Vegetarian Meals Part 2 (Photo Heavy)

katieai

Holy crap-o-la!! I've been a vegetarian for 17 years and have a hard time finding vegetarian recipes that aren't hippy'd out, if you know what I mean. This is gold!

katieai

Food porn!

1alicia3

Bumping for recipies?!

heatheralvina

As a vegetarian of many many years, I'm always excited to see new foods to try out, especially when one is trying to eat healthy and not overload on pasta. A lot of these meals look fantastic. Can you share recipes? Otherwise, I can only drool and be jealous.

YES!!
PLEASE SHARE!
=D

pocketmole

Rosemary tomato soup with grilled cheese "fries". The tomato soup is only 79 calories per bowl and it's delicious.

Recipe: http://www.goudamonster.com/2013/10/rosemary-tomato-soup-grilled-cheese-fries/

richied26

Just bookmarked your blog...I've been veggie 26 years now and get a bit unimaginative with meals but your recipes look amazing

pocketmole

thanks, richie

the weather started cooling off here so i decided to make these pumpkin spice scones with a brown butter glaze. the scones are a little more cake-like than is traditional, but i think it's nice. the glaze is to diiiieee for though. not low calorie or anything, just yummy

http://www.goudamonster.com/2013/10/pumpkin-scones-w-brown-butter-glaze/

keem88

if i am not too lazy and starving when i get home i plan on making your spinach artichoke dip pasta because it is bomb.

pocketmole

Got a couple more recipes on my blog

Step by step instructions on how to make potato gnocchi from scratch (no eggs needed):

http://www.goudamonster.com/2013/10/handmade-potato-gnocchi/







And a really easy Halloween dessert - eyeball cookies! A buttery vanilla base filled with dulce de leche.

http://www.goudamonster.com/2013/10/eyeball-butter-cookies/





And a couple more things that I don't have recipes for. Creamy chickpea soup and lasagna made with thin sheets of pan seared polenta in place of the noodles:

pocketmole

Been a little while since I posted some pics so I thought I would drop in and share.

I decided to combine two of my hobbies and start drawing little monsters into some of my food photography pics, so that's why some of the shots have little dudes in them. some of these recipes are on my site. some others i haven't posted yet. a couple i may never post, haha.

lemon cream cheese cookies


chai apple cider




autumn minestrone


mediterranean veggie burger


kalamata olive and tomato relish for the burger


apple cinnamon rolls with apple cider rum glaze


cilantro lime potato tacos




rosemary cheddar crackers


cornbread stuffing


my favorite chocolate chip cookies


whipped feta dip with herb oil

elfy66

Thank you so much. The blog is ace and I can't wait to try the recipes. I'm in the UK and I don't know what lavash is (for the pizza recipe which is the answer to my prayers)? Is it easy to make, cos I don;t think I could buy it here?

shartran

Your LIGHTING in your pics is really good! I've sometimes seen other food shots, and although they most likely are delicious, the lighting used in them destroys the appeal of the food.

LOVE your pics...I wish I ate as well as you:))

JNettie73

Last night's dinner ~ Wild Rice with Pumpkin. I posted the recipe on my blog if anyone is interested.



Edit to add: I hope it is ok that I shared one of my photos in your thread.

pocketmole

Thank you so much. The blog is ace and I can't wait to try the recipes. I'm in the UK and I don't know what lavash is (for the pizza recipe which is the answer to my prayers)? Is it easy to make, cos I don;t think I could buy it here?

Lavash is just a type of Turkish flatbread. I feel like you could use something like pita or naan interchangeably (but it will change the calorie count of course). I've actually swapped over to using a really great low calorie pizza crust by a brand called Pizza Romana (only 300 calories for the whole crust) but I don't think they are very easy to find. You might be able to find premade pizza dough and roll the dough out yourself too - do a thin crust to save cals

Shartran - Thank you! I have a couple of tabletop lamps that I use whenever the sunlight through my window is unavailable... which is fairly often since I do most of my cooking at night, hehe

Nettie - I don't mind. I love wild rice!

So I decided to give one of my older blog recipes a little makeover for a couple of reasons. One was that I felt that the bars may have been a little too crumbly the first time around - something that doesn't bother me but it may not appeal to as many people. Also I felt like I had gained a better grasp on food photography since then and I wanted to retake the shots. I had a fun time trying to set up the same bars with two very different moods (light vs dark) and I'm pretty happy with how they turned out. Not low calorie at allllll though, haha... these things are crazy rich. I can barely eat a whole one.

Trechechus

Want! ALL OF DEM!

chelseaalicia

Bump! I love this!

joannajohnsonrn

YUM!

HeartandHaven

Bump!

Kadi82

They look so yummy! I'm not even hungry and I want to eat them lol. I'm looking for some more vegetarian meals to add to my list. These have given me some inspiration to do something other than pasta and rice

pocketmole

thanks, everyone

i'm pretty excited about my latest photo set. a week or so ago I made a batch of cornbread dressing so I could get the recipe up on my food blog before thanksgiving. even with some editing I wasn't satisfied at all with the photos. I decided I could do better so today I made another batch, rounded up a few props, and redid the shoot. i'm soooo happy with the improvement. i feel like the second batch is so much better (not that it's hard to improve on the terrible quality of the first set) that it looks like it was taken by another person entirely.

before pics on the left and after pics on the right

youngdreamer

You make the stuff I eat look so boring!

Leanz

This food looks amazing! I will be trying some of it!!

Mangopickle

Lovely photos, gonna try some of these dishes. My daughters new favorite is zucchini spaghetti. Those eggplant enchilada boats look really interesting, I have never combined Mexican with eggplant.

pocketmole

It's been a while since my last update so I figured I'd stop in here and shove a bunch of photos in your faces! Gently.

most of these recipes are over on my blog if anybody is interested in them. a few of them aren't, but if anyone is curious i might have the mfp recipe card saved and i could paste it here

vegan gravy (super delicious, made with two whole heads of garlic)





no churn pumpkin pecan ice cream (nice because it's so easy to make and you don't need an ice cream machine)







whipped feta cheese with herb oil



pumpkin pancakes with brown butter rum glaze



dark chocolate cherry oatmeal cookies





parmesan thyme white beans



roasted root vegetables with rosemary (my favorite way to cook veggies)







brown butter snickerdoodles







crunchy mediterranean salad with brown rice, quinoa, and broccoli





homemade limoncello (probably going to be my next blog post)





honeycrisp apple bake







i had an old table top that i made as a food photography prop a long time ago, but i found that i was never using it because it just didn't have the look i was going for. i prefer a more rustic approach to food styling (usually) so i gave it a makeover. it took a good bit of elbow grease to get it all worn out looking like this but i think it was worth.



my first recipe featuring the new tabletop - woot! cheesy roasted cauliflower soup





and dinner last night - avocado and habanero jack pizza with sliced jalapenos, tomatoes, and cilantro. it was amazing. had two slices for 300 cals.



i think that's all for the time being! sorry there are so many sweets in there, haha. last month was definitely the time for holiday baking so i made tons of cookies and such :]

Oh yeah I forgot to add this little guy, my 2014 doodle monster!

SomeNights246

Very few people can make vegetarian/vegan food look SO good. You're one of the few.

I'm not vegetarian or vegan, but I love including the options in my diet. I feel it really adds to a balanced diet. This thread has me excited about grocery shopping this month. It's given me a lot of ideas.

pocketmole

themisfit - thank you! :]

Jaegee817

Wow these look amazing!

pocketmole

Time for another small update - all of these recipes except for the vegan BBQ sandwich are up on my blog. I keep meaning to remake the BBQ sandwich for a blog post but I just haven't gotten around to it yet.

Avocado Salsa





Banana Cake w/ Biscoff (Cookie Butter) Frosting









Heirloom Tomato & Burrata Baguette





Hazelnut Truffles





Tim Tam Caramel Crumble Bars





Vegan BBQ Sandwich



Oh yeah, this isn't on the blog yet either - vegetarian pho.

grillnchill

I am bumping the eff out of this post for reference! Thank you for sharing, these look magnificent.

2013noreen

Bump