Vegetarian/Vegan recipies (mystic, choice)

[Circle_One]

Hey guys.

My household (myself, my son, my roommate and her daughter) is a Vegetarian one and we're always looking for new, yummy Vegetarian recipies to try out and introduce to the kids (it's been hard weaning them off meat. Especially McDonalds, ). So I figure there's probably other Vegetarians here and was wondering if any of you have any yummy recipies that you can give me. Especially ones that you've tried out on kids and have had success with.

Eventually, we'll be weaning them off of animal products all together, so if you have any wicked Vegan recipies too, that would be amazing.

Thank you muchly

[Booko]

Originally Posted by Circle_One

Hey guys.

My household (myself, my son, my roommate and her daughter) is a Vegetarian one and we're always looking for new, yummy Vegetarian recipies to try out and introduce to the kids (it's been hard weaning them off meat. Especially McDonalds, ). So I figure there's probably other Vegetarians here and was wondering if any of you have any yummy recipies that you can give me. Especially ones that you've tried out on kids and have had success with.

Eventually, we'll be weaning them off of animal products all together, so if you have any wicked Vegan recipies too, that would be amazing.

Thank you muchly

I posted a roasted veggie recipe recently, which Bastet just tried out.

I also highly recommend another roasted veggie recipe called "Fainting Imam." I googled "fainting imam recipe" and came up with some decent looking hits. It's eggplant stuffed with other veggies, mostly onions and colorful bell peppers.

I'm assuming you already do a good veggie/vegan lasagna. I thought I would not be able to eat lasagna again, even with whole wheat noodles, but with some silken tofu and sheep's milk cheese, I can do so again. Though I'm temporarily off soy now.

[Circle_One]

Yeah, I just saw that recipe. We will DEFINITELY be trying it out soon. It sounds delicious.

Mm.. all kinds of Veggie pasta are my specialty. The kids love Veggie Lasagna because it still looks like they're eating "meat", but they're not, so I make that frequently around here.

I haven't yet moved onto soy products. It's been hard enough to get them off just meat at the moment. Once they're used to it, then we'll go for Vegan. They're getting good though. Now I only hear "Awwwww McDonalds!" every third time we drive past one

Another of my absolute favorite recipies is Stuffed Peppers. Big, yummy green peppers stuffed with rice. Mmm.. my mouth is watering now!



Aww, how come you're temporarily off soy?

[Green Gaia]

I've found good recipes here in the past :http://www.fatfree.com/recipes/
You can search by what foods you like.

I also posted this recipe that can be altered to your choice of veggies and protein sources. My kids love it.

[Circle_One]

Thank you muchly!

Man, I'm suddenly craving lots and lots of food, haha.

[MysticSang'ha]

One of our favorite recipes in our household is a four-vegetable style latkes:



1 large russet potato
1 zucchini
1 onion
1 large carrot
1 egg (or egg-replacer for vegan recipe)
1/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon dried basil
1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
Salt and pepper
peanut oil for frying



Heat 1-2 tbsp of oil on a skillet over medium-high heat.
Finely grate the first four ingredients, then press the water out of the grated veggies. Mix in the egg or egg-replacer and the flour, a pinch of salt and dash of pepper, then the basil and the red pepper flakes.



This batch usually makes about 4 patties, so I then form 4 patties and put them on the skillet to fry for about 4-5 minutes on each side. They turn a beautiful golden brown, BTW.



I serve them with either sour cream or applesauce, whichever anyone prefers. Obviously the vegan would prefer applesauce or, say, a soy-based sour cream. *yummy*





This dish has taken on a life of it's own at our house............it's right up there with spaghetti nights and stir-fry because of it's simplicity and quickness. Even my husband, who loves his meat-and-potato dishes that will "stick to the ribs," starts drooling when he comes home, asks what dinner will be, and I say:



LATKES!!!




Peace,
Mystic

[Circle_One]

Oh man, Mystic, this sounds so delicious. Especially with Applesauce! Applesauce is a staple at our house. The four of us eat it religiously

Yay! Wait until I get home from work and bring home all these yummy recipies to try! Tara's going to be so excited.