It's a Personal Choice
This is a companion to my "Recipes with 5 or Less Ingredients" lens and a direct response to people who've requested such a lens.
Vegetarian eating can be very healthy and people do it for many different reasons. I am not a vegetarian but I do love vegetables and eating meatless once or twice a week can be good for the budget. This is not a lens to educate those who may be considering changing their lifestyle, I'll let the experts take care of that. I hope it will be useful to my vegetarian friends and anyone else out there that would like to enjoy a meatless dish, whatever their reasons may be. Finding vegetarian recipes with five or less ingredients hasn't been easy so this will definitely be a work in progress so come back often as I will be adding more and more content.
Maple-Roasted Carrots & Parsnips
From Woman's Day Magazine
Serves: 4Prep: 15 min
Bake: About 30 min
Cost Per Serving: 46¢
1 lb carrots (6 medium), peeled
12 oz parsnips, peeled
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 Tbsp maple syrup or pancake syrup
Season with salt and pepper
1. Heat oven to 450°F. Have a rimmed baking sheet ready.
2. Place carrots and parsnips on baking sheet. Sprinkle with oil, salt and pepper; stir gently until evenly coated.
3. Bake 25 to 30 minutes, turning vegetables over after 15 minutes, until tender and browned.
4. Remove from oven, drizzle with maple syrup and gently toss until coated. Transfer to a serving bowl; serve immediately.
Per serving: 143 cal, 2 g pro, 26 g car, 7 g fiber, 4 g fat (0 g saturated fat), 0 mg chol, 332 mg sod
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Great Vegetarian Cookbooks
Using Tofu
Tofu Lo-Mein
INGREDIENTS1 (16 ounce) package extra firm tofu
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 (3 ounce) packages Oriental flavored ramen noodles
1 (16 ounce) package frozen stir-fry vegetables
1 1/2 cups water
1 tablespoon soy sauce, or to taste
DIRECTIONS
Press tofu between paper towels to remove some of the water; cut in to bite size cubes. Heat olive oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add tofu, and fry until golden brown, about 15 minutes. Stir occasionally to prevent burning.
Meanwhile bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add noodles from ramen packages, reserving the seasoning envelopes. Boil for about 2 minutes, just until the noodles break apart. Drain.
Add the stir-fry vegetables to the pan with the tofu, and season with the ramen noodle seasoning packet. Cook, stirring occasionally until vegetables are tender, but not mushy. Add noodles, and stir to blend. Season with soy sauce to taste and serve.
Recipe from Dasibelle on www.allrecipes.com
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A Guide to finding Vegetarian Dining
- VegGuide.Org: Your Vegetarian and Vegan Restaurant Guide
- VegGuide.Org is a community-maintained, world-wide guide to vegetarian and vegan restaurants, grocers, and more.
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- A searchable dining guide to vegetarian restaurants, natural health food stores, information on vegetarian nutrition, raw food, veganism, vegan recipes, healthy cooking, travel, and more.
- Vegetarian Options in Fast Food Restaurants
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I grew up eating this one!
INGREDIENTS:1 pound fresh okra, washed, trimmed, sliced
1 can (14.5 ounces) stewed tomatoes
1 green bell pepper, chopped
2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
salt, to taste
PREPARATION:
Place sliced okra in pan; cover with water. Bring to a boil and continue to cook for 5 minutes. Drain water; add remaining ingredients. Simmer mixture for 15 to 20 minutes longer, until okra is tender. Add salt, if desired, to taste.
Serves 4.
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Zucchini Fry
Ingredients1 tablespoon olive oil
2 cups zucchini, sliced
1/2 cup carrots, shredded
1 tomato, diced
1/2 red onion, sliced
1 package Morningstar Farms® Bacon Strips
Salt, to taste
Pepper, to taste
Directions
In a large saucepan, heat olive oil over medium heat.
Add zucchini, carrots, tomato and red onion.
Crumble bacon strips and add to veggie mixture.
Season with salt and pepper.
Simmer for 25 minutes.
Notes
This recipe was submitted by a user of the See Veggies Differently Recipe Exchange. Morningstar Farms® does not test or endorse any of the recipes submitted by users.
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What's your favorite meatless dish? Are you a Vegetarian and proud to be so? Talk to me...or just say hi. Oh, and don't forget to rank my lens, I'd really appreciate it!
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- Mar 17, 2009 @ 9:41 am
- We are on the same page here. I do have some vegetarian soups that you might like. healthy soups that Moms will enjoy cooking for the family
Cary Ellis
Healthy Diet and Lifestyle expert
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- spirituality spirituality Jun 20, 2008 @ 5:23 am
- Great lens. You may like these lenses of mine:
Vegetarian Health Tips
Why be a vegetarian
Healthy food that makes you happy
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- Francivile Francivile Jun 16, 2008 @ 9:23 am
- I like your lens Robbin...
I only eat meat when it's offered in a meal by
other people - as a health consideration mostly. At home I eat chicken or fish and lots of veggies and fruit. That didn't fit into the poll...
Fran :)
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- boodidyajump boodidyajump May 28, 2008 @ 5:35 am
- We've been veggie for about 10 years now, and have never looked back. It's always good to find new recipes to try. Thanks. mixed-drinks.info
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- Jenafern Jenafern Apr 22, 2008 @ 4:32 pm
- Thank you for the vegetarian recipes! Love the lens! I lensrolled it on my
How to go Vegetarian lens! :-)
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