with non-stick cooking spray, place over turkey and seal sides. Roast turkey at 325 degrees, basting often, until nicely browned, about 15 minutes per pound. Remove from oven, let turkey rest and serve on platter with reserved marinade as dipping sauce on side.Makes 12 to 14 servings.

Favorite Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients
4 meduim sized yams
2 tablespoon of unsalted non-hydrogenated vegan margarine
2-3 large vidalia sweet Onions
6 tablespoon of light vegan brown sugar
1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
2 tablespoon of vegan maple syrup
fresh ground pepper

Directions:
Cook yams in oven for about 1 hour at 400 degrees. Make sure they are soft to the touch when done. In a saute pan (non-stick), combine the margarine and onions (slice, then chopped). Let onions soften. Add the brown vegan sugar, maple syrup, and cinnamon into the saute pan. Let it carmelize the onions.

When potatoes are done, peel off the skins (make sure you get them all) and put into a large serving bowl. Mush them up a little, add a little bit of your favorite margarine. Then take the onion mixture, drain, and pour them on top of the potatoes. Sprinkle with a little more brown vegan sugar, add fresh ground pepper, and you'll keep asking for more! Enjoy

Beans Over My Yammy

Ingredients
yams however many you want two big ones usually do the trick
two cans of organic beans, I used kidney and pinto
1 cup of whole grain rice
tortilla of choice, spelt or whole wheat

Directions:
Bake yams for one hour unwrapped at 400 but on foil to save your stove.

Start rice and beans a half hour after yams. season beans to taste, the spicier the better, paprika, fresh ground pepper, cumin, etc. this will help soften the sweet yams.

Once yams are done, mash and set aside. place tortillas in stove to warm up. once warm, put all together on tortilla with other condiments such as salsa verde or hot sauce!