Does anyone know of any vegetarian recipes that doesn't contain soy protein or tofu?

Question

That stuff tastes so gross. I am looking for vegetarian (non vegan) recipes.

Answer 1

There are thousands of meals without either of those things in. I have soy protein or tofu maybe twice a year, usually at a restaurant when they insist on putting it in the veggie food.
So, take your pick from: Macaroni Cheese, Vegetable Stir Fry, homemade Vegetable Soup, Vegetable bake, Baked potato with beans, Lentil Stew, Cheese on Toast (!), Vegetable Curry, Vegetable Risotto, Chick Pea Salad, Mushroom Risotto, Pasta and Vegetable bake, stuffed peppers, stuffed tomatoes............well, clearly I could go on for hours.
If you feel the need for something in, say Spaghetti Bolognaise, in place of the usual minced meat, then use tinned green lentils. They have the same kind of thickening effect in the sauce and they taste great. Oh, and of course, they're very nutritious.
There is really no need for meat substitutes in a vegetarian diet, they are usually there for people who went veggie for solely health reasons, but still really miss the taste, smell and consistency of meat.
Take a look at the Vegetarian Society website for ideas and inspiration (link below)

Answer 2

Agreed re. soy/tofu.

http://epicurious.com has reliably good recipes, and you can specify "meatless" when searching.

Looking for "vegetarian" recipes seems to bring up a lot more soy, 'meat substitute' junk, and general bad and bland (or bad non-bland, like poorly made curries) than just looking for the recipes without meat in them.

ANY good cookbook is a good source of vegetarian recipes. I've made all manner of stuff designed for meat, substituting some sort of vegetable(s) for the meat in question. Eggplant and mushrooms are reliable substitutes in most recipes, but, really, the sky's the limit.

Food marketing boards tend to have good recipes (for obvious reasons; if the egg folk give you lousy egg recipes, you're not going to buy more...); pick your ingredient, search for, well, the North Battleford Green Pea Advisory Council or whatever, and see what they suggest.

For example:

http://dairygoodness.ca/en/consumers/home

...full of pretty tasty stuff.

Avoid allrecipes.com, the about.com sites, and anything else stuffed with untested recipes written by amateurs. They can be good for getting ideas for food combinations, but they're just not reliable.

Answer 3

This isn't exactly a recipe, but my father is on a gluten-free soy-free diet, and I'm vegan. Our meals typically consist of some-sort of grain: usually one of various types of rice, quinoa, or couscous. With some range of any fresh veggies, typically with beans, legumes, nuts, and seeds for protein, and sometimes a starch. It's actually super easy to be vegan without soy. Basically just eat whole, unprocessed foods as much as possible, being soy-free and vegan is quite easy when you cut out all of the processed junk (: Also, many companies now cater to making soy-free vegan alternatives, check your local health food store. Good luck.

Answer 4

VEGAN CHILI RECIPE:
Ingredients:
olive oil
2 large yellow onions, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 red pepper, diced fairly large
1 green pepper, diced fairly large
2 (28-oz.) cans crushed tomatoes
1 tablespoon cumin
1/2 cup ground carrots
1/2 cup ground celery
5 mushrooms cut into quarters
1 package frozen corn
2 cans black beans (or any other kind of beans you like - chickpeas work well, too)
1 1/2 cup picante sauce
1 t. Kitchen Bouquet, browning sauce
salt to taste
grated cheddar, if desired
cashew nuts, if desired

Directions:

Saute onions in the olive oil. Add garlic. After onion and garlic are golden brown, add cumin, cayenne, and any other spices. Cook for a few minutes longer.

Add the diced peppers and saute for a few minutes. Combine the crushed tomatoes, carrots, celery, mushrooms, corn, beans, browning sauce, and picante sauce into the crock pot; add the onion mixture. Cook on low about 10 hours.

Serve with grated cheddar and cashew nuts, if desired.

This recipe for Vegan Chili serves/makes 4

Answer 5

I love salads with leafy greens, chopped avocado, roasted red peppers, toasted pine-nuts, grated white cheddar cheese and a few sprigs of fresh sage. I make a dressing from chipotle puree, maple syrup, fresh herbs, red wine vinegar and olive oil. Yummmm!

Alternately, try a super-easy roasted veggie dish. Take two potatoes, peel them, cut them into 1" pieces and toss in boiling water. Boil for five minutes and then remove from the heat (but keep in the water). Cut a head of broccoli into florets, cut half a head of cauliflower into florets, chop a red pepper into 1" pieces and peel and chop three carrots into 3/4" pieces. Drain the potatoes and let them cool. When the potatoes are done, throw all the veggies into a big bowl, pour on some olive oil and add half a package of dried cream soup mix (choose your flavour- I like Cream of Fine Herbs). Mix everything up until the oil and soup mix cover the veggies. Spread them on a baking sheet lined with greased tinfoil and roast at 375 until the potatoes become crisp. For more greens, cut some zucchini into 1" pieces, toss in the leftover oil and soup mix that's still in the bowl, and pour them on top of the other veggies after half an hour (if you put them in at the beginning they'll turn to mush). This makes about four big servings. I keep the leftovers in the fridge and re-heat in the oven (NOT the microwave!)

Answer 6

Cook whatever recipe you want, and instead of meat or soy, add legumes. They're healthy and versatile.

About tofu... I absolutely can't stand the flavor of tofu straight up. YUK!!! X^P However, if you marinate it in something for a few minutes, it takes on that flavor completely, and overpowers the tofu flavor. People say that tofu has no flavor. Buzz, wrong! Tofu has the nastiest flavor! You just gotta learn to cover it up, and it tastes absolutely great!

Or, you can cube up some silken tofu into very small pieces and add to soups. You can't taste it (it slides down your throat), and it adds good nutrition.

Answer 7

A whole lot of Indian recepies are veg recepies and do not use either soy or tofu!

Answer 8

Try a variety of sauteed vegetables topped with almonds and served with garlic bread!

Answer 9

You can go to the over priced food store and they will give you chesse from cow and Goat that was treated and feed better than your average cow or goat and treated better. It tastes better and there usually are not any anibotics or hormones like they feed most mass produced animals.

Answer 10

All you have to do is to properly define your search parameters. Try, for exampl,e "vegetarian chili - soy".