Favorite And Easy Vegetarian Recipes?

Question

What are your favorite vegetarian recipes that are easy to make? I'm in college and I don't have too much time to spend on cooking (or much money to spend, for that matter).

Answer 1

Vegetarian burritos only require a microwave. You get some instant rice and put enough water in microwavable dish to cook the rice in according to the box, add salsa, canned black beans and chopped green pepper. You microwave until the rice is cooked through. Then you spoon the mixure into a flour tortilla and sprinkle some cheddar on it. Microwave until the cheese melts. Then, roll up your burrito and enjoy. It may sound weird but you can tweak the recipe and use slightly different ingredients and it will taste good. The combo of the cheese beans, rice and salsa are what really give it flavor. You can make it a casserole instead as well and it's good that way too.

Answer 2

Fresh tomato sauce. I've only ever met one person who didn't like it, even if I burned it or put in too much sugar. It’s delicious and only takes half an hour to make. If you have garlic, onions, and olive oil lying around, all you have to buy are herbs and passata. There is nothing in it that would not be good for you in the amounts that they're in.
Here's the recipe:
Ingredients:
2 Tbsp olive oil
2 chopped sprigs fresh rosemary
1 chopped sage leaf or 1 pinch dried sage (optional)
1/2 a chopped red onion
4-6 cloves garlic (how much do you like garlic?)
5 or 6 halved cherry tomatoes (optional)
1 liter passata or 1 can tomatoes
Sugar to taste (gets rid of bitterness-about 1-2 Tbsp should be used)
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste

1. Simmer the onion and herbs in the olive oil until onions are soft
2. Add the garlic and simmer until onions are semi-transparent
3. Add the cherry tomatoes and passata
4. Simmer to reduce for about 15 mins.
5. Add the sugar, salt, and pepper

Serve over pasta and enjoy!

Answer 3

I love Greek Salad because it keeps really well (much longer than leafy greens). I chop up a cucumber, green pepper and red onion and mix it all together in a big Tupperware container that I keep in my fridge. When I'm ready for some salad I chop half a tomato (zip-lock bag the other half and keep it for next time) and a bit of feta cheese. Stick the tomato and cheese in a bowl and pour in the some of the mixed veggies. Kraft Greek Salad Dressing with Feta and Oregano is great for the salad, and you can serve it with pita bread (which stays good in the fridge much longer than regular bread). Sometimes I serve it with falafel on the side (I buy falafel mix bulk at the health food store and "just add water" to form the balls).

If you have a freezer (my university doesn't give us freezer access) it's great to make a HUGE pot vegetable soup and freeze it in individual portions. I also love making huge batches of corn and potato chowder that I freeze individually. Serve it with hearty rye bread for a filling dinner (you can always slice a nice loaf of fresh bread and keep it in the freezer, taking out just what you need).

Answer 4

here i've got a recipe for cooking dal, you can try it with rice or chappati...

Ingredients

1/2 cup Masoor Dal
1 Tomato (Tamatar)
1/2 tsp Jeera
1/4 tsp Turmeric (Haldi) Powder
2 Green chilli
3 tsp Oil
1 level tsp Salt (Namak)
3 Garlic (Lasun) Cloves



How to make simple dal:
Boil the dal with salt, turmeric powder and slit green chillies.
In another pan, heat oil, add the jeera, tomatoes and garlic pods, sauté on a high flame till the tomatoes are soft and pulpy.
Add the boiled dal into this with little water, boil well for 15 minutes to incorporate the masala into the dal, garnish with coriander.

Answer 5

I buy quorn chicken pieces, mince and burgers they are easy to cook and you can make anything with them,
bolognaise, chicken curry etc.
I've just found a new product buy tesco's
vegetarian hot dogs, there 10 in a pack they only take about 3- Min's to cook and they are gorgeous( if you like frankfurters-or used to like that is). cook them and add them to pasta with a cheese sauce or white sauce yum! I'm hungry thinking about it.

I have pasta every second day, quick and easy to cook and cheap just change the sauce for variety

Answer 6

tortilla espana --

6 eggs
3-4 small/medium potatos sliced thin
1 onion sliced thin

get a no-stick pan and fry the the onions and potato until they are a little brownish.
whisk the eggs and pour them over the top and let it cook for about 3 mins. get a plate and slide the mess out on the plate, put the frying pan over the mess on the plate and turn the whole thing over and fry a couple more mins.
serve with toasted bread drizzled with olive oil and crushed tomatoes (this is sooo much better than it sounds -- you have to trust me on that one)

vegan caldo verde

3-4 potatoes diced (2 lbs)
1 onion
3-4 heads garllic
6 cups water (or 5 cups water 1 cup cheap spanish red wine)
1 lb kale sliced thin
1 package vegan chorizo (its tofu spanish sausage) sliced thin
1 package yellow rice seasoning

boil the potatoes onion and garlic in the water -- stick it in a blender when its boiled soft.

add the kale and chorizo and seasoning. eat with lots of crusty bread

Answer 7

One Bite Pizzas 1/2 bag veggie burger crumbles 1/2 tube vegan sausage (Tofurky) 1 jar pizza sauce 4 slices vegan cheese 1 bag of toasted mini bagel chips. Mix the crumbles and sausage together, heat it for 20 secs. then add the pizza sauce. Melt the cheese on the bagel chips and add the sauce. :] Since your a vegetarian instead of vegan, it's ok to get regular cheese.

Answer 8

Cauliflower Cheese, Vegetable Lasagne and Vegetable Enchilados.

Answer 9

I buy Morning Star Farms "beef-like" strips or ground meat substitute, and mix it with with just about anything that you'd make with ground beef. Chili, pasta, rice.... the possibilities are endless. Boca has great ground beef substitute also. Just look in the grocery store freezer near the vegtables.
Also, there are corn dogs, and "chicken" nuggets, vegitarian lasgna with boca "meat" and serveral other products. Check out their websites. Not all stores carry the same products.
Good luck, and good eating...

Answer 10

Vegetarian Chili:

First, find yourself two or three fat vegetarians... oh, wait, there aren't any...



*Sorry, couldn;t resist. :-D
I know you'll get plenty of great ideas here, but do use Google to look up recipes too. Its an excellent resource.