Do you know good vegetarian recipes?

Question

If you know any recipes, or websites that have good vegetarian recipes, that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Answer 1

you can adjust quantities - I cook for 2. Most of the recipes are based on Greek cuisine so if you like it I'm sure you'll enjoy them. I use Greek organic olive oil or buy olive oil from Arabic food markets (Spanish olive oil) - never from normal supermarkets though, it's tasteless (I think). don't like tofu or soy so there are no recipes with them. I will try to add more recipes later - it's a bit hard to write everything down - if you want email me at [e-mail] though and I'll be glad to send you more. I want to publish a cookbook so I would really appreciate other people's opinion on my recipes.

PS: I'm not an English native speaker so sorry about any spelling/grammar mistakes. If there is anything you don't understand feel free to email me.

Mushroom stifado

500 gr small mushrooms
250 gr onions cut in rolls
5-6 spoons of oil
salt, pepper
bay leaves
1 cinammon stick
1/3 cup red dry wine
1/5 cup vinegar

Cut the onions (not in very small pieces). Boil the mushrooms for a couple of minutes in water and then take them out and leave aside. Put the oil in the pan. When it gets hot put in the onions and keep stirring for about two minutes. Lower the fire and keep stirring until they get soft. Add the mushrooms, wine, vinegar, salt pepper cinnamon and bay leave (keep stirring). When the wine and vinegar begin to boil put the lid on the pot and lower the fire so that the sauce is barely boiling.Add a bit of water.Leave it until most of the water evaporates (keep checking every couple of minutes , it shouldnt take more than 15 in total but stir occasionally). Before removing it from the fire check taste and
add salt accordingly - if you think it's needed.


Vegetable soup (for best results you need a mixer)

broccoli (about 300gr)
2-3 small potatoes
1-2 medium carrots
sweetcorn (a handful)
some fresh cream (I use about 100ml or less)
fresh parsley - about one big spoons (cut)
salt
pepper

Cut the broccoli in relatively small pieces. Peel the potatoes and cut them in 4, peel and cut the carrots. Boil water, add some salt. Then add the potatoes and the broccoli stem in the water. After 7-10 minutes add the carrots and 5 minutes afterwards add the floret. Leave to boil for a bit. Try mushing them with a fork (just to check if they are soft enough). IF yes, leave enough water for the vegetable to be covered and remove from heat. Add parsley. Blend the rest of the mixture. (I use a hand mixer directly in the pot and don't like to make it entirely smooth. Add sweetcorn (if it's frozen put the pot on low fire with the lid on for 2-3 minutes -
not really necessary because the mixture is so hot that it will be done by itself) Then, remove from heat, add fresh cream and stir.
This is a very flexible recipe, you can just add/remove ingredients based on what you like.
Things that are easy to mush though at first (potatoes, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, etc ), mush, and then the more solid vegetables (sweetcorn, mushrooms).

Mushroom veggie balls
2 cups mushrooms cut in small pieces
half a lemon juice (2-3 spoons)
1 cup of grated potatoe (drained)
3/4 cup grated onion (drained)
3 big slices of bread, cut in pieces, put in a bowl and throw a bit of water on it, then drain with your hands.
1 spoon of dry mint
2-3 spoons of olive oil(strong taste if possible)
about 8 spoons of cut parsley
salt (about 1 spoon), cinnamon, pepper
1/3 cup of self raising flower
1/3 cup crushed toast
a bit of oil

Boil the mushrooms in water with the lemon juice for 4-5 minutes. Drain them entirely. (Wait until the cool down and drain with your hands. (They should be about 1 cup after boiled).

Put in a big bowl the mushrooms, potatoes, bread, onion, mint, olive oil parsley, pepper, cinnamon and salt and mix them well. Check that the mixture is drained well, if not, when creating the balls push the mixture well in your hands so that the water comes out. Meanwhile, create the balls and place them in a seperate plate.

In another bowl mix the toast with the flour.

Put oil in a pan and heat. When oil starts burning roll the veggie balls in the flour/toast mixture and fry.

Same recipe applies for spinach veggie balls.

Note: You can make the mixture a day before and leave it in the fridge

Coriander potatoes**
small potatoes (one potato can almost fit entirely in a closed hand)
coriander seeds (2-3 spoons) crushed
salt,pepper
red dry wine (1/2 cup)
olive oil

Wash potatoes well. Do not peel. Cut in 2. (If you think they are too big cut in 4 or more). Take a knife and punch holes into each.
Heat the oil (The oil should be about half a centimeter high from the bottom of the pot/pan), then add the potatoes. When the potatoes get some color outside (they don't need to be cooked entirely but should start getting soft) add salt, pepper, crushed coriander seeds. Stir well. Then add the wine and lower the heat. Stir and check every couple of minutes. Add more wine if necessary.

Lentils
1 cup of lentils (not the small fast to cook lentils)
1 big chopped onion
1 big grated carrot
1 grated tomato
2 sticks chopped celery
half an onion juice
a bit of olive oil
Put lentils in a pot with cold water. Put on high heat and leave until water boils. Then, drain water and wash lentil with cold water. Again, put cold water in the pot and put the lentils on high heat. When they start boiling, lower the heat a bit and add lemon juice and salt. Wait until lentils start to get softer (add more water if necessary). When they do, if there is a lot of extra water, just leave enough to cover them. Add onions and olive oil first. After a couple of minutes add the rest of the vegetables. Stir and taster occasionally to see if they are done. (If you don't have all the vegetables it's ok. All you need is the onion. The rest are not that essential.


Stuffed mushrooms with feta
medium sized mushrooms (not closed cup)
1 grated plum tomato
1/2-1 grated garlic glove
2 spoons chopped parsley
1-2 spoons olive oil
some oregano
1/2 pack of feta

Take the stem off the mushrooms (don't throw away). Add a hint of olive oil on each mushroom (Cup looking up) and put them on the grill for 3 minutes - or until water starts coming out. Then take out of the oven and leave them aside to cool.
Chop stem and put in microwave for about a minute or cook until it gets soft. Then leave it on the side.
Mush feta. Add tomato, garlic, parsley, oregano and olive oil. Mix well with mixer or fork. Try mixture and add salt, pepper according to taste. Add the chopped mushroom stems and mix.
Fill the mushrooms with the mixture and put in oven for 10 minutes on low temperature.
You can also use the same mixture (without the mushrooms stems) to fill peppers. I don't do it very often because I can't find small pointed peppers in the UK. Normal peppers are just too big.


Filled peppers (Gemista)

1 cup of long grain rice
1 chopped onion
200gr chopped mushrooms
a couple of peppers (I like colors so I use green, yellow and red - also for the taste variation)
3-4 spoons of olive oil
2 spoons of parsley
2 grated tomatoes
salt
pepper

Cut top off peppers and empty. Put in oven for a bit until they start getting soft. Then leave them aside to cool. Heat oil in a big pan or pot. Add rice and stir until it begins to color a bit. Add onion and stir. After 1-2 minutes add tomatoes, mushrooms, parsley, salt and pepper. Stir well. Add a cup of water and wait until it's absorbed. Take pot off the heat. Fill peppers. Put peppers in a pot sideways and add a mixture of water, a bit of olive oil, salt and pepper. so that peppers are half covered. Put in oven at 200. After 10 minutes turn peppers so that the other half is covered with the mixture. They should be done when most of the mixture is absorbed.

Penne with vegetables and fresh cream
250 gr penne (I use wholewheat)
200 gr mushrooms - cut in 4
200 gr spinach
1 big pepper - cut in big pieces
1 spoon olive oil
1 small can of sweetcorn or 2 handfuls of frozen
150 grams grated cheese (I usually use 50 gr halloumi and 100gr other cheese but I have also used just cheddar or just mozarella and it tastes good no matter what)
100ml fresh cream
salt
pepper

Fill pot with water and add some salt. Wait until water boils and add penne. Cook until penne is done. Drain and put under cold water (so they don't get sticky). Drain and leave aside. Put olive oil in pot (use same pot). Add peppers. When they start getting a bit soft, add mushrooms. After about a minute add spinach too. Stir. When spinach begins to cook add salt and pepper and stir. again. Add sweetcorn.Take off heat. Add penne, 2/3 of the grated cheese and fresh cream. Stir well. Put mixture into oven dish and cover with rest of grated cheese. Put in oven at 180 and leave for about 15 minutes. When it's done you can stir if you want but in my house we fight for the crunchy top so it's up to you.


Spinach
1 pack of spinach
1 lemon's juice
1 glove garlic
2 spoons olive oil

Chop garlic. Put in a bowl, add lemon juice and olive oil. Mix well. Add spinach and stir. Leave it sit for a couple of minutes. Put in pot, put lid on and cook on low heat for a couple of minutes. Stir every 30 seconds.

Mushrooms with cream sauce
400gr mushrooms
1 onion
worcestershire sauce
100 ml fresh cream
1 spoon chopped parsley
salt
pepper
2 spoons olive oil
a bit of white wine (optional)

Cut mushrooms in 4. Boil in water for a couple of minutes and then drain. Heat oil in pan. Add onions until they start getting soft. Add mushrooms and parsley, salt and pepper. Stir. Add wine. When mushrooms start getting some color add fresh cream and worcestershire sauce. Stir and leave on low heat for 1-2 minutes.

Boiled vegetables
broccoli
carrots
spring onion
veg stock
white wine
pepper
olive oil

Heat olive oil. Fry carrots and broccoli stem for 1 minute. Add spring onion. Stir. Add one cup of water and veg stock cut in small pieces(easier to dissolve). Wait until water boils. Add 1/4 cup white wine. Put in low heat and leave. Stir occasionally. When it's done add pepper and stir.



Also, when I don't know what to cook I tend to go through http://vegweb.com/index.php?action=recipes .
If you don't want to give up egg/milk then just use the normal products instead of the replacements they recommend. I don't eat egg so I use 1 big spoon of peanut butter in cookies/cakes etc and bread with some water in burgers, veggie balls etc instead of egg .

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

Simple vegetarian meals?

Fry some onions/courgette/mushroom, add a tin of chopped tomatoes (remove the juice) heat up for a while. Cook some pasta while this is heating up. Add a vegetable stock cube (with hot water...obviously) to the tomatoes etc and cook it until it's a thick sauce, add minced quorn if you like it...Pour over the cooked pasta!



Hmm....steam some vegetables (carrots, runner beans, broccoli, cabbage...whatever you like!) and put a Sainsbury's vegetarian chicken kiev in the oven as it's high in fibre! That's a good meal!



Lovely roasted tomato soup! Roast lots of tomatoes/red onion/garlic in olive oil. After an hour, allow it to cool a little and blitz it to your liking (not long if you like it thick!) add boiling water and a vegetable stockcube, and lots of pepper....bring to the boil! this is very very very nice, especially with a nice crusty bread roll.

I love being a vegetarian, yummy food!

Answer 4

dont give this recipe out that often" Veg Lasagne !!!
chop onions and dice carrots simmer in a little oil until a little soft add mixed herbs s&p and paprika give a stir if it dries out abit add a little water no to much just to stop it sticking chop up peppers chunky an quater mushrooms add to pan stir well add chopped toms then veg stock cubes ! let simmer for half an hour.
make your white sauce for lasagne melt a little butter in pan add plain flour until thickens then just keep adding a little milk at a time until right thickness ! put lasagne together veg sauce first then sheets of las then white sauce and same again then just add grated cheese on top put in oven at 190 degrees for about half an hour until golden on top and lasagne pasta soft just put knife in! you also just have the sauce on a bed of pasta!!!!!
3 white onions
1 carrot
8 mushrooms
2 peppers what ever colour you like or mix!
2 tins chopped toms tbsp herbs 2 tbsp paprika
2 veg oxo cubes!
roughly these are the quantities Im used to making huge amounts!
Well good luck! You should love it everyone I know does!!

Answer 5

I know you asked for websites but one book that I will recommend is Prue Leith Vegetarian Bible. ISBN number 0 7475 5716 0, The recipies in there will make your mouth water. How about omlette salad, a fresh omlette, cooked, sliced and served in with fresh salad with lots oh herbs. Makes a fantastic lunch.Leek and walnut steamed pudding, yum yum.Buttered parsnips, lambs lettuce and spiced cumquats.
The book is available in Waterstones and is in paperback. One of the best books for vegetarian food I have read.

Answer 6

there's loads of websites you could use, just do some research IE type in 'vegetarian recipe' into a search engine and there you go...recipe's!!
why do veggies eat things that are like substitute meat (veggie burgers, quarn and non meat sausages)? it doesn't make sense! its a bit like being a lesbian and being with someone who looks like a bloke!

Answer 7

loadsa websites as they've said.. here's a simple one to get you started...
Sliced bell peppers, courgettes, red onion, and vine tomatoes. Sprinkle with dried herbs, garlic and drizzle with olive oil in a casserole. Roast in 220deg C oven for 25-30min 'till soft, then stir into cooked boiled rice or couscous with a sprinkle of lemon juice. Enjoy with pitta bread or ciabatta!

Answer 8

definitely bbc.co.uk/food as someone else mentioned. i always check on there, there is a search option that allows you to search for vegetarian recipes only, and also with certain ingredients, try it it's fab!

Answer 9

I have found a ton of great vegetarian recipes (and vegan) at
http://grazingrecipes.blogspot.com
and many yummy tofu ones at
http://recipeswithtofu.blogspot.com

Answer 10

foodtv.com has great recipes. search their recipes for vegetarian lasagne and other pasta combinations, stir frys, portabella mushroom burgers, and other favorite veggies of yours.

Answer 11

I'm not much of a cook, but I like to cook cappuccino for myself.

You could also try plain salt. I really like salt. Sometimes I even mix in some spices.