I’m a bad cook but I’d like to be able to cook a really healthy vegetarian meal or a few…I’m trying to be a healthier vegetarian because i’ve been a vegetarian for the passed 5 years and i don’t think I’m eating healthy enough so if you have some simple healthy vegetarian recipes could you tell me thanks
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Peace - said
December 13 2009 @ 15:49
You can make:
Pita bread with falafel, avocados, & hummus.
Vegan chili made with black beans, kidney beans, corn, green beans, chili sauce, taco seasoning, tomatoes, green peppers & onions.
Baked/fried/BBQ tofu, seiten, TVP, or tempeh.
Cook and fry a large portobello mushroom and make a burger.
Stir fry and season rice/couscous/quinoa, beans, and vegetables.
Bean, rice, & veg cheese burrito, taco, or quesadilla.
Pasta or potatoes (scalloped, mashed, fried, baked, etc) with nutritional yeast cheese sauce. http://www.ivu.org/recipes/italian/sauce-j.html
Sandwiches (like tempeh lettuce & tomato, tofurky cheezsteak, roasted vegetable etc).
Breaded or stuffed mushrooms
TVP and bean tacos, cook tvp with cornstarch, water, and spices to make tacos
Scrambled tofu with vegan cheese, bell peppers and onions
Falafel wrap with tahini dressing
Lettuce or veggie wrap with hummus or vegan mayo
Fried, baked, grilled, or stuffed veggies
Stir fry with vegetables and tofu, tvp, tempeh or seitan
Sandwich, on french bread or sourdough with choice of fillings, vegan grilled cheese
Salad, fruit, vegetable, vegan chicken, etc.
Soup, tomato, butternaut, creamy mushroom, black bean, etc.
Pasta, basic with sauce and vegetables with oil and seasoning
Grilled seiten steak with mash potatoes and gravy
Mashed cauliflower or potatoes with seasoning and vegetables
Vegan bagel pizzas, with bagel, vegan cheese, pizza sauce and veggies and cook in oven, or instead of bagel use french bread
Peanut butter with rice and veggies, or toasted bread/bagel, on toasted bun with fried bananas
Toasted vegan cream cheese bagel with herbs and tomato
Make tofu fillets or cutlets breaded with sauce
Quick casserole, mix your favorite veggies chopped together with olive oil and fry, add nutrional yeast sauce; with vegan margarine mix together with breadcrumbs and put in a cooking dish poor mixed veggies onto it and then cover with more of the breadcrumb mix and top layered with green beans and cook for 10-40m or replace breadcrumbs with pasta of your choice
Easy vegan mac and cheese, cook pasta of your choice, make vegan cheese sauce and pour of cooked pasta.
Make a burger with either pre-made vegan burger patties or cooked portobello mushroom or cooked mushed mixture of vegetables or beans and add your favorite fillings, or make sloppy joes with a cup of cooked TVP covered in BBQ sauce in a cup of water, mix onions, tomato, bell peppers, etc cook until done serve on top of buns
Vegan sushi with brown rice, white rice, couscous, or quinoa, vegetables of your choice, maybe tofu, tempeh, portobello mushrooms or seitan and wrap in nori, roll and cut
Paprikash, cook your favorite vegetables with favorite legumes and add a lot of paprika and onions and green bell peppers
Chinese fried rice, fry brown rice and vegetables in a skillet with olive oil and add soy sauce or Bragg’s liquid aminos and liquid smoke
Vegan hot dogs, cook Smart Dogs or another brand of vegan hot dogs and put in a hot dog bun with your favorite condiments, even make chili dogs or frito pie
Vegan fish tacos, grill tofu and wrap in seaweed dazzle with olive oil and wrap in tortillas with lettuce and dressings of your choice
Bake a potato add your fixings, make a BBQ potato with BBQ sauced setien, a broccoli and cheese potato with broccoli, vegan cheese, and vegan butter, etc
Cook cauliflower, squash, broccoli, and peas together, mush slightly add vegan cream cheese, or vegan sour cream, or vegan butter
Power vegan smoothie with fresh fruits of your liking, plant milk, bananas or tofu, flaxseeds, pumpkin seeds, and maybe a sweetener of your choice; you can also add nuts, spirluna, protein powder, etc
Quick vegan waffles or pancakes with syrup, vegan butter or vegan cream cheese, and fruit
Cereal or oatmeal with fortified alternative to milk (such as soy milk, almond, rice, hemp, etc), with nuts and fruits on the side (or mixed in!)
Tempeh bacon with tofu scramble
Here are simple and easy veg*an recipes:
http://vegweb.com/index.php?board=153.0
http://vegweb.com/index.php?board=136.0
http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?categ=168%2C141%2C12%2C10
http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?categ=169%2C141%2C12%2C10
http://blog.vegcooking.com/quick_and_easy_meals/
www.theveggietable.com/recipes/easyrecipes.html
http://joyouslyalivegoesvegan.blogspot.com/search/label/Easy%20and%20Fast
202 Simple Vegan Meals Ready in 10 Minutes or Less:
http://urbanvegan.blogspot.com/2007/11/autumn-express-101-simple-vegan-meals.html
http://urbanvegan.blogspot.com/2007/07/summer-express-101-simple-vegan-meals.html
Other recipes:
http://veganpeace.blogspot.com/2007/08/vegan-recipes-sites.html
Scott P - said
December 13 2009 @ 15:49
You do not need to be a genius to make a salad.
John R - said
December 13 2009 @ 15:49
Whole wheat pasta with zucchini and caramelized onions.
The pasta is easy, just boil it.
Zucchini: well, we grill it for about ten minutes on low heat.
I have no idea how my wife caramelizes the onions though…
timmy - said
December 13 2009 @ 15:49
I made a delicious Thai meal and it was super easy.
1 bag of mixed stir-fry veggies (like pea pods, carrots, broccoli, and cauliflower.
1 can baby corn
1 diced white onion
1 package sliced fresh mushrooms
1 block firm tofu cut into small cubes
1 small can coconut milk
red curry paste
I put all the veggies and tofu in a large pot, mixed the coconut milk with a tablespoon of the red curry paste and poured it over the veggies.
Bake at 375 for 45 minutes, pulling it out once or twice to stir.
You could sprinkle with crushed peanuts at the end to serve.
tim h - said
December 13 2009 @ 15:49
I just made chili today that contains no animal products or soy!
I altered it from my old meat recipe that my brother had won 3rd place with in some big chili cook off…..my aunt also had it published in some new england cookbook. (listed as Tim’s chili hehe)
I took about a pound and a half of almonds and soaked them in water overnight, then I shredded them up in a food processor.
Next I dumped about a half a cup of olive oil in the bottom of the pot, added the almonds, about 6 oz of chili powder and 2 large diced Spanish onions. Cook them at a low heat and stir often. I ended up adding 1 cup of water to the mix because I was worried about it burning.
Now dice up these and add them to the mix:
1 large green bell pepper
3 jalapenos
2 or 3 habeneros (careful with these!wear latex gloves when cutting!)
Then go ahead and add:
1 cup molasses
12 oz can of tomato paste
16oz can of vegetarian baked beans (mine had a wheat product but I’m sure you can get them without)
16oz can of chili beans
16oz can of black beans
1/2 cup of dark brown sugar (a safe kind)
Cook on low heat for a few hours stirring often.
If it is too spicy, sweeten in up a little bit. Mine was a little too spicy so I am going add more brown sugar. I used 2 1/2 habaneros when I made mine. But it came out damn good! Just a little crunchy hehe
Phoenix - said
December 13 2009 @ 15:49
Grilled Portobello Mushroom Steaks
4 large portobello mushrooms
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup dry white wine
1 lemon, juiced
2 cloves garlic, minced
Salt and pepper, to taste
•Remove the stems of the mushrooms and brush off any dirt to clean.
•In a medium bowl or pan, combine the oil, wine, lemon juice, and garlic, stirring until combined. Add the cleaned mushrooms caps and submerge in the marinade. Let sit for 20 to 30 minutes.
•Remove from the marinade and season with salt and pepper to taste.
•Place the caps on a grill over medium-high heat and cook for 3 to 4 minutes per side, until just tender.
Makes 4 servings
If you want more recipes, PETA has a really AWESOME vegan cooking blog on their website:
http://blog.vegcooking.com/