Need help with non-dairy vegetarian cooking

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Some of the way to save time in cooking is to make your herb mixes in big batches and freeze them. I do this with garam marsla (stereotypical Indian herb mix). When I make curry, it takes me less than 30 minutes of "work" and another 30-45 minutes of simmering.

Dairy free cuisine tends to be, like shooting star says, Asian.
Also check into Ethiopian, Morrocan dishes and other middle eastern dishes. Not all of them are goat and sheep.

Something simple from middle east would be falafal. You can bake instead of deep frying. We do this often.

Non-meat/dairy dishes tend to be heavy on spices and often uses a common spice mix. So again mix in batches and freeze.

Some of the spice mix I make in bulk:
Garam marsla, herb de provence, chai, dried version of bouquet garni. None of these have one set recipe! They all have some variation so if you were to look it up on internet, you will find several different variation. I have my favorites so that is what I make.

We also make spicy hot chutney out of mango. Stores really well in fridge and great on vegetarian dish. Check into lot of Indian dishes. Many of the recipe uses ghee (clarified butter) but you can substitute with canola, sunflower or other oil. Olive oil not recommended because of low smoke point.

A variation on Indian Samosa is pretty good. outer wrapping can be substituted with puff pastry you can buy at a grocery store. Filling is easy to make and its vegetarian, potato, lentil, onion, garam marsla for seasoning and almost any other veggies you can think of. Spread some chutney on top and it makes a very filling meal. And no need to deep fry, just bake

oooo puff pastry uses lots of butter, if he isn't okay then you will have to mix the pastry shell out of more traditional recipe. Just flour, bit of salt, oil and water.

enjoy your less meat diet. We do this to save on money!!

[Thorn]

oooo puff pastry uses lots of butter, if he isn't okay then you will have to mix the pastry shell out of more traditional recipe. Just flour, bit of salt, oil and water.

The vegan boards claim Pepperidge Farm's puff pastry sheets are vegan. Of course, that might not help you in Norway...