I’m allergic to sea foods and dairies and I can’t stand the taste of meats. I could eat eggs with no problem, and beans upset my stomach sometimes. Regarding all those problems, can someone suggest some simple vegetarian lunch/dinner recipes? Thanx!

My personal fave, and way easy, is to make a veggie soup – basically whatever veggies you like, but I like carrots, celery, tomato chunks, potatoes and squash, with a whole grain like barley, brown rice or quinoa (keen-wa), and season however you like (I personally like a few cloves of chopped garlic and most of a bunch of chopped cilantro). This is somewhat Tex-Mex (regional Mexican variation, not true authentic Mexican food), but definitely tasty! Also, use less water to make it more hearty and less broth-y, if you want to feel fuller.

i am becoming a vegetarian (actually i am becoming a pescetarian… one who eats no meat except for fish)
but my parents and sister and brothers still eat everything.
therefore what are some good recipes that i can cook for myself. (perferably healthy ones too)
thanks so much for the help
kitkat- look up different types of vegetarians…. their are several. pescetarian is a type of vegetarian. no we are not full fledged vegetarians but we are part of that group.

1. Start out using some basic substitutes for the meat you are used to in foods where you won’t even notice – ground meat replacements are available in the frozen food sections.
2. Leave meat off things that don’t need it – pizza, salad, spag, etc.
3. Get some good cookbooks when you are ready to branch into more interesting foods – Moosewood books and New Farm Vegetarian are two of my favorites.
4. Also try other meat substitutes:

Veggie Burgers by any of them many flavors and choices be sure to try several to find your favorite.
Morningstar "Sausage" links or patties.
Morningstar Burger Crumbles for putting in spag sauce or chili.
Garden Burger Riblets

My kids also like the Morningstar Chick patties and nuggets.

I have a few vegetarian recipes that I love and live by but i’m looking for some inspiration. it seems like alot of vegetarian cookbooks are hit and miss. I love Mediterraneann and italian food but I also love traditional comfort food. I would rather not use vegetarian meat alternatives. I don’t eat fish.

I have found a really fun source for alternative foods, such as vegetarian, gluten free, allergy free, vegan, and others. It is from group called MealMasters, and they also customize recipes for your individual needs. I don’t think their website is fully functional yet, but if you want to email me from my profile, I can give you a link. The recipes come in cool little fabric bags, and are on intro price of 10 dollars a collection-great deal! . I have several of their collections and will be ordering more. I also do like the fake meats, so I have been enjoying inspiration from other sources. Email me if you want more info.

i`m trying to lose weight ( about 20 pounds ) & i`ve become vegetarian recently, so what are the best vegetarian recipes to lose weight?
p.s. i didn`t go vegetariena to lose weight. i did it because i can`t stand even the smell of meat anymore & i don`t want animals to suffer because of me.

Food does not make you lose weight.

Eating fewer calories does that.

So- salad,
plain rice, no dressing,
fruit salad with no ice cream.
plain cooked food, with no cream sauce, no cheese, no fat like oilve oil or butter.
No cakes, biscuits or muffins.
Just eat whole plain food with no added crap, like sugar, and butter.
Go to the green grocery part of the supermarket and only eat food from there.

Any fruit
Any veg- cook it plain, just boil or bake potatos, sweet potatoes pumpkins, eggplants.

boil lightly veg like- broccoli, cauliflour, peas, corn, green beans, carrots, kale, collards, spinach.

Drain and add salt pepper , some herbs, some minced garlic, lemon juice, and soysauce or ketchup. And eat this veg with brown rice. Add mustard, low fat dressing, curry powder, any kind of seasining to make it good.

Food will not make you lost weight, you just can’t cook with cream butter oil or any of that junk.
Only a bit, and if you simply can’t do wthout cooking in oil, then fine, use olive oil or any good oil, but don’t go for the creamy sauce.

SOups are filling and good too./

Boil potatos, addsome garlic in the cooking water and a stock cube. Add cabbage towards the end and some leeks.
When potatos are cooked, blend the whole lot in a blender, add salt and pepper and low fat plain yoghurt and herbs like rosemary and oragano- strong herbs.

It makes a lovely soup.

Canned chickpeas in a curry soup- add the chickeans to a pan with a litle bit of oil, some garlic cloves and chopped onion.
Add curry powder and simmer with one cup of good broth, covered, til the onions are cooked and starting to caramelise.
Serve with plain rice.

I need vegetarian recipes. I don’t mind looking on a website for one, but I need a somewhat good collection to start my search. If you have a good recipe that’s not on a website, that would be nice, too.

goveg.com
vegweb.com