vegetarian/vegan

Baby bok Choy , leeks or onions and tofu stir fried with a bit of olive oil, black pepper and soy sauce. At the end add some toasted sunflower seeds. So good!

Green beans on a baking sheet with a tbsp of olive oil with salt pepper garlic and onion powder bake on 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes add toasted almonds when done.

Add brown rice to either!

I am not a vegetarian, but mostly eat vegetarian. I make lots of curries with things like: cauliflower, onion, kale, potato (sweet or white), carrot, parsnip,cooked garbanzo beans and apple (I cook everything in water or low sodium veg broth) with curry powder (I like spicy curry blends best). You can add some raisins while it is cooking if you like the little sweetness they offer. You don't need to saute anything in oil. If you can afford the calories a Tablespoon or two of chopped peanuts or almonds on top is good, and if you eat dairy a dollop of low fat plain yogurt on the side is great. I ususally eat it with brown rice or quinoa and a crisp salad with olive oil, fresh lemon and garlic. Yum, yum!

Try slicing some extra firm tofu into thin slices (1/4-1/3"), tossing in olive oil and soy sauce (or Braggs Amino Acids) and baking on a baking sheet in a 300 oven. You can remove them when they are a little brown and slightly cripsy at the edges and they are great sliced in salads or eaten in sandwiches or in pita bread. Or, you can leave them in the oven longer until they are really crunchy, but not burned, let them cool and munch on them like chips. Note: Trader Joe's sells a good, extra firm, high protein, organic tofu that is really good and well priced, or Wildwood is always good. My preference is for the firmer tofus that are vaccuume packed in soft plastic rather than in hard plastic containers in water.