Easy, cheap vegetarian meals I have missed?!
I have already been through the previous questions asking the same thing but keep feeling like I'm missing something obvious!. We eat vegetarian 99!.9% of the time at home, but once every few months use a can of tuna!. This is what I have so far:
Main dishes:
Vegetable lasagna
Alfredo pasta
Mac n Cheese (Baked or not)
Pasta (Baked or not)
Stuffed shells
Tuna rice
Black bean tacos
Refried bean tacos
Creamed tuna
Eggs goldenrod
Tofu stir fry (rice or noodles)
Fried egg sandwiches
Toasted peanut butter & banana sandwiches
Veggie fajitas - onions, green peppers, portabello, cheese
English muffin pizzas
Grilled cheese with soup
Vegetarian chili with cornbread
Veggie curry
Roasted green bell peppers
Cheese enchilada casserole
Ratatouille over pasta
Sauteed veggie pitas
Sides:
Baked sweet potatoes
Sauteed veggies
Oven baked veggies
Olive oil & rosemary potatoes
Stuffed mushrooms
Fried potatoes
Pasta salad
My bf doesn't like quinoa, coucous or anything of those textures only rice!. He doesn't like pasta that much, but I feed it to him anyway, I'm not living on rice! We need filling meals, not like a salad and it's also hard to find good fresh produce to I rely on frozen!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
Main dishes:
Vegetable lasagna
Alfredo pasta
Mac n Cheese (Baked or not)
Pasta (Baked or not)
Stuffed shells
Tuna rice
Black bean tacos
Refried bean tacos
Creamed tuna
Eggs goldenrod
Tofu stir fry (rice or noodles)
Fried egg sandwiches
Toasted peanut butter & banana sandwiches
Veggie fajitas - onions, green peppers, portabello, cheese
English muffin pizzas
Grilled cheese with soup
Vegetarian chili with cornbread
Veggie curry
Roasted green bell peppers
Cheese enchilada casserole
Ratatouille over pasta
Sauteed veggie pitas
Sides:
Baked sweet potatoes
Sauteed veggies
Oven baked veggies
Olive oil & rosemary potatoes
Stuffed mushrooms
Fried potatoes
Pasta salad
My bf doesn't like quinoa, coucous or anything of those textures only rice!. He doesn't like pasta that much, but I feed it to him anyway, I'm not living on rice! We need filling meals, not like a salad and it's also hard to find good fresh produce to I rely on frozen!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
Tex-Mex Black Bean Soup!
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 large onion -- chopped
3 ribs celery -- with greens, chopped
4 cloves garlic -- chopped
1 fresh jalapeno pepper -- seeded and chopped
1 bay leaf
1 red bell pepper -- or green, or yellow, seeded and chopped
3 cans black beans (15-ounce)
2 tablespoons ground cumin
1 1/2 teaspoons ground coriander
Salt and pepper
2 tablespoons Tabasco sauce
1 quart vegetable stock
1 1/2 cups corn kernels -- fresh, frozen or canned
15 ounces canned diced tomatoes
15 ounces canned tomatoes with green chilies
1 lime
Heat a medium soup pot over medium high heat!. Add 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil to the hot pot, then onion, celery, garlic, jalapeno, and bay leaf!. Cook 3 to 4 minutes, then add red peppers and continue to cook!. Drain 2 cans of beans and add them!. Use a fork to mash up the beans in the remaining can!. Stir the mashed beans into the pot and season with cumin, coriander, salt and pepper and 2 to 3 tablespoons hot sauce!. Add stock and tomatoes to the stoup and bring to a bubble!. Reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes over low heat!. Add the lime juice!. Remove and discard the bay leaf
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 456 Calories; 5g Fat (9!.1% calories from fat); 22g Protein; 84g Carbohydrate; 16g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 1576mg Sodium!. Exchanges: 5 Grain(Starch); 1 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Vegetable; 1/2 Fat!.
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1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 large onion -- chopped
3 ribs celery -- with greens, chopped
4 cloves garlic -- chopped
1 fresh jalapeno pepper -- seeded and chopped
1 bay leaf
1 red bell pepper -- or green, or yellow, seeded and chopped
3 cans black beans (15-ounce)
2 tablespoons ground cumin
1 1/2 teaspoons ground coriander
Salt and pepper
2 tablespoons Tabasco sauce
1 quart vegetable stock
1 1/2 cups corn kernels -- fresh, frozen or canned
15 ounces canned diced tomatoes
15 ounces canned tomatoes with green chilies
1 lime
Heat a medium soup pot over medium high heat!. Add 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil to the hot pot, then onion, celery, garlic, jalapeno, and bay leaf!. Cook 3 to 4 minutes, then add red peppers and continue to cook!. Drain 2 cans of beans and add them!. Use a fork to mash up the beans in the remaining can!. Stir the mashed beans into the pot and season with cumin, coriander, salt and pepper and 2 to 3 tablespoons hot sauce!. Add stock and tomatoes to the stoup and bring to a bubble!. Reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes over low heat!. Add the lime juice!. Remove and discard the bay leaf
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 456 Calories; 5g Fat (9!.1% calories from fat); 22g Protein; 84g Carbohydrate; 16g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 1576mg Sodium!. Exchanges: 5 Grain(Starch); 1 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Vegetable; 1/2 Fat!.
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Sweetie you need to buy a vegetarian cook book or two!. Please leave the Tuna fish in the sea where he belongs!. If you want to eat fish stick to shell fish like clams, etc who have no brain or CNS!.
Try making a vegetarian chili!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Try making a vegetarian chili!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Here's one I came up with modifying 4 recipes and have made many times!. Good source of protein, fiber, veggies, low in fat and cheap to make!. Its a salad and a main meal in one!.
Healthy Suddenly Salad (no mayo, uses beans)
Dry Ranch Dressing Mix:
1 teaspoon dried parsley
3/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon seasoning salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/8 teaspoon dried thyme
In a small bowl, stir together the parsley, pepper, seasoned salt, garlic powder, onion powder and thyme!.
Salad Starter (Used instead of mayonnaise; lower fat, higher protein and fiber, like Hummus):
1 can cannellini beans, rinsed well and drained at least 15 minutes (removes salt)
Dry Ranch Dressing Mix (Recipe above)
Garlic powder (optional, can add more to taste)
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil (more may be needed)
Combine beans, dry ranch dressing mix, and olive oil in the bowl of food processor and pulse until mixture starts to become creamy!. May need to add more oil for more creaminess!.
Take the blade out and store food processor bowl containing the mix in the refrigerator!.
NOTE: Great Northern or navy beans may be substituted for cannellini beans!.
2 cups uncooked whole grain shell pasta
4-5 peeled baby carrots, shredded or 1 large regular carrot
Small can of peas
Optional: use whole grain bow tie pasta instead of shell pasta, use mixed frozen veggies instead of peas and carrots, Use chopped carrots instead of shredded, use celery instead of peas!.
Cook pasta according to pkg!. directions for pasta using the shortest allotted time!. (Or cook al dente!.)!.
Rinse pasta with cold water; this cools pasta and gets rid of starchy taste!. Drain pasta and put back into pan!.
Add cold salad starter, and shredded carrots!.
Fold in pasta well!. Fold in peas last, carefully!.
Chill for several hours!.
Serve chilled or room temperature!.
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Healthy Suddenly Salad (no mayo, uses beans)
Dry Ranch Dressing Mix:
1 teaspoon dried parsley
3/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon seasoning salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/8 teaspoon dried thyme
In a small bowl, stir together the parsley, pepper, seasoned salt, garlic powder, onion powder and thyme!.
Salad Starter (Used instead of mayonnaise; lower fat, higher protein and fiber, like Hummus):
1 can cannellini beans, rinsed well and drained at least 15 minutes (removes salt)
Dry Ranch Dressing Mix (Recipe above)
Garlic powder (optional, can add more to taste)
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil (more may be needed)
Combine beans, dry ranch dressing mix, and olive oil in the bowl of food processor and pulse until mixture starts to become creamy!. May need to add more oil for more creaminess!.
Take the blade out and store food processor bowl containing the mix in the refrigerator!.
NOTE: Great Northern or navy beans may be substituted for cannellini beans!.
2 cups uncooked whole grain shell pasta
4-5 peeled baby carrots, shredded or 1 large regular carrot
Small can of peas
Optional: use whole grain bow tie pasta instead of shell pasta, use mixed frozen veggies instead of peas and carrots, Use chopped carrots instead of shredded, use celery instead of peas!.
Cook pasta according to pkg!. directions for pasta using the shortest allotted time!. (Or cook al dente!.)!.
Rinse pasta with cold water; this cools pasta and gets rid of starchy taste!. Drain pasta and put back into pan!.
Add cold salad starter, and shredded carrots!.
Fold in pasta well!. Fold in peas last, carefully!.
Chill for several hours!.
Serve chilled or room temperature!.
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