Your favorite vegetarian recipes

[zumbamama]

I'm an official vegetarian. Please share your favorite veggie dishes.

[Anonymous]

no real recipes exactly. but tofu veggie stir fry is always my standby vegetarian meal.

or pasta with veggies mixed in. the garlic oil and sea salt are key.

portobello mushroom burgers.

veggie chili.

i've heard that deborah madison has the best basic vegetarian cookbook. i'd try to find that for ideas.

[Anonymous]

BBQ tofu...fabulously high fat and delicious. It's not mine. It's bastardized from a recipe a cafe in Michigan somewhere put out in spiral bound cookbook form.


Freeze and then thaw a block of extra firm tofu (this changes the texture).
Turn your oven on to about 400.
Squeeze out excess liquid and slice into roughly 1/2 slices, or thinner if you like.

Arrange tofu on a baking sheet, and cover each slice with a layer of Thai peanut sauce. I make my own, but the bottled stuff works, too. Bake about ten minutes or until things look a little dried out and crispy. Flip and repeat, baking another ten minutes or so. Might be longer.

Take the sheet out of the oven and spread a layer of your favorite BBQ sauce over the tofu. Bake again 'til dried out and gooey/crispy. Flip, repeat.

This is great with rice or cornbread.

[Anonymous]

Zucchini slice - so easy (here's the recipe). Serve with a salad and bread.

http://aww.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=783167

[Anonymous]

saute onions and minced ginger with a red chili, add cumin and a little coriander. then add a few tomatoes with some salt and saute a couple more minutes. next add a can of chickpeas and cook for a while longer. serve with rice or pita. optional: blend in a little yogurt.

[Anonymous]

Im not a vegetarian but love vegetarian dishes. Some of my favorites:
Chili with red, black and white beans, corn, carrots and celery, and the regular chili spices
Feta in toasted bagel or baguette, drizzled with olive oil and sliced cucumbers
Black Eye Peas sauteed in tomato sauce and onions served on a bed of rice
Lentil soup
Spinach Pies
Lentils and rice served with caramelized onions
Mousakka (eggplant, tomatos, chick peas, onions)

You should look at Arabic cookbooks, lots of vegetarian options.

[Anonymous]

this has become a staple in our diet (we leave out the red peppers and its still delicious)

http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/warm-white-bean-salad

Warm White Bean Salad

1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 small red onion, diced
2 medium carrots, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced
1 medium red bell pepper, ribs and seeds removed, diced
1 clove garlic, slivered
1 can (19 ounces) cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
Coarse salt and ground pepper
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice

In a small saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and carrots; cook, stirring frequently, until onion is lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Add bell pepper and garlic; cook, stirring, until pepper is crisp-tender, about 3 minutes.

Stir in beans, lemon zest, and 1 cup water, and season with salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer; cover, and cook until beans have absorbed most of the liquid, about 10 minutes. Stir in lemon juice; season again with salt and pepper.

[Anonymous]

I love the cookbook "Vegan with a Vengeance". The recipes are not quick, though, there is a lot of prep work involved. But always the perfect amount of spices and textures. My 2 faves are the Chickpea curry and the Moroccan red lentils.

[Anonymous]

Question on the tofu. I am getting mixed info on if it is healthy or not. Thoughts? I am noticing a lot of receipes with tofu and I am also hearing that it mimics estrogen so can cause breast cancer? If OP is a new vegatarian, maybe this would be food for thought for her as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Question on the tofu. I am getting mixed info on if it is healthy or not. Thoughts? I am noticing a lot of receipes with tofu and I am also hearing that it mimics estrogen so can cause breast cancer? If OP is a new vegatarian, maybe this would be food for thought for her as well.

I have not done a lot of research, but I thought the issue was the amount of tofu, as some people eat it often and drink that tofu-milk stuff.

[Anonymous]

The whole hysteria about soy has been vastly overblown - largely by this sort of vague "I heard tofu is evil" bit that people throw out, without knowing much of the facts.

Much more dangerous and unhealthy, all across the board? Meat and animal products.

[Anonymous]

Fermented tofu is perfectly fine. This is the kind that healthy, long-lived people (e.g., the Japanese) have eaten forever. We don't use soy milk products (because we don't like them) and use small amounts of processed, unfermented soy.