Impressive vegan or vegetarian meal?!
He is coming home for the holidays and I have that long to make him want to be vegetarian. He has challenged me saying that if I can convert him, thats great.
So I want to impress him with some delicious homemade vegetarian or vegan meals. And I don't want him to leave thinking "that was pretty good for no meat". I want him to leave feeling like its the best meal he's had in a while. Any ideas?
Thanks ahead of time!
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Alright, I'm up for the challenge. :)
Vegetarian chili, and it'd be great to serve over some rice with a dollop of guacamole on top OR in a bread bowl, great with cornbread too. http://blog.lindseyyeo.com/?p=189
Vegetarian pot pie - http://www.thecurvycarrot.com/2010/11/15…
And of course, eggplant Parmesan lasagna is always a favorite too.
I make these for my meat eaters & they love it. :)
Here's a good website too for recipes: http://www.vegetariantimes.com/recipes/
Rich, most people don't eat vegetarian because they weren't raised to, and are simply unaccustomed to it.
Your rant presupposes that meals must have some component of meat or faux meat to be appealing, which is a comment made in ignorance of all of the many flavors and textures of plant-based foods that humans are equipped to enjoy, AND of the asker's friend's openness to trying new dishes.
To the asker,
I'm not much of a cook, but there are tons of veg(etari)an recipes online, and I wish you the best of luck!
I would definitely recommend this eech recipe. It is a bulgur salad that is amazing. Here is the video and recipe link http://howtoexpo.com/recipes/eech-health… (Name is salad but it looks, tastes and satisfies like a full meal)
Also consider Moujadara ingredients are bulgur and brown lentil http://howtoexpo.com/recipes/moujadara-w…
Lentil Soup http://howtoexpo.com/recipes/healthy-len…
For Appetizer Try Labneh http://howtoexpo.com/recipes/labneh
Hope This Helps
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/veget…
http://www.foodiesite.com/recipes/2000-1…
if you eat cheese make a warmed goats cheese crostini with some butternut squash and a nice salad as a starter. mmm.
look at this website, hope this helps(:
http://webecoist.com/2008/09/01/20-delic…
I don't have anything specific in mind but epicurous.com has a lot of good ideas.
QUINOA.
Vegetarian meals are bad. That's why normal people don't like them. No vegetarian meal will ever seem really good to someone who can still remember what bacon tastes like. If this weren't true, normal people would be eating that stuff already.
