Need gluten free, vegetarian friendly recipes

I'm vegetarian for ethical reasons too, so I understand

I make a rad vegan lasagne, but sometime I don't have pasta sheets so I mix in some gnocchi instead. There's possibly gluten-free gnocchi or lasagne sheets out there, but I am not gluten-free so can't advise, I'm sorry

But anyway, if you're interested, the sauce part of it is pretty versatile and really really yummy. It's essentially bolognaise sauce but vego-d.
Ingredients:
-garlic (as much as you prefer- I go overboard and use 6 cloves or more because I love it)
-mushrooms
-1x diced chilli
-2x tins of lentils
-2x tins of diced tomatoes
-basil/any other Italian herbs (whatever floats your goat, as they say)
-a splosh of red wine (optional)

Basically just fry your mushies, chilli and garlic in a bit of oil- I use cocounut, but whatever you prefer. When they're soft just chuck in all the other ingredients and simmer away until the lentils are softened and cooked through. If it dries out just add some water.
I usually add in a few massive handfuls of baby spinach at the end too. But it's really customisable, you could add things like capsicum, zucchini, onion, olives or whatever other vegies you're a fan of.
If I am making it into a lasagne I make a bechamel with a bit of olive oil spread, some flour (gluten-free varieties should work just fine, it's just for thickening after all. Maybe arrowroot powder?) and some soy milk. I layer it all, finishing with the bechamel, and a decent sprinkling of nutritional yeast. If I'm using gnocchi it's essentially the same method but without bechamel. Sometimes I add cheese if I am feeling like it. Put it all in a casserole dish and chuck it in the oven until done.
You could also just use it as regular bolognaise and have it with spaghetti.

I'm so sorry I don't have measurements, I just make things up as I go along, I'm not very good at following instructions! But hopefully that helps, as it's pretty good for you, very filling and comforting, keeps well for leftovers and is really easy to make :drinker:

Ooh, I just remembered another of my favourite recipes: http://www.theppk.com/2011/10/mushroom-hot-pot/
If you like asian flavours (and mushrooms!) you'll love it. I have it on high rotation. You could make a batch and everyone can add whatever they like to it- your folks can just throw some chicken in there, you know?

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I eat a lot of lentils for protein. One cup has 18 g protein or the protein of 3 eggs. They don't require soaking, but I add extra water and cook until soft, then stir-fry a cup with a little olive oil, other vegetables like sliced onion, tomato, and snow peas, with some seasoning like McCormick's Perfect Pinch line (I like the original and the Mexican). The shell or coating of beans is hard to digest because we lack an enzyme and can upset your stomach, so cooking until soft solves that problem. There is no gluten in lentils or brown rice. A meal with lentils, brown rice, and vegetables, with a little seasoning, is easy, nutritious and inexpensive.

I just recently have been trying recipes with spaghetti squash. I had never cooked or tried this amazing vegetable, but now I am hooked on it. You can put so many things on it. I don't like anything with red sauce so I tried putting half of a small jar of lite alfredo sauce diluted with milk, mushrooms, green pepper and ground turkey. (you could leave out the turkey). I sprinkled a little parmesaen cheese on top. One whole spaghetti squash (3lb) made about 6 meals for me. I just stick the squash in a big pan of water and boil it until its done. When it's done you cut it in half and pull all the squash out of the skin. This is nothing new, but it sure was to me.
Good luck

Do not despair. There is such a thing as CORN PASTA. I live on it, and have lost weight. Also, potatoes, rice (if you can eat it, I can't), are very versatile and readily available. Soya cheese, cheese slices and tofu are handy as well, and quite filling (if you can eat soya, I can only have a small amount or I it makes me ill). Typical meal you can make, easily, is a jacket potato or corn pasta, Broccoli, carrots, baby sweetcorn, etc (any veg), soya cheese, sauces i.e. sweet chilli sauce, hot pepper sauce or even Plamil egg free mayonnaise. Do you eat fish? If not, then there are quorn products to make tasty meat alternative meals. Just jazz everything up with tasty sauces and spices like tandoori masala. Hope something in this helps. :happy:

Bump for ideas

Sounds like my family when we have a family celebration - "No meat, No wheat" - it can be a challenge.

There are always things like eggplant parm, or spaghetti squash. We eat a lot of rice or gluten free pasta. Rice salad is really good (here is one example - http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/melissa-darabian/cold-rice-salad-recipe.html) Some of the quinoa noodles are good and that kicks up your protein as well. Tacos/burritos with re-fried beans on corn tortillas.

Garden burgers (frozen) or portabella mushrooms can be good on the grill instead of a hamburger.

Are you willing to eat seafood or has that gone the way of the burger? If so that would open up a large number of options; any type of fish for the main course, shrimp curry, etc.

I don't know how long you have been wheat free, but celiac.org has some interesting recipes as well.

I am not a vegetarian......sorry.....however I made this yummy salad today

http://www.skinnytaste.com/2013/04/fiesta-bean-salad.html