Easy vegetarian recipes that are really filling and easy to pack?!

Question: Easy vegetarian recipes that are really filling and easy to pack?

I'm in a bit of a pickle. I'm a vegetarian and I'm looking for easy vegetarian recipes that are really filling and easy to pack for lunch. It's not for me, really. It's for my friend. I've recently been cooking for him, about once a week, because he pretty much eats fast food everyday for lunch. He's sick and tired of it and he knows it's unhealthy, but he simply does not have the time to cook for himself. He goes to school in the day and spends his evenings working or studying and catching up on his work. So, out of pity, I decided to cook for him during one of my more lax days but other than pasta, I really can't think of much that will fill him up. He's a big guy, you see, and he eats a lot. He's almost twice my weight. I'm skinny and I have a small stomach so must of my recipes that work for me and fill me up just don't cut it for him. Doubling up on the recipe is sometimes fine, but other times it becomes too expensive or too bulky to bring along. He says he's fine with whatever I can give him, but I feel like I'm starving him to death. (I can sometimes hear his stomach grumble an hour after lunch in class, but he always denies it.) I'm cooking a lot of pasta dishes, but sometimes homemade sauce is time-consuming and, let's face it, canned or bottled sauces other than pesto are either cheap but really mediocre or good but expensive. Unique, easy, flavorful pastas or rice dishes would be really helpful as well as any suggestions as to what else I could use that's cheap, easy to pack, easy to cook, and most importantly, really filling. Anybody got any good ideas?

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Recipes for a Small Planet<> Would be a good book to look through, and get some ideas.

You might want to try one of these easy vegetarian chili recipes. Chili recipes are very filing
This red bean chili is wonderful and easy to make
http://www.chili-everyway.com/red-bean-c…

or try this vegetarian crockpot recipes
http://www.chili-everyway.com/vegetarian…

http://www.chili-everyway.com/vegetarian…

Well I am also a vegetarian, and belive me it is not easy! here are some healthy tips:

salads,rice,pasta,pizza,mexican wraps,noodles,toffoo,vegi- burger hot dogs or home made subway, and finnally my favourite foods...SOUP OR NACHOES!!!

Well I really Really hope that I have helped you...merry XMas

xoxoxoxoxoxoxofrom SOCCERKID!!!

I'm veg and here's what I pack for school lunch

Fruit usualey an apple but could be pear peach plum orange or clemontone
main course sandwich usualey pbj creamcheese cheese and veg peperini bean pasta soup mac n cheese quickly made pasta quesidialls with beans peppers tomatoes cheese and other fillings or hummus in a container with arabec bread for dipping
sides bar (bleuberry apple strawberry fig)
crackers cheese cheese stick Oreos yogurt chocolate chip cookies candy veggies like carrot cauliflower pepper cucumber

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Rice and beans pack well. And with the fiber, it's pretty filling.

And homemade pasta sauce doesn't necessarily doesn't need to be really time consuming. I make a marinara sauce from tomato paste, some red wine and some garlic and other seasonings and simmer it for 10 minutes or so. I will throw in some ground beef too but you can leave that out if you want. Maybe throw in some vegetables. But seriously, it takes longer for me to boil the water for the pasta than it takes to make the sauce.

i agree with soccer kid, soup is really filling. try looking up a recipe for minestrone soup online but loading it with chunky veggies and beans, with orzo (the kind with grain if available) and making it like a stew. it really fills you up (prob b/c of the liquid) but pair it with some bread or he'll probably get hungry again. i know fresh veggies can get expensive though. i feel your pain. use frozen veggies too they're fine. i usually make a big pot and it can last me about 3-4 days. good luck! and you seem like a really good friend, props to ya! ;D

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