Vegetarian Recipes

[smilingcat]

Moosewood cookbook from the late '70s
Laurel's Kitchen.

If you are overrun with zucchini or other kinds of squahs try zucchini pancake for dinner. ITS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR!!! And lock your car else you may find a sack full of zucchini clubs c/o your neighbor!!

1 whole egg
egg white of one egg
2 TBS of vegetable oil
2TBS of goat cheese

1/3 cup minced yellow onion
1 clove of garlic minced
1/2 cup AP flour
1tsp baking powder
1-1/2 cup shredded squash (squeeze out excess liquid)

mix together first four ingredients. add the remaining ingredients. Mix until its all together. Don't over mix.

heat skillet preferably a cast iron. coat the skillet with light layer of oil. drop in the batter and spread it out until its about 1/4 inch thick. cook both sides like a pancake.

Serve with salsa or with ketchup.

Other simple veggie dish we like are: flafal, Indian Samosa.

[marjoriealice]

Anyone have a good tofu recipe? I bought some extra firm tofu to make a recipe I found for vegetarian buffalo wing wraps. I cut the tofu up into little cubes and fried until crispy. The wraps were great but I have a lot of crispy tofu cubes left over and wanted to do something else with them.

[katluvr]

I want the buffalo wrap recipe, I have been craving buffalo wings for days!

[marjoriealice]

I must put in a little disclaimer first... My sister who lived in Upstate New York for years says these are not like real wings, however, I have never lived east of Denver and think they are yummy. So if you're a purist you might not want to try these.

A friend of mine made this up, so the measures are approximate, just make as much as you want to eat.

Ingredients:
Tofu extra firm
Whole wheat tortillas
lettuce or salad mix
Franks Hot Sauce
Sweet BBQ sauce (such as Sweet Baby Rays)
Blue cheese crumbles
Blue cheese salad dressing (I use Litehouse Original)
Toasted chopped pecans

Directions:
Cut tofu into 1 cm dice and fry until crispy drain on paper towels.

While tofu is frying mix Franks and BBQ in a bowl Start with 2 TB BBQ and 1 TB Franks, Adjust to taste. When tofu is done and drained add to the bowl and mix to coat.

Warm tortillas, top with tofu, sprinkle with blue cheese crumbles and toasted pecans, add some lettuce and blue cheese dressing. Wrap and enjoy.

[katluvr]

I am sure there is a better thread than this...but I am still struggling w/ getting my protein in with out all the extra calories AND not eating cheese with every meal! Duh!
I probably should prepare some tempheh and/or tofu to be able to throw into my salads and such to get my protein. Other thoughts, recommendations. I still worry I am too low on protein somedays! Plus I still need to drop a few pounds.

Thanks

K

[Atlas]

Katluvr - I find that if I bake a bunch of tofu at once I can get all the work out of the way and then add it to different things throughout the week. Spring rolls, salads, delicious bowls, snacking. I usually do either Asian or Italian inspired baked tofu. The Asian one has soy sauce, rice vinegar, sriracha, ginger, and garlic. The Italian one is balsamic or red wine vinegar, olive oil, herbs, salt, and garlic. Don't have any exact measurements but there are lots of recipes out there.

Our favorite current meal is a quinoa bowl. Quinoa, baked tofu or beans, fresh veggies and a tahini or cashew butter sauce. Just clean, fresh food and has lots of protein from the quinoa and tofu/beans.

[KnottedYet]

I recently bought "Veganomicon, the Ultimate Vegan Cookbook," by Moskowitz and Romero.

Not a vegan. Not a vegetarian. Omnivore. More red meat, more better. Not much into grains. I guess I'd fit pretty well into the paleo diet, 'cept I looooove cheese.

Anyway, though I'm not a vegan by ANY stretch of the imagination, I love this cookbook. It is clever, creative, and has utterly mind-blowingly good recipes.

Tofu isn't the world's greatest source of non-dead-animal protein. If you can tolerate whey, how 'bout jumping into some smoothies made with a hearty scoop of whey powder? They are quite satisfying, and much lower fat than cheese at every meal. Eggs are also amazingly satisfying, and since commercial eggs have never been within sniffing distance of a rooster, no moral issue there. I try to buy my eggs (like my meat) from humane sources. They may cost a bit more, but it is worth it to me.