Vegetarian And Vegan Recipes

Ill provide a plethora of soups! You guys have to bear with me on the ingredient amounts though... These were soups i used to make professionally so the amounts are for 10 portions. Also, when something said ounces instead of cups I would just eyeball. The fun thing with soups is that all of the ingredients can be thrown in to your own liking. When I make these at home i just use the ingredients as a shopping list and add them as i see fit. Have fun!

Creamy Green Chili and Potato soup

vegetarian 

ing.

Margerine- 4 oz

onions, diced- 6 oz

celery, diced- 4 oz

garlic, fresh, chopped- 1 Tbs

flour- 4 oz

green chilis, canned- 1 lb

potatoes, peeled and diced- 2 lbs

cumin- 1 Tbs

black pepper- 1 tsp

oregano- 1 Tbs

Bay leaves- 2 leaves

water- 1 qrt

Better than Boullion no chicken base (vegetarian chicken base stock)- 4 oz

half & half- 1/2 qrt

buttermilk- 1/2 qrt

Monterey Jack, shredded- garnish

cilantro- garnish

-Melt margerine in stock pot

-Add onions and celery, sautee until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes

-add flour to create roux, cook over medium heat for five minutes

-Add green chilis, potato, cumin, black pepper, and salt. saute 4 to 5 minutes

-Add oregano, bay leaf water and base. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to simmer

-Simmer for 30 to 45 minutes until potatoes are tender

-In a seperate pan, bring half and half and buttermilk to a simmer and add to soup.

-Garnish to taste.

***note, I like to cook the potatoes seperately and add them to the soup once the other ingredients are cooked. It makes cooking time quicker and helps keep the flour from sticking to the bottom of the stock pot.

Lent is almost here, so I will keep an eye on this thread :]

In the interest of full disclosure - I was vegan for two years, then started eating a little fish and now I have a couple of my chicken's eggs once a week so I just have a specific diet. I still mostly eat a vegan diet with cheating but never red meat, chicken or dairy. I have high cholesterol I am trying to control with diet.

This is a delicious, fast and easy recipe from Vegan Planet cookbook.

Linguine with Sage and White Bean Sauce

2 Tblsp EVOO (extra virgin olive oil)

1 sm yellow onion, minced

1/4 c torn fresh sage leaves

1.5 c cannellini beans, drained and rinsed

1 Tblsp balsamic vinegar

1/2 tsp salt

pepper

1/2 c hot water or veggie stock or more as needed

1 lb dry or fresh linguine

1. hear the evoo in a  large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion, cover, and cook unitl softened, about 5 mins. Add the sage leaves and cook for 1 min. Add hte beans , vinegar, salt and pepper to taste and stir.

2. Transfer to a food processor or blender, add the stock and process until smooth.(We transfer to a small deep pot and use a stick blender on it). Transfer to a small saucepan over low heat and keep warm, adding more stock if it becomes too thick.(I cook the pasta at the same time so this step does not take long. We use fresh linguine)

3. Cook the linguine al dente. Drain, add the sauce, toss to combine and garnish with whole fresh sage leaves.

It is ssooo good!

Thanks for starting this thread Kevin!  We are not by any means vegetarian, but we do try to plan at least one vegetarian meal each week to add variety to our diet.  Here's one of our favorites, Sweet Potato Burritos:

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 or 2 cans kidney beans, drained
• up to 4 tablespoons water
• 3 tablespoons chili powder
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 4 teaspoons prepared mustard
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 4 cups cooked and mashed sweet potatoes (I usually use 3-4 large sweet potatoes baked and then peeled and mashed)
• 12 (10 inch) flour tortillas, warmed (or more, I usually have leftover filling)
• 8 ounces shredded Cheddar cheese

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Heat oil in a medium skillet, and saute onion and garlic until soft. Stir in beans, mashed sweet potatoes, and mash. Gradually stir in water, if necessary, and heat until warm. Remove from heat, and stir in the chili powder, cumin, mustard, cayenne pepper and soy sauce.
3. Divide bean mixture and mashed sweet potatoes evenly between the warm flour tortillas. Top with cheese. Fold up tortillas burrito style, and place on a baking sheet or in a glass baking dish.
4. Bake for 12 minutes in the preheated oven, and serve.

Thank you for this thread! Am always looking for nice vegetarian recipes. Here's one of my favourites. Good way to use up some zucchinis. (And fresh laid eggs, of course)

Tip: Peel, grate and boil zucchini for 3 minutes. Cool down, divide into 1lb portions and freeze. When you want to make this dish, pop it into a pan, boil until cooked and squeeze the water out before adding to rest of ingredients, else dish will be too watery.

"Egg and Zucchini Thingy"

1bl zucchini - grated and cooked

1/2 cup greenbeans, chopped and cooked (optional but very nice)

1 tin creamed sweetcorn

150ml self-raise flour

1 teaspoon thyme (fresh or dried)

5 large eggs

5 ounces cheddar cheese -grated

Salt and pepper 

Set oven 350' Farh

Mix all ingredients together in bowl, transfer to shallow oven proof bowl and bake approx 1 hour or 'till cooked. 

Stick a knife/cake tester into the middle, if comes out almost clean, it's cooked.