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Classic Seventh-Day Adventist Potluck Recipes

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Discover how Adventist potlucks blend faith, food, and fellowship—with classic vegan recipes, cultural traditions, and crowd-pleasing casseroles. The Potluck as Cultural You need to understand that potlucks (or "fellowship meals") are to Adventist Christians what a catwalk is to the fashionista. This is the place where we gather to catch up on our lives, to mingle with visitors (Adventist Christians from elsewhere) and guests (former- or non-Adventists who either dropped in on their own or were brought as a guest of a member), and to nosh down on great vegetarian and/or vegan chow. After the meal people depart to a nature walk, an afternoon service in a nursing home, a video about witnessing or a personal ministries committee meeting, etc. About 35% of Adventists worldwide are reported to be vegetarian, some eating eggs and/or dairy products (ovo-lacto vegetarian) and some a more strict vegan (no animal flesh or by-products). I don't have figures, but today there are also...
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100 Ways to Thicken Homemade Vegan Soup

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  Discover 100 vegan ways to thicken watery soups without flour, plus tips to adjust flavors, reduce liquid, and achieve perfect consistency! Perhaps you have followed a delicious-looking recipe for homemade soup and found, after the prescribed cooking time and more, that the soup is still very watery. While you were not necessarily in quest of a cream soup, did you want something more... substantial? Well, with a better ratio of chunkiness to liquids? And if you are against using wheat flour, whatever the reason might be, what can you do? If you have potatoes or carrots in your soup, you can separate them, cooked soft, and blend them up to return to the soup-- that will help thicken. Same with other starchy vegetables-- blend up at least a portion of the cooked soup and you will see the results you are looking for.  Cooking down the soup over a longer period of time-- say, an hour or so on simmer-- will also reduce the fluid levels. Keep an eye on the soup so that the pan doe...
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LENTIL and SQUASH POT PIE Recipe (egg-free, dairy-free)

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                     Let's get right down to this delish lentil-butternut squash recipe! (*thanks to Jennifer Wong for the image above) In 4-Quart Pot: *2 C. Brown Lentils in 3 C. Water SOAK 2 - 3 hours or overnight. BRING TO BOIL . SIMMER approximately 1 hour. ADD : *4 c. Yellow or Orange Squash, diced *4 Vegetable Bouillon Cubes *2 tsp. Coriander *1/2 tsp. Cumin *2 cloves Garlic *2 large Onions, chopped fine SIMMER until Squash is tender. POUR into deep casserole dish or spoon into individual baking ramekins as in the photo above. SAVORY PASTRY TOPPING: WHISK together: *1/2 C. Oil *1/4 C. Water *1/2 tsp. Salt *1/4 tsp. Savory ADD to: *1 1/2 C. Whole Wheat Flour *2 T. Parsley Flakes ROLL OUT to cover dish OR individual ramekins.. BAKE until crust is golden. ~Recipe by Wyona Hertwig
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Pumpkin or Squash Soup (gluten-free, egg-free, dairy-free)

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Pumpkin Soup with Roasted Pumpkin Seeds as a garnish BAKE 1 medium Pumpkin or Squash until tender SAUTE 1 large Onion in 2 T. Oil ADD: *2 C. Nutmilk *1 tsp. Sea Salt *Pinch Cinnamon *Pinch Nutmeg *Pinch Cloves BLEND all above and SIMMER on low heat for 15 minutes GARNISH with slivered dry-roasted almonds              or roasted pumpkin seeds (above)
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