Favorite Vegetarian Recipes?

Question

What are some of your favorite vegetarian recipes? Lately I have been having a hard time trying to figure out what to make for dinner. Preferably low colestrol and sodium. I have tried tofu once in lasagna and it gaged me, but I am willing to try it again, honestly I don't think I cooked it either long enough or got enough water out.

Answer 1

So delicious, everybody asks for the recipe!

Baked Corn

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups whole kernel corn
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup green bell pepper, chopped
25 g margarine
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
ground black pepper
3/4 cup milk
1 egg
1/3 cup cracker crumbs
1 tablespoon butter, melted ( = 15 g )

DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
In a large skillet, saute onion and green peppers in the margarine. Using a wooden spoon, stir flour, salt, pepper and milk into the sauteed mixture. Stir corn kernels and egg into the mixture before pouring the entire concoction into an ungreased medium-size casserole dish.
Combine cracker crumbs and melted butter in a small bowl. Pour the mixture over the casserole.
Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 30 to 35 minutes.

Answer 2

I never liked tofu but the only time i did was when it was cut into cubes and fried in oil, added to stir-fried veggies and put into a tortilla. Real good stuff!

My favorite recipes are Mexican foods. Check out their vegetarian stuff.

Love Indian foods. You can make anything into a curry dish just add your favorite veggies in.

Pasta is easy.

I love eating stuff from different places. Check out some recipe books from different countries. They always have a vegetarian section. The ingredients you can't get just minus it out or substitute it with something you have. Have made some nice stuff that way ;)

Then I usually make lots of junk food (pizzas,burgers, nougats etc) but know that's not what you want.


Oh Massiha !! Im gona try out that baked corn recipe !Thanks !!!

Answer 3

MorningStar Farms makes Veggie crumbles which can be used just like ground ham burger. I use it in the hamburger helper meals. Morning star farms is available at most super walmart centers and even in some grrociery stores.
Loma Linda also makes veggie "Fake" meats. They can be found online. My recipe:
Potato Dumplings

10 medium potatoes
5 eggs
1 tbs salt
Enough flour to stick it all together.

Peel and boil potatoes till almost done but not quite (should still be firm in the middle). Grate the potatoes. Mix all the ingredients together. Knead into balls. Boil big pan of water. Place balls in water exactly fourteen minutes, no more, no less. Remove from water and place in a bowl with a small plate upside down on the bottom of it. Eat immediately. Left-overs are good diced up and fried in butter till lightly browned.

Answer 4

See the link below for lots of good recipes!

The next time you do a tofu lasagna use extra firm tofu, remove it from the package, put it between two plates and set a couple of cans for around an hour to get out the excess moisture. Mix with defrosted and squeezed frozen spinach (to avoid excess liquid again) along with some Italian herbs (chopped fresh preferably but dried is ok), If you've got it add a scoop of nutritional yeast to add a bit of 'cheesy' flavor and vitamins. Just remember that tofu is the blank slate on which you build your culinary masterpiece; it is *not* the paint!

Answer 5

I'm going to suggest a cookbook that you'll find INVALUABLE. I use this cookbook at least once per week. Some of the best recipes are the Painted Desert Salad (with roasted red peppers, avocado and aged white cheddar), Eggplant Rolatini (with two cheeses and herbs) and Sante Fe Lasagne (with cilantro pesto and smoky tomato sauce). Whenever I'm in Victoria BC I ALWAYS eat at this restaurant, and I was soooo happy when they came out with a cookbook!

Answer 6

I had a similar experience with tofu. You have to ease yourself into it start by trying this.

But firm cotton tofu (the type packed in water)
Freeze overnight
Place the unopened plastic pack in boiling water and boil for 10 minutes.
Remove from the pack and wrap in a clean tea towel
put all your weight on it and squeeze as hard as you can.
Cut tofu into cubes and place in your favourite sauce - leave for 30 mins.
Fry the whole lot in a little oil until beginning to crisp.

As for favourite recipes, I can't choose just one! I moderate a vegetarian discussion board at the site below we are all about tasty healthy food, you might find it useful.

http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?categ=vegetarian&recipe_date=2006-11-11,2006-11-17

http://www.recipezaar.com/bb/viewforum.zsp?f=43

Answer 7

Anything can be a vegetarian dinner, just leave out the meat and get your full protein requirements from beans & rice (must be eaten together) or fish if you eat it. Tofu has to be firm if eaten for dinner leave the soft stuff for deserts like pie or custurd. Squeeze the water out of it by making a press with paper towels. Marinate it in teriyaki sauce then put in oven and bake for 30 minutes. Or, the best way to have it is pan fried w/ soy sauce added after its cooked. Even eat it raw with ginger and soy sauce. There are also many other alternitives.... temphe, seitan, and Quorn just to name a few.

Answer 8

I don't have the recipe in form of me but you can find it n the internet. It is called "NEATLOAF" (meatloaf without the meat) and it can be made in either a pure vegan form or a vegetarian form. I love this stuff!

Another fave that I make:
Gnocchi topped with fresh diced ripe roma tomatoes, smashed roasted garlic, fresh basil, olive oil and some sea salt.

Answer 9

I'm not a tofu person either. Some of my favorites are Stir-fry's, veggie lasagna, Quorn and risotto, pasta with garlic and olive oil with broccoli and bell peppers mixed in and a crockpot stew I make with Potatoes, carrots, onions and quorn tossed in at the end. If you want the recipes for the stew, post a question and I'll be happy to post it.

Answer 10

Squash Ravioli Bean tortilla rolls Pita pockets Veggie wraps