Im a lacto ovo vegetarian and i need some food ideas. plz post your pics. Vegans too..

babybellyfat

I get bored easting the same thing.. post some recipes and pics. please ) i love to get ideas on what you eat. thx

flabassmcgee

This is my lunch this week. I'm not even vegan and I love it. Fills me up!

http://www.foodfanatic.com/2014/08/cilantro-lime-rice-bowl-with-avocado-and-beans/

emilyannjones

I use Quorn as its meat free, this is Quorn chicken pieces with peppers onion broccoli sweet corn and sweet potato mash.

Teneko

If you like and can eat beans, this colourful salad is really tasty:



Chick peas, olives, green and red bell peppers, green onions, fresh parsley, and a Greek style "ladolemono" dressing with olive oil, lemon juice, and oregano.

I've made different variants on this with black beans and hominy instead of chick peas as well:



How about a "healthy" taco salad?



...with beans, soy chorizo, creamy jalapeno sauce, green onions, tortilla chips, and baby kale + spinach salad.

-T.

kittytrix

For a quick lunch I grab a few of the Trader Joe meatless meatballs, through in some fresh veggies, a bit of soy sauce and that's it.

When I have time I make my own bean burger patties. You can use fresh or canned black beans, boiled or canned beets, basil, chili flakes and garlic salt and pepper to taste. Blend all those ingredients together until smooth. It will be a bit loose. Add some bread crumbs and one egg. Form into patties, wrap in plastic wrap and put in the fridge to firm up.

At this point, I like to "fry" them up in the toaster oven but you can also bake them or cook them with a little bit of oil in a frying pan.

Enjoy!

babybellyfat

WOW those are YUMMY PICTURES!!! Today i had lentils salad with veggies, lemon ect.. Thanks for the great ideas. keep them coming if you have any more ))

JediMaster_intraining

Black bean burgers are the best! You can find recipes online and easy to make. I use onion, bell peppers, mushrooms, canned unsalted black beans (but the salted one is fine too) one egg, a little bit of garlic and breadcrumbs. Basically just make patties like @kittytrix suggested. I put mine in the oven for about 20min. When it's done I throw a bun and avocado slices on it. Sometimes I add white american cheese. For a side I make like a spinach salad or cut up some potatoes into fries and bake them as well.

babybellyfat

i got left over lentils and tofu any ideas???

kramrn77

I made lentil soup for the this week's lunches- 16oz lentils washed and picked through, three carrots chopped, two celery sticks chopped, 1/2 onion chopped, three cloves garlic minced, 1 lg can diced tomatoes, 8c veggie broth, salt and pepper to taste, 1tbs olive oil, and 1tsp herbs d Provance. Throw it all in the crock pot and walk away. Makes enough for many meals and I always chuck some in the freezer as well.

babybellyfat

sound almost like a greek lentil soup :O) mmm

lemonsurprise

All completely vegan, just let me know if you'd like any recipes!

lemonsurprise

There's Garlic and "cheese" pasta
Chocolate cupcakes
Potato, onion and "cheese" flan
"Cheese" wrap
Nachos
Couscous stuffed tomatoes
Tofu nuggets
Fish less pie
Tofu quiche &
Quesedilla!

Laurend224

I've been throwing Gardein 7 grain nuggets on toast with a smear of Vegenaise and mustard. Kind of like a chickenless Chic-fil-a. Yummy.

kramrn77

I have had to cut out pretty much all meatless meats (I am not actually vegetarian, but do like having meatless meals) since being diagnosed with celiac. But I've been kicking around the idea of making my own lentil or black bean patties. It's just hard to get the hubby on board.

Teneko

kramrn77 wrote: »

I have had to cut out pretty much all meatless meats (I am not actually vegetarian, but do like having meatless meals) since being diagnosed with celiac. But I've been kicking around the idea of making my own lentil or black bean patties. It's just hard to get the hubby on board.

Hey, I had the same problem when I was primarily meatless AND wheatless.
There are some good ones out there, though.
If there's a Trader Joe's near you, look for the soy chorizo. It's basically crumbled tofu marinated in chorizo style seasonings. The best I've had. If they don't have it, a close second is the Torfurky Chorizo Style. My red meat eating Texan SO would actually eat both with his breakfast tacos (soft corn tortilla, of course).
There's also the old standby of just plain extra firm tofu, sliced and fried. I used to coat it in garlic powder and olive oil, then fry it in a skillet. Serve it with some fried sliced polenta and cover both with tomato sauce, and your choice of veg on the side. I have a pic here of said "tofu steaks". The veg on the side is a melange from Trader Joe's freezer section.



Oh yeah. For those of you who think vegan / dairy free / gluten free food is all healthy sawdust junk...feast your eyes on this:



ALL VEGAN. Gluten free waffle bowl with ice cream: chocolate chai, chocolate habanero ("FireBird"), cubano coffee (mmm...hint of cinnamon), caramel sauce, and chopped pecans.

-T.

kramrn77

Yum!
I am going to have to try some of those tricks. We recently got a Trader Joes here. I don't go very often, but I do like going. I was going to try hitting up the farmer's market tomorrow and then do weekly shopping. Might have to throw that into my plans!

babybellyfat

OMG you guys are making me hungry WOWW!!!!!

babybellyfat

lemonsurprise wrote: »

There's Garlic and "cheese" pasta
Chocolate cupcakes
Potato, onion and "cheese" flan
"Cheese" wrap
Nachos
Couscous stuffed tomatoes
Tofu nuggets
Fish less pie
Tofu quiche &
Quesedilla!

OMG All off them plz!!! mmmmm

babybellyfat

i like veggie patch cutless or chick n nuggets they are my fav!!

babybellyfat

what are some VEGAN friendly salad dressing, BBQ sauce ect??

babybellyfat

my family tried to not eat meat for a week and the could not handle it.. so i understand on hubby part. I also want to make some patties!! i always buy and they cost so much.

kramrn77 wrote: »

I have had to cut out pretty much all meatless meats (I am not actually vegetarian, but do like having meatless meals) since being diagnosed with celiac. But I've been kicking around the idea of making my own lentil or black bean patties. It's just hard to get the hubby on board.

babybellyfat

WOW looks good im going to try this!! thx!!!!
I have some tofu left i might do this tm.

Teneko wrote: »

kramrn77 wrote: »

I have had to cut out pretty much all meatless meats (I am not actually vegetarian, but do like having meatless meals) since being diagnosed with celiac. But I've been kicking around the idea of making my own lentil or black bean patties. It's just hard to get the hubby on board.

Hey, I had the same problem when I was primarily meatless AND wheatless.
There are some good ones out there, though.
If there's a Trader Joe's near you, look for the soy chorizo. It's basically crumbled tofu marinated in chorizo style seasonings. The best I've had. If they don't have it, a close second is the Torfurky Chorizo Style. My red meat eating Texan SO would actually eat both with his breakfast tacos (soft corn tortilla, of course).
There's also the old standby of just plain extra firm tofu, sliced and fried. I used to coat it in garlic powder and olive oil, then fry it in a skillet. Serve it with some fried sliced polenta and cover both with tomato sauce, and your choice of veg on the side. I have a pic here of said "tofu steaks". The veg on the side is a melange from Trader Joe's freezer section.



Oh yeah. For those of you who think vegan / dairy free / gluten free food is all healthy sawdust junk...feast your eyes on this:



ALL VEGAN. Gluten free waffle bowl with ice cream: chocolate chai, chocolate habanero ("FireBird"), cubano coffee (mmm...hint of cinnamon), caramel sauce, and chopped pecans.

-T.

KaraAlste

My go to vegan dressing is:
(*) 3tbs balsamic vinegar, 2tbs Dijon mustard, 1tbs real maple syrup. (*)

lemonsurprise

Fish less pie http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2303636/family-meals-easy-fish-pie
Replace fish with tofu, milk with non dairy, butter with non dairy etc

Chocolate cupcakes
http://m.instructables.com/id/The-BEST-chococlate-cake-ever...that-happens-to-be/

Quiche
http://minimalistbaker.com/simple-tofu-quiche/

Garlic cheesy pasta
http://minimalistbaker.com/creamy-vegan-garlic-pasta-with-roasted-tomatoes/

Potato onion and cheese flan
I use jus roll pastry. The centre is grated potato, chopped onion, garlic fried. Add a tablespoon of flour, salt, anything else you want to use and nutritional yeast and mix. Add non dairy milk a little at a time until you have a really stodgy mix and transfer to pastry.

Chickenless nuggets
In a bowl add a tablespoon of flour and whatever flavouring you want. I add dried parsley, salt, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder and nutritional yeast. Add non dairy milk until it's runny enough to coat the tofu chunks but thick enough so it doesn't come off.
Marinate tofu, drain. Cut in to chunks.
Dip chunks in mix and then in bread crumbs. Bake in oven on low heat for 15/20 mins.

Sorry they're a bit vague, I just make it up as I go sometimes!

Are you in the UK? Sauce-wise pretty much all the big supermarkets stock vegan mayo in the free from section. Hp brown sauce, jack Daniels BBQ sauce and most tomato ketchups are all vegan. Lots of salad dressings are and the odd BBQ sauce will be. Pretty sure heinz BBQ is vegan, and of course homous!
Or you can make you own with a flour/non dairy milk base and add whatever you want. Smoked paprika is nice.

babybellyfat

YUM YUM YUM im going to have a heart attack olol I love ice cream!

Teneko wrote: »

kramrn77 wrote: »

I have had to cut out pretty much all meatless meats (I am not actually vegetarian, but do like having meatless meals) since being diagnosed with celiac. But I've been kicking around the idea of making my own lentil or black bean patties. It's just hard to get the hubby on board.

Hey, I had the same problem when I was primarily meatless AND wheatless.
There are some good ones out there, though.
If there's a Trader Joe's near you, look for the soy chorizo. It's basically crumbled tofu marinated in chorizo style seasonings. The best I've had. If they don't have it, a close second is the Torfurky Chorizo Style. My red meat eating Texan SO would actually eat both with his breakfast tacos (soft corn tortilla, of course).
There's also the old standby of just plain extra firm tofu, sliced and fried. I used to coat it in garlic powder and olive oil, then fry it in a skillet. Serve it with some fried sliced polenta and cover both with tomato sauce, and your choice of veg on the side. I have a pic here of said "tofu steaks". The veg on the side is a melange from Trader Joe's freezer section.



Oh yeah. For those of you who think vegan / dairy free / gluten free food is all healthy sawdust junk...feast your eyes on this:



ALL VEGAN. Gluten free waffle bowl with ice cream: chocolate chai, chocolate habanero ("FireBird"), cubano coffee (mmm...hint of cinnamon), caramel sauce, and chopped pecans.

-T.

babybellyfat

awesome thx hun im going to try to make it!!

KaraAlste wrote: »

My go to vegan dressing is:
(*) 3tbs balsamic vinegar, 2tbs Dijon mustard, 1tbs real maple syrup. (*)

babybellyfat

Thank you all for the recipes and pics! send more if you have. what do you have for breakfast?? lunch?? dinner?? Snack?

babybellyfat

Thanks sooo much!! Im in canada!! Montreal Quebec Canada! I have a hard time know what sauces, dressing ect are ok to eat.. Learning as i go!

lemonsurprise wrote: »

Fish less pie http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2303636/family-meals-easy-fish-pie
Replace fish with tofu, milk with non dairy, butter with non dairy etc

Chocolate cupcakes
http://m.instructables.com/id/The-BEST-chococlate-cake-ever...that-happens-to-be/

Quiche
http://minimalistbaker.com/simple-tofu-quiche/

Garlic cheesy pasta
http://minimalistbaker.com/creamy-vegan-garlic-pasta-with-roasted-tomatoes/

Potato onion and cheese flan
I use jus roll pastry. The centre is grated potato, chopped onion, garlic fried. Add a tablespoon of flour, salt, anything else you want to use and nutritional yeast and mix. Add non dairy milk a little at a time until you have a really stodgy mix and transfer to pastry.

Chickenless nuggets
In a bowl add a tablespoon of flour and whatever flavouring you want. I add dried parsley, salt, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder and nutritional yeast. Add non dairy milk until it's runny enough to coat the tofu chunks but thick enough so it doesn't come off.
Marinate tofu, drain. Cut in to chunks.
Dip chunks in mix and then in bread crumbs. Bake in oven on low heat for 15/20 mins.

Sorry they're a bit vague, I just make it up as I go sometimes!

Are you in the UK? Sauce-wise pretty much all the big supermarkets stock vegan mayo in the free from section. Hp brown sauce, jack Daniels BBQ sauce and most tomato ketchups are all vegan. Lots of salad dressings are and the odd BBQ sauce will be. Pretty sure heinz BBQ is vegan, and of course homous!
Or you can make you own with a flour/non dairy milk base and add whatever you want. Smoked paprika is nice.

SnuggleSmacks

I just made an awesome salad with baby spinach, roasted butternut squash, and quinoa with white balsamic dressing. It's pretty amazing!

babybellyfat

SnuggleSmacks wrote: »

I just made an awesome salad with baby spinach, roasted butternut squash, and quinoa with white balsamic dressing. It's pretty amazing!

babybellyfat

I have these things that my friend got for me in the states and i have not ate them because i dont know if they are VEGAN friendly!