Delicious recipes without dairy?

[Anonymous]

We're hosting some friends for a weekend, and I'm clueless as to what to cook for breakfast and dinner. They're vegetarians and she can't have any cow's-milk products in her food. Any suggestions for super yummy things? I've done some recipe searches and only came up with mediocre things that I wouldn't want to eat in the heat of summer.

[Anonymous]

Hmmm. Well, you can make just about any baked breakfasty item and substitute Silk soymilk for cow milk, and it will turn out fine.

I cribbed my scrambled tofu recipe from the Heartland Cafe in Chicago:

1 lb tofu
good handful of sesame seeds
chopped green onions
a little sesame oil
tamari to taste (a lot)

Wash your hands, smoosh it all together, and then fry it in a HOT pan with a little olive oil. Turn it once it browns and crisps a little. Good with salsa and warm corn tortillas.

Green salad with cashews and sliced dried black figs is one of my favorites. Good with shitake sesame vinigarette or Annie's Goddess Dressing...

Fresh fruit over waffles is always fabulous.

[Anonymous]

PP again. How about cold cucumber soup? Gazpacho? Cold fruit soup?

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the suggestions! How much does using soy milk change the taste of a breakfast casserole? Is it noticeably different?

[Anonymous]

Soy milk and rice milk are sweeter usually than regular milk, so that could affect it.

You could find a sweet bread pudding recipe and use rice milk (that's my choice over soy) and coconut oil or canola instead of butter.

Potatoes/sausage/onion--throw them in a crockpot overnight.

[Anonymous]

For breakfast Soy Chorizo( you can get it from trader joes)
and tortillas yum

[Anonymous]

Do you have a grill? You can do vegetable kabobs and maybe grill some portabello mushrooms for burgers. For a side dish to pasta salad with a balsamic vinegar.

For breakfast, I would ask them what they usually do. No use going to a lot of trouble if all they want is coffee. Maybe have some fresh bread and jam for a continental breakfast.

[Anonymous]

If your breakfast casserole is heavy on the eggs and light on the milk, the difference should be pretty minimal. If it's a really dairy-heavy recipe it might not work very well.

[Anonymous]

BTW, original Silk in the RED container, or better yet, unsweetened (green). I made gravy once with vanilla by accident. Yuck!