Vegetable-arianism

[tracilicious]

Post your best vegetarian recipe here! We went nearly vegan this past week. I say nearly because there were a few dairy products in the house to use up, and we aren't going to change the way we dress or anything. When I can get free range organic eggs from the veggie co-op this fall we might include them in our diets. Who knows.

I've never felt better than I do without animal products. I never thought I would say this, but I don't miss meat at all. Not a single craving for it. The food is really tasty too. I'll have to post my recipe later. Join in vegetable lovers!

[Not Afraid]

I ate only vegetarian for many years (and only organic for much of my formative years). My absolute favorite cookbooks are the Greens series by Deborah Madson (and Ed Brown in the first one); and the Moosewood series. There is also a vegetarian Indian tome of a cookbook that was wonderful, but I've forgotten the name.

I will probably never go back to not eating meat, but I still eat and cook on the veggie-heavy side.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

I'm a vegetarian! I eat dairy and fish, though. But Tom's vegan (and cannot eat protein) so together we can provide you with our fun adjustable recipes. (i.e. plus-or-minus a little tofu here or there, plus-or-minus some beans...)

I have an excellent recipe for vegan blood orange cupcakes (any citrus will suffice but it was blood orange season when we made them.) Tofu cream cheese frosting! (A lot of non-vegans here ate them at a party once.)

We also have numerous potato and stiry fry recipes. We just made gazpacho two nights ago and we're still experimenting on that, though.

OH! And vegan risotto! I'll post that too, when I get to it. It's excellent-- Tom's best recipe.

[Prudence]

I'm a confirmed meatitarian. I have some good vegetarian recipes, but not vegan. I don't think I could give up cheese or ice cream.

But I do have a tasty cranberry sorbet recipe.

[Matterhorn Fan]

I'm a vegetarian, but could never go vegan. I have no reason to, and I think I would die without cheese.

I notice no recipes in this thread thus far. So, I will simply state that I make a mean veggie chili.

[MouseWife]

Yeah for you! I need to go back to eating more veggies...

But, I thought I'd post, coincidentally, on the news it was said that people who eat Vegan in this study didn't need to take diabetes medicines.

Oh, and forgive me if it was some other type of condition.

I need to take that stuff for memory but I can't ever remember what it is called to buy it...

My daughter is Vegan. All I pay attention to is that we don't cross contaminate...

She likes a vegan place up in Costa Mesa {I believe it is there...}...I know they go when they go to Disneyland.

[Alex]

I was vegetarian for a couple years but never really developed any vegetarian recipes since it was a point in my life when 90% of my meals were eaten out. At home I mostly ate salads and pastas. Nothing fancy.

I'll warn you however, that vegetarianism and Midwest backroad road trips are a very poor match. Those farmer-friendly restaurants put bacon in absolutely everything. And if they somehow forget to put some bacon in, they cook it in bacon fat.

If you're ever in San Francisco looking for a good vegetarian meal, though, I strongly recommend Millennium. It is almost vegan and high cuisine. Unlike most vegetarian restaurants that go to great lengths to make non-meats look and taste like meat (something I've never understood) but instead make pleasant dishes that focus on the vegetables.

[TheatreTech]

I'm vegan and quite happy with my decision.

The other day I baked some superdelicious banana split pudding brownies.

The recipe came from a vegan cookbook I picked up. I forget the title.

MouseWife: I think the restaurant you're thinking of is Native Foods at The Camp in Costa Mesa. Quite delicious; I was there earlier this week.

[Gemini Cricket]

I guess I don't have any recipes but hummus and pita bread is always a great snack.

[Ghoulish Delight]

The Third Radish will rise again and wipe the scourge of vegetable impurity off this planet! Unite, my vegetable-arian brothers, and we will seize all glory for the white vegetable! Death to tomatoes! Heil Jicama!