Vegetarian Meals Part 2 (Photo Heavy)
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green lasanga
butternut squash and smoked gouda macaroni
AMazing meals and photos! I would like te recipe for these and if possible the nutritional info? pleasee
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andre - the green lasagna recipe is on my blog (goudamonster.com) and the butternut squash mac and cheese is... well, i don't really have a recipe for it right now. i made it months ago and don't remember exactly how i did it. i can tell you that i cooked and pureed butternut squash, then blended it with a bunch of fresh sage, salt and pepper and combined it with a smoked gouda cheese sauce that i whipped up on the stove. smoked cheese takes it above and beyond i think
i've been craving mediterranean food so tonight i decided to try and make baked falafel. they are made with chickpeas, fava beans, cilantro, parsley, lemon, cumin, pepper, wheat flour, and some other things i can't recall off the top of my head. i cut small cubes of feta cheese that i stuffed into each one, then pressed the balls into a preheated baking mold. i also made some makeshift tabouleh with quinoa, lemon, olive oil, mint, parsley, and tomato. the falafel balls are 75 calories each and crazy addicting. i meant to only have two but ended up eating twice that
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A couple more pics! One is healthy and the other is umm... well, it's delicious
A reduced calorie lasagna (324 cals for 1/4 of the pan) at the request of my boyfriend. I alternated thinly sliced grilled squash with lasagna noodles so I needed less pasta. Made a vegetarian "meat" sauce for it. Turned out awesome.
My best friend's 30th birthday was yesterday and when I asked him what kind of cake he wanted he made a somewhat sarcastic response of "a chocolate cake covered in ganache with a creme brulee embedded in the middle". I decided to run with the idea and came up with these bad boys. It's a chocolate cupcake filled with dark chocolate ganache topped with a vanilla custard and salted caramel frosting, then garnished with caramelized sugar shards and spun sugar spirals. I haven't input the recipe into MFP yet but I estimate them to be around 45,268 calories a piece.
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bump for inspiration. Beautiful pictures!0
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Unfortunately the place where I normally take my food pics was taken over by my boyfriend, so I've had to shoot several photos outside. Here are my last two dinners:
Baked portobello mushrooms stuffed with leftover vegetarian chicken enchilada filling on a farro salad:
Tofu and vegetable stir fry in a spicy peanut sauce:
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I love stir-fry, and that tofu and veggie one looks sooooooo good!0
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It was great and easy to make
Orange cherry polenta breakfast cake for a Sunday morning:
Bean and chipotle cheddar enchiladas with avocado (terrible pic - boo)
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Will you marry me?0
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Love how yummy these looks...been looking for recipes to reduce the meat consumption in my home!0
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Will you marry me?
As long as you propose with a ring made of cheese. 8)
I made a salad that's a little different. It's a celery salad - super fresh and crunchy and satisfying to eat. It was easy to make as well. I ate it on the side of some veggie chicken fingers and a handful of cherry tomatoes. There is a honey mustard sauce for dipping, but that was for my boyfriend.
The salad is several stalks of celery, 1 tablespoon of olive oil, a couple of teaspoons of lemon juice, about a tablespoon of lemon zest, a couple of tablespoons of chives, a quarter cup of chopped parsley, 1 cup of garlic parmesan roasted chickpeas, a handful of toasted walnuts (about 1/4 cup), and about an ounce of crumbled good parmesan cheese. Salt and pepper to taste. Divided it between three of us.
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these look fabulous!0
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Wow your recipes are so inspiring! I've been veggie for 17 years and always fell into the trap of eating cheese topped carbs! Now I'm 30 and starting out on my MFP journey (after a failed first attempt a while back) I'm so happy I discovered your thread and blog. Thank you so much, though it has made me rather hungry! Lol :-)0
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Thanks, all :]
I'm pretty excited because for my birthday my friend bought me a nice table and a storage unit for keeping my food photography stuff organized. Previously my setup was kind of a huge mess as I was just taking over the dining room table with all of my junk. Now I have a nice little station that's easier to shoot at and keeps my excess props in one place.
New area (and my cat Smudge):
I also went to the home improvement store and bought the materials to make another fake table top prop. I bought a plain board and then stained, painted, and beat it to make it look weathered. My first test shot with it as a background. Really pleased with the result.
And onto more food... this was just a snapshot near the window, nothing special, but I bought my boyfriend "big franks" for our anniversary (he's obsessed) and decided to make jalapeno cheese stuffed pigs in a blanket with them. Made a whole wheat flaky dough to wrap around it. They were pretty huge and not exactly low calorie ;P
Then on my birthday I wanted to try out my new table so I had to cook something. I ended up making mini pumpkin spice cakes with a cream cheese rum glaze. Even though I made them with whole wheat flour they were super soft and moist. About 90-95 calories each.
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bumping for inspiration!0
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Umm can you just like move in with me? I mean seriously, every single thing there looks TO DIE FOR!
I was seriously gonna ask her the same exact THING!!!! My kids would definitely eat healthy then! The presentation of each one is sooooooooo awesome!!!! I'm hungry now! lol0 -
I would eat everything here except the quorn. It all looks so scrumptuous. Bring on those banana rum pancakes! :drinker:0
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bump vegetarian meals - yummy!!!0
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You need to write down your recipes, publish it, then tell me where i can buy that book.
I am not even joking.0 -
This all looks fantastic! I would love any recipes you would like to add to the thread, but I understand what you mean about taking the time to do it. Thanks for sharing the ideas!0
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