Vegan/Vegetarian Thread (discussion, recipes, laughs)

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Originally Posted by nycfembbw

Could you please post the recipes for everything you listed and how you make it when you have a chance. All of it sounds so delicious.

I love quinoa. BB and I find it to be a real comfort food, the healthy man's [sic] mac and cheese

I also don't mind repeat meals, not one bit.

Okay, well, some of this is pretty easy because I cheat.

I get most of my ideas from a web site I've been using a couple of years now. All Recipies.

The reason I use it is because I don't have to know what I am looking for, for instance if I see swiss chard and want to make something I just look up that item and scroll until I see something that sounds good. Once I am there I scan the recipe to make sure I still like the idea and go to the bottom of the page where the nutritional info is. Clicking the 'more info' button turns it into a nutrition label so that it is familiar looking.

What I like in part is that it works a bit like Amazon, lots of reviews to give me ideas of common mods. Example; the lentil soup that I made was not specific as to what kind of vinegar was used, so I looked at a few of the comments and found folks liked balsamic. Also, I saw that it was also popular to add cumin, I do both and like it a lot. It is a staple in my fridge.



I also got the recipe for the quinoa and black beans there. I like to put a big scoop of pico de gallo on it when I eat it, also some more of the chopped cilantro since there is always more of that than I use in it.




I just got turned onto oatmeal a short time ago, I have hated it for fifty years. This is a bit lame, but I never knew that there was something different about steel cut other than the price until now. I looked at various places to figure out how to batch make it, this was sparked by a post on another thread by the way. I don't have a lot of patience in the morning for cooking, more of a heat and go sort. What I do is mix 1C of the oats and 3 (instead of 4) cups water and boil for 1 minute. The time varies by how long it takes me to figure out that I forgot it.

At that point just put it in the fridge and take out what you want in the morning, heat and eat. I pour it into a square container and cut it into squares when cold the next morning. It sets up pretty stiff, but softens up when heated.

Naturally, I do stuff to it when I make it for myself. When cooking it I put in a couple of tsps of cinnamon, a capful or two of vanilla, pinch-o-salt, and raisins or other dried fruit. When I eat it I hit it up with a little agave nectar and chopped walnuts. I like to put almond milk on it too. This is supposed to be 4 servings, but for me it is 6, probably all the stuff I put in it. I eat the stuff every day now.

I'll tackle the others in part 2 when I have a bit more time.