Vegetarian Recipes?

[Not Afraid]

Oh, if you want a thicker dressing, get some guar gum from the health food store.

As for Walnuts, I love all nuts. If I'm really hungry, I'll eat about 7-10 tamari almonds before I eat and I don't gorge myself at dinner. However, keeping it under 10 is VERY difficult. Roasted almonds in a salad made with citrus is also delicious!

[Morrigoon]

I have to agree with NA on avoiding the over-processed (eg: fake meat, reduced fat cheese, etc.) products. But that's my own personal health campaign, so I'm biased

I find that the "real" forms of things are more satisfying both in taste and fullness, so you can eat less of it and usually walk away happier. Plus some of that stuff only saves you 10-20 calories, which you can kill easily by overeating just a little bit.

[3894]

If you're in the market for a new cookbook, you could do a lot worse than Mediterranean Harvest.

[I Heart Disneyland]

My daughter just went vegetarian and I am going to have to look up some of this stuff for hubby to make for her and her veggie man.

[lashbear]

If you can get any of the indian cookbooks put out by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, there's a HEAP of yummy stuff in there - This page has lots of examples

[I Heart Disneyland]

Originally Posted by lashbear

If you can get any of the indian cookbooks put out by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, there's a HEAP of yummy stuff in there - This page has lots of examples

Awesome, thanks so much!

[BarTopDancer]

I discovered a delicious [shrimp] black bean and cilantro salad.

I'm sure it can be made without the shrimp.

Found it here

Shrimp and Black Bean Salad with Cilantro, Cumin, and Lime
(Makes about four servings, unless you eat about half of it all at once like I did, recipe created by Kalyn.)

20 frozen peeled shrimp, thawed (51-60 size)
1 can black beans, rinsed well
1/4 cup sliced green onion
1 C red bell pepper, chopped in pieces about 1/2 inch square
1/2 - 1 cup coarsely chopped cilantro

Dressing:
1/4 cup rice bran oil (or use olive oil or any neutral flavored oil)
1 1/2 T fresh squeezed lime juice
1/4 cup finely chopped cilantro
1 tsp. Green Tabasco sauce (or use your favorite hot sauce or cayenne pepper)
1/2 tsp. ground cumin (or more to taste)
1/2 tsp. ground chile powder (I used Ancho chile powder from Penzeys.)
generous pinch salt (I used sea salt)

Thaw shrimp in refrigerator overnight, or under cold running water for about 5 minutes. Drain well, then dry with paper towels.

Rinse black beans in colander until no more foam appears, then drain well. Pat dry with paper towels if beans look very wet.

In food processor with steel blade, pulse together oil, lime juice, cilantro, green Tabasco, cumin, chile powder, and salt about 1 minute, until cilantro is finely chopped and ingredients are well combined. Mix about half of dressing with beans and shrimp and let marinate in refrigerator one hour or longer.

Add green onion, chopped red bell pepper, and chopped cilantro to shrimp and black bean mixture. Add additional dressing until salad is as moist as you prefer. You may not need all the dressing. Serve immediately. (I kept the leftover salad in the refrigerator overnight and ate it for dinner the next day, and it was still very good the second day.)

[3894]

Originally Posted by 3894

If you're in the market for a new cookbook, you could do a lot worse than Mediterranean Harvest.

I read the above, nodded, and muttered to my screen You got that right.

Then I realized I had written it a while ago and that I had just agreed with myself. How many Pathetic Points does that earn?

[Gemini Cricket]

I've had NA's Hippie Hash. It's good stuff.

[lashbear]

Originally Posted by 3894

I read the above, nodded, and muttered to my screen You got that right.

Then I realized I had written it a while ago and that I had just agreed with myself. How many Pathetic Points does that earn?

I don't know, but that made me go look at the book... MMmmmm.