Fantasy Veggie Dinner Guest - RICHARD NIXON

Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States and could, indeed, be remembered not for his resignation, but for his many achievements: his first term in office oversaw the beginning of the withdrawal of American troops from the chaos of the Vietnam War and the Apollo 11 moon landing; as a Quaker, Nixon could have avoided active service in World War II, yet he joined the US Navy; in the US Senate in the 1950s, he voted for Civil Rights and foreign aid.
When he was first elected President in 1969, he advocated peace: In these difficult years, America has suffered from a fever of words; from inflated rhetoric that promises more than it can deliver; from angry rhetoric that fans discontents into hatreds; from bombastic rhetoric that postures instead of persuading. We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another, until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.
Yet, he failed to live up to the 'glamour' of the Kennedy years and journalists from newspapers which had not overtly questioned possible covert practices in the 1960s, began to  increase their scrutiny of the politicians of the 1970s.
In 1974, after the infamous Supreme Court Case, United States v. Nixon, the 'Watergate Tapes' were ordered to be delivered up.
So, with a great deal of irony - which I'm sure he would have appreciated, Zelda will be serving

QUORN SUPREME

Serves 2

1tbsp oil
4 quorn fillets
1 onion, chopped
8 mushrooms, sliced
parsley, chopped finely
2 cloves garlic, crushed
200ml vegetable stock
½tsp mustard
2tbsp fat free yogurt (or replace with double cream if you're feeling decadent)
black pepper


Spray oil in a pan and fry the fillets until slightly browned on each side.

Remove from the pan. Fry onion and mushrooms and cook very gently until softened.

Add garlic and cook further.
Pour in stock mixed with mustard and sprinkle in half the parsley. Replace the quorn fillets.

Reduce and then cool slightly before mixing in the yogurt and the rest of the parsley along with the black pepper.

Lovely with lots of healthy vegetables.