Vegetarian Recipes

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Comment by kiwi brown on January 21, 2013 at 8:39pm

Hey Sheryl,

Tofu is neat stuff!  You can slice it BEFORE freezing and then squeeze out moisture (as you said) THEN sprinkle with any seasoning you like and dredge in any type flour and fry.  I always squirt with soya sauce and that adds flavour   Can be used for sandwich or a substitute for meat at a meal.  Have you tried mashing/crumbling  fresh tofu with mixed herbs or powdered sage and thyme and frying in butter or oil, scrambling as you would eggs?  Tofu can be added to anything, one just has to remember it basically will only have a flavour if you add one....like you do when you add it to stirfrys, soups, and stews. 

Uuummm, what is a, "actifry machine?"

Comment by Sheryl Kitchen on January 12, 2013 at 7:26pm

I haven't but until my son leaves home I find it easier to cook glutenfree. Saves cooking too many meals.

Comment by Paul & Melissa T on January 12, 2013 at 5:59pm

Hi Sheryl, what fabulous advice.  Have you personally tried Seitan?  It is made from wheat, so no good for your son, however you might prefer its texture over soy. 

Comment by Sheryl Kitchen on January 12, 2013 at 5:46pm

Although I am a vegetarian I am not that fond of tofu. What I have found is that if I freeze the tofu, thaw, squeeze and put in my actifry machine for 10 mins or so it becomes firm and has a bit of chew to it. I then use this in stirfry, stews or soups. I also use a lot of quinoa. Sometimes in a mix with rice. I make tabbouleh with quinoa as my son is glutenfree as well as vegetarian. Rice paper rolls with a mix of quinoa, fresh veges finely julienned and marinated actifry tofu go down a treat with him.

Comment by Katie McGregor on November 8, 2012 at 4:45pm

Hey Y'all. Im so super thrilled people liked the http://www.mydarlinglemonthyme.com/ blog. Yes Nat and Pete the photog is amazballs and she has been a huge motivatorfor me to eat more of a vegie diet.

So, Motivation for vegetarianism?

My main motivation, other than health, wellbeing, grow your own etc, is the fact 7 billion people on this planet all guzzling down a meat rich diet is completely unsustainable. Producing that amount of meat for that amount of people (and the appetite is only growing) inevitably leads to worsening conditions for the animals due to increasing intensification of profit-minded farming.

Society are so far removed from the reality of mass produced meat. Therefore we gulp down factory farmed this and that.

Recipe: Roast Kumara towers

This is more of a meal idea rather than a strict recipe. Egg optional for vegans and other non vegan ingredients but I think that is it.

1 large kumara per person (depending on your appetite)

tomatoes

egg

Slice the kumara thinly - 1/2 cm or so and bake in the oven till tender but still holds its shape. coat with oil pre-cooking optional.

Slice tomatoes into thick chunks (rustic!) put into a shallow dish with a health glug of olive oil/coconut oil and what ever herbs you have, season, BAKE til oozing tomatoey juicey goodness.

Steam some greens - spinach, silverbeat

Keep all of the above warm in warm oven, ready to serve

Cook Eggs - poached is best, but however you like

then assemble the ingredients.

Tower up the kumara disks, you can put greens and tomatoey goodness in between layers or all on top one kumara is stacked. This is when I like to add a bit of sour cream/humus. Finish with placing the egg on top.

a bit of crusty bread if your carboloading, or as it is.... mmmmm

Condiment: a bit of sour cream, a bit of humus, , acidopholis youghurt (as much as the 1st 2 but together) zest and juice of one lemon, season to taste, yum. great addition to vegie meal, use to put over steamed vegies or with the above dish. keeps for a few days in the fridge.

Comment by Nat & Pete on October 9, 2012 at 1:52pm

We are a vegan and a lactovegetarian. Currently we're on a big recipe push, looking up weekly meal plans online because we're bored with the same old dinners we always have. Here's a few of the links we're working from this week:

Vegan Ireland

Vegetarian.org.uk meal plan

Pealightful meal plans

Comment by Cyndi Findlay on October 9, 2012 at 11:36am

Hi Ann thanks very much.. il go and check it out in a while after iv done some weeding  :)

Comment by Ann Allen on October 9, 2012 at 11:28am

Hi Cyndi, http://www.ask.com/wiki/Quinoa will tell you more than you ever wanted to know about quinoa, but yes, you should be able to find it in the supermarket, probably with the other grains. The Ceres Organics Super Grain Mix (with white, red, black quinoa and amaranth) is my favourite at the moment and the one I used in the recipe for my last post (below).

Comment by Cyndi Findlay on October 9, 2012 at 8:22am

thanks pam, great idea to carry around a fruit knife :) will look in town for one, next time im in there. Is quinoa similar to rice? I ask because iv never heard of it before. is it brought at supermarkets?

Comment by Pam on October 7, 2012 at 6:26pm

I have been vegetarian for more than 30 years and vegan for the last 10years. At present I am travelling in Europe. Most places I can find good food easily. Yesterday our picnic at marseille was wasa crisp bread, hummus, capsicum, rocket and carrots. I carry a fruit knife with me so I can cut up fresh veges. I lost my little chopping board somewhere but I use the lid of plastic container.
Couscous and quinoa are great and adding a jar of tomatoes with seasoning is a good basis for a meal.

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