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Minestrone Soup: http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=2295171 With the minestrone, you don't need the exact veggies. You can pretty much add anything you want. Black Bean Burgers http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=1842922
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I am vegetarian so know a lot of recipes: garbanzo bean salad with feta and lots of mint is great (Jamie Oliver has an online recipe for one version) Red lentil (dahl) curry is quick and easy to cook and delicious - especially if add a bit of coconut milk Stir fries are great - I don't like tofu so add some nuts for protein instead and a quick one - a pita bread with ricotta on top, a bit of mozzarella and lots of veggies (I like spinach particularly as goes crisp) and grill to make a mini pizza brown rice with a tomato, spinach mushroom sauce and with feta cooked in (or blue cheese) is another favourite quick go to
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Nah you're not a bad cook at all! I can follow a recipe but have a hard time with just coming up with things. I'm slowly getting better, but I started by just slightly altering recipes, and then kind of making my own. You'll get there, with practice. I second the idea of the recipe book. SP has a vegetarian book available on amazon for the kindle. I'm not sure if it's in print as well or not? It starts with going over basics, and nurtitional needs, etc, before recipes. You may find it a help. If you can't get it, I'm sure you'll find plenty at the library.
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HI SOCAL, no, I hadn't thought of getting ideas at the library, but I'm planning to go on Thursday so I will look for recipe books. I would LOVE to be able to use Amazon like that but I live in Italy and it's not an option. Italy is crazy strict about food imports, unfortunately.
-Sarah
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You know what? I think I'm just not a good cook. I mean, I can follow a recipe, but that's about it. Maybe it's imagination I'm lacking in the kitchen. I chopped up some veggies, threw in a bouillon cube and then drew a blank.
-Sarah
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And the veggie pizza sounds great too. I've got some Kamut flour I've been wanting to use.
-Sarah
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Lauraat you rock! Thanks so much! I ended up making an uninspired veggie soup but your recipes sound much better. I always wanted to make ratatouille but it didn't occur to me. I need to make the trip into the city to the Asian food store and stock up so that when the urge to make Thai food strikes I'm prepared. Thank you again!
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"peanut sauce with alfredo noodles and chicken and veggies" Yummy, I'm intrigued. Do you have a recipe or did you invent it?
-Sarah
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I can understand where you are coming from, I don't usually cook with ingredients like that, however I do try to cook veggie once/week. I have gotten hubby to love things like lentil tacos and lentil, black bean and rice burritos. (Sorry, I know you said you were tired of lentils) Try and get creative with your protein source. I make a peanut sauce with alfredo noodles and chicken and veggies, which would be great if you omitted the chicken and just bulked up on veggies. No special ingredients. A veggie pizza is always awesome, and you can make th crust, buy the dough, or buy a premade crust. Thin veggie pizza rocks! I make a side dish of pasta, broccoli, and a little olive oil and red pepper. Bulk it up a big more and it could be a main dish. Chili is easy to make vegetarian, and there are a bunch of ways mix it up. I hope that helps, or at least inspires you to come up with something new. Feel free to message me if you want more details on any of the recipes.
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Hi everyone, I'm trying to cook healthier and so in the past weeks have been incorporating vegetarian dishes into my (mostly) carnivorous life. I'm getting a bit tired of lentil recipes and salads however and was wondering if I could get some other ideas? Where I live the grocery store is very basic and I don't have access to tofu, quinoa, mexican or asian ingredients. I have to travel an hour to get anything remotely 'exotic'. What's your favorite vegetarian recipe not using those? Thank you!
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-Sarah
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