Vegetarian recipes

You're welcome to peek at my diary, I'm trying to track more actively. I eat a plant-strong diet, lots of roasted veggies (tossed in basalmic and olive oil) and beans. I find TONS of ideas on Pinterest!!

I'm not vegetarian but I did try a vegetarian lifestyle one time. I didn't eat eggs but I did eat milk products.

Some ideas:

Stuffed bell peppers - stuff with brown rice, tomatoes, veggies

Eggplant parm: baked lightly salted sliced eggplant until tender, top with marinara and cheese. Salad on side.

Zucchini boat pizzas: scoop out zucchini, fill with marinara, chopped veggies & cheese

Pasta loaded with roasted veggies. I didn't like the whole wheat but did like the dream fields lower carb.

Morning star makes a great chicken patty.

Black bean burgers: recipes are online. I basically used canned black beans (1/2 whole; 1/2 mashed), minced onion, minced peppers, bread crumbs, cumin, oatmeal, ketchup. An egg will help it bind. If you're not eating eggs, a great alternative is chia seeds soaked in water. They become a jelly like consistency.

Flat bread pizzas.

Zucchini noodles with marinara

Vegetable lasagna. Something I found that I like was using sliced eggplant or zucchini plus wonton or egg roll wrappers as noodles.

Wonton cups: put wonton wrapper in muffin tin, fill with veggies and cheese. The one I liked had corn, black beans, salsa, peppers, onions.

Vegetarian chili is always great. Or a tomato basil soup with a garlic toast.

Vegetarian fajitas or tacos. I sauteed peppers, onions, tomatoes; added fajita seasoning. Serve with warm tortillas. For tacos, you can use beans or chickpeas.

Portabella burgers. For this, I really like using the 100 calorie whole wheat sandwich rounds since I'm able to taste the mushroom better and it just fits great together.

A recent discovery I had was butter bean hummus. Puree drained canned large butter beans in mixer with garlic, small amount of olive oil, sesame oil, fresh lemon juice, cumin, cayenne. It's awesome in a wrap with sliced veggies. You can also add roasted red peppers to kick it up some.

Anyways, good luck!