Vegetarian recipes
 

So i've been a Vegetarian for 2 months now and being that im not that creative in the kitchen, (my bf is the cook here and he eats meat still) , i was wondering if anyone has any good vegetarian recipes for me to try to make, besides salads lol I'm open to trying anything, though im not the best cook:rolleyes: So if anyone has recipes please shoot:cool:

I'm not a vegetarian, so not much help but this recipe did come to mind.
It is more of a side dish and tastes sooooo good.

Fresh Corn Salsa recipe at Kraftfoods.com

See if you can get your hands on any of the Moosewood cookbooks---- borrow from the library even.

Simple yummy stuff.

mm sounds good, thank you!:thumbup:

is it just vegetarian recipes? thanks!

Here are a few soups that are always a hit around my house. These are just a few I have on my computer but I'll post a few other recipes later. You can also get lots of yummy recipes here:
Fatfree Vegan Recipes
Recipes for the Vegan / Vegetarian Diet

Green Minestrone

1 onion
2 celery rib
2 garlic cloves
1 zucchini
1 bay leaf, whole
1 can white beans, canned
8 cups vegetable broth
1 cup ditalini
1/2 pound green beans
10 ounces spinach leaves
12 basil leaves

1. Sautee onion, celery, garlic, zucchini and bay, salt and pepper
2. Add broth, bring to a boil add beans and pasta and green beans, bring to a boil, 8 min.
3. Stir in spinach basil


Baked Potato Soup

2 1/2 pounds baking potatoes
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
6 cups skim milk
1 cup reduced fat cheddar cheese, extra sharp
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 cup sour supreme (or sour cream)
3/4 cup green onion (optional)
6 slices veggie bacon (Morning Star)

1. Bake potatoes in oven, cool, discard skin and coursly chop
2. In pot, add flour, gradually add milk, cook over med. till thick and bubbly, at least 8 min.
3. Add potatoes, cheese salt and pepper
4. Stir in sour supreme and 1/2 c onions
5. Cook till heated through
6. Serve topped with veggie bacon

Try the Moosewood Restaurants cookbooks. The low-fat cookbook is great and has lots of easy recipes that use common kitchen ingredients (you don't have to go out and buy all kind of stuff you've never heard of before.) :)

Also, try beans - black beans, garbanzo beans, pinto beans are all good and work really well in most salads. Beans are high in protein and fiber, so they keep you full without lots of fat.

Quorn brand makes some really yummy chicken substitutes. You can usually find Quorn at co-ops or Whole Foods. The chick'n cutlets with gruyere (sp?) are to die for! Yum. Morningstar makes really yummy breakfast "sausages" and buffalo "wings" if you're craving meat-y things without the meat.

Good luck! :) (This is from Sophie's Mom's daughter)

For a really quick and easy meal you can make tacos (however you usually do- a kit or whatever) using Boca Crumbles instead of ground beef. My husband eats meat and he'll eat these. Also soft tacos with vegetarian refried beans, a mixture of corn and black beans and whatever else you like (salsa, cheese, lettuce, tomato, whatever) is good. I also make spaghetti from jarred sauce and my husband will grill italian sausage to add to his or I'll split the jar and put meatballs in half and leave half plain. I also do the same with fettucini and alfredo sauce adding broccoli to the sauce and my husband grills some chicken for his.

These are some of my lazy night meals.:D

I second Quorn "chicken"! It is so yummy! I've heard many long time vegetarians can't eat it because it is so chicken like it grosses them out. It is the only fake chicken I like actually. The gruyere one is so good! A half of one on a hamburger bun with dijon is one of my favorite things.

I LOVE Quorn!!!!! It is SOOOO good! I've been a pescetarian/pescatarian for 15 years or so and I generally love all the fake meat stuff! The taste/thought of meat never really grossed me out in the first place though - it was more the cruelty in the slaughterhouses :(. I like the Facon-type products too, lol! :D

omg i love soup!:D:thumbup:

I've got plenty of beans, i love them!:p Thanks i will look for the moosewood cookbooks, and that sounds good too because i always get these recipes where i have to go to the supermarket and get all these ingredients that i don't have, and sometimes i have to go to diff. supermarkets lol it get's expensive. I have never heard of Quorn..what is gruyere? it sounds good, im gonna look around for it. i dont know if any supermarkets near me will have it tho

Ok my brother made chili with some type of 'fake meat' and i swear it tasted just like the real thing! it was so good! i forgot to ask him what it was called but it might be boca crumbles. Your lazy night meals sound good, i love tacos! i never thought of doing a bean one. i am so hungry right now, i feel like going to make all of these meals but its not time to eat yet lol

The Morning Star crumbles are good too- I think both brands taste pretty similar. I prefer the Boca crumbles just for the packaging. There are 3 packages per box and each package equals 1/2 pound of ground meat. Since meat cooks down so much and the crumbles are already cooked and stay the same size it just makes it easier for me to figure out how much to use. For tacos for my family of 3 I use 2 packages and it's the about the same amount as when I used to buy 1 pound of meat.:)

Yves Ground "meat" also excellent! Can find them in any grocery store--the produce section where they have veg/tofu products.

I make burritos with them and NO one ever knows they're not eating meat. So you could share with your BF.;)