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Preheat oven to 425°F. In a blender or food processor, process tofu, remaining honey, salt, and vanilla until smooth. (Or mix tofu with a fork or electric mixer until fairly smooth, then blend in remaining ingredients.) Fill pie crust with fruit mixture and then spread with topping. Bake for 15 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 350°F and bake until golden, about 25 minutes more.

Complementary protein: soy (tofu) + wheat

Easy Apple-Cheese Pie

6 servings

This simple-to-make pie is very special. It goes well with many different types of dinners—from the traditional to the exotic.

3 to 4 tórt green eating apples

Juice of ½ lemon

Easy “Pat-In” Dessert Pie Crust

8 ounces ricotta cheese

Up to ½ cup brown sugar (to taste)

1 egg

½ cup low-fat yogurt

1 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 350°F. Peel, core, and slice the apples and sprinkle with lemon juice. Arrange slices on pie crust in circles, overlapping slightly. In a bowl, beat with a fork (not an electric mixer) the ricotta cheese, sugar, egg, yogurt, and vanilla. Pour over the apples and bake until pie is lightly browned and a knife comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Cool and chill in refrigerator for at least 1 hour.

Complementary protein: wheat + milk product

Soybean Pie

6 servings

This tastes incredibly like pumpkin pie.

1½ cup very well-cooked soybeans (½ cup uncooked)

¾ cup honey

Salt to taste

1 teaspoon cinnamon

½ teaspoon ginger

¾ teaspoon nutmeg

2 eggs, slightly beaten

¾ cup low-fat milk

4 tablespoons instant dry milk

Easy “Pat-In” Dessert Pie Crust

Preheat oven to 450°F. Purée soybeans in a blender or with the fine blade of a food grinder. Combine with remaining ingredients except pie crust and pour into crust. Bake for 15 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 350°F and bake until a knife comes out clean, about 30 minutes more.

Complementary protein: wheat + soy + milk

Frozen Peach Treat

8 to 10 servings

My children did a blind taste test of four versions of this recipe. They loved them all, but this one was the winner. It’s from Claire Greensfelder (see Betty the Peacenik Gingerbread), who once wrote a food column for the East Bay Voice.

6 ripe peaches, peeled and chopped

1 quart plain yogurt

Juice of ½ lemon

Honey to taste

In a large bowl, mash peaches with a potato masher or pastry cutter. (If you use a blender, more of the water will be drawn from the fruit and you will have more crunchy water crystals.) Add yogurt, lemon juice, and honey and stir. Ladle into serving bowls or paper cups. Set in the freezer for at least 2½ hours. An incredibly refreshing treat.

* An unmessy way to measure margarine: fill a cup two-thirds full of water, then add margarine until cup is brimming. Drain off water.

Appendixes

Appendix A. Education for Action: Recommended Books and Periodicals

It is hard to sustain hope and energy for change when we are bombarded each day by the media. War, crime, AIDS, poverty, environment.… We easily feel overwhelmed. To develop an understanding of how one’s own efforts can make a difference, to learn about work for positive change, we need to expand the news and analysis coming into our lives. We can select analyses as well as news about citizen initiatives that would rarely appear in the daily paper or on the evening news.

Here are some reading suggestions you might consider from the two organizations I have helped to found:

From the Institute for the Arts of Democracy, 36 Eucalyptus Lane, Suite 100, San Rafael, California 94901:

Building Citizen Democracy: Concepts and Citizen Arts for Renewing Public Life. A lively booklet presenting the philosophy behind citizen democracy and its practical implications for renewing public life. Includes questions for group discussion. Frances Moore Lappé $4.00

Rediscovering America’s Values. Written as a lively dialogue about freedom, democracy, and fairness, this book is sparking discussion about the values that shape our society. Frances Moore Lappe Paperback, $12.95 Please