Simple nutritious and quick vegetarian meals?!

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Almost all of the meals I eat are either quick or very easy to prepare ahead of time. My partner almost exclusively eats meat and unhealthy foods, so I don't want to waste my day making beautiful nutritious homecooked meals that only I will eat. I just want something that tastes good and is healthy.

-Try grabbing a bag of frozen stir-fry veggies (sugar-snap peas, water chestnuts, wax and green beans, mushrooms and broccoli are in the bags I buy, but get whatever sounds the best to you) and put them in the skillet with a tablespoon of sesame oil. Throw in an egg if you want. Then I top them with a little bit of low-sodium soy.

-I also keep Gardenburger veggie-burgers on hand, because they only take about 2 minutes to microwave. Eat them on whole wheat buns topped with whatever condiments and veggies you like. I personally just add avocado, onions and lettuce.

-A lot of the meals I eat are dips, which I can prepare after I go grocery shopping and eat throughout the week. For example, I sometimes have hummus and pita or blue corn chips with guacamole for lunch. They're yummy and portable.

-For quick protein I always keep hard-boiled eggs that I make ahead of time, or I toss a single serving of nuts into a snack-baggy.

-Low-sodium canned soups like Minestrone are staples for me. Progresso makes quite a few vegetarian soups. You can even make your own soup ahead of time, if you want something a little different. I personally like curried pumpkin soup with croutons, most recipes are a little heavy though, so I just replace the heavy cream with skim or soy milk and the chicken broth with vegetable stock. Tastes just as good.

-Smear half a pita pocket with a tablespoon of hummus, then fill it with romaine or baby spinach, 2 tablespoons feta cheese, onion, black olives, diced tomatoes and peppers. Great sandwich!

Some other quick noms are:
-cottage cheese and peach slices
-apple and nutella
-stewed tomatoes and a few small cubes of light mozzarella cheese, add some pepper and oregano if you like
-yogurt with some quinoa or granola on top.

Hope this was helpful!

Here's a couple:

Zuccini Boats:
Take two medium sized zuccinis, cut them lengthways.
Scoop out the soft pulp with a spoon into a mixing bowl.
Mix with grated soft yellow cheese (Dutch) and 4 tblspns breadcrumbs.
Add a little grated onion (if you like onion)
cover a baking dish with a baking sheet and brush with olive oil.
Bake in medium oven til golden brown.

Tomato and Feta cheese hors d'oeurve.
Slice one large or two small tomatoes into thick slices.
Lay on a serving plate.
Sprinkle with olive oil and basalmic vinegar, little salt and pepper.
Crumble up some white Feta cheese and sprinkle on each slice.
Let stand for 1/2 an hour.

shop-bought macaroni and cheese.

Shop-bought hearty Heinz Vegetable Soup (81.p.)

Vege Omlet.
chop up small tomato, small green pepper de-seeded and some finely chopped green onions.
saute in skillet in a splash of olive oil and a nob of butter til translucent and soft.
add two well beaten eggs on a gentle heat on the stove. Serve when eggs are done.

Portuguese egg-drop quick soup.
1 chicken soup bullion cube to make one bowl of soup - heat and prepare the rest -
take a thick slice of bread, dip it in milk and then saute in skillet til golden brown.
place hot bread in the soup bowl.
Now poach an egg in boiling water by first boiling water,
then stirring with a spoon to make a 'whirlpool'
drop fresh egg into the boiling water and let cook til done,
then take out with a slotted spoon and place on fried bread,
add soup. serve.
p.s. if you add a tiny drop of vinegar to boiling water, it keeps the egg intact...

bon apetite.

Open a can of any kind of beans and warm them. Mix with rice from a packet that has been warmed. Steam some veggies.
Open a container of hummus. Eat it with crudites and whole grain bread or crackers.
Make a sandwich from nut butter and sliced fruit.
Make a sandwich with cheese, thinly sliced veggies and mustard. I love provolone, avocado, cucumber, tomato and romaine.
Make a sandwich with slices of hard boiled egg, pickles, mayo and thin sliced red onion.
Saute sliced veggies-add some soy sauce, ginger and garlic-serve over rice.
Saute sliced veggies-add marinara sauce or pesto-serve over pasta.
Open a container of yogurt. Eat it with fruit.
Open a container of cottage cheese. Eat with whole grain bread or crackers and crudites.

main nutrition that people say the vegetarians r missing is mainly the protein
so always have a serving of beans any sort.
one a week try the chickpea soup.

take a can of chickpeas,drain and wash well...
then finely chop some onions,saute in oil,till nice and pink
then add ginger garlic paste.
add tomatoes finely chopped.
add half the can of chickpea and salt if needed.
now the rest of chickpea grind into nice paste with little milk or cream if u want or even jus with water
then pour this paste into the pan which has the chickpea and onion mix.
now if u want add some italian herbs,then add water to make it thin.
boil till they a mix well.serve hot.

now any type of vegetable u can boil with one onion,tomato,garlic and some some spilt yellow lentil.
and cool it and grind it add any kind of seasoning u want.then thin it with milk or water.and have it

this way u get ur need of proteins with the vegetables also.

iam a vegetarian.iam from india.this is what pregnant women get in india,to give them the most nutrients they need during pregnancy...

hope this helps....

I suggest you try this soup from souplantation. I fell in love with it, so much that it made me wanna make it at home ( and I can tell you I hate cooking), but its really simple and I was lucky enough to find their original recipe ;)
http://blog.souplantation.com/august-men…

Hope you enjoy it too.