Vegan/Vegetarian Thread (discussion, recipes, laughs)

[Orema]

A friend makes this often and I always enjoy it.

Ingredients:

1 Red Bell Pepper
1/2 Cup of Cashews
1/2 Cup of Water

Mix it in a Vitamix or something similar until smooth and creamy.

Eat it cold or hot. I like it hot with a touch of salt.

It's delicious.

[kittygrrl]

Originally Posted by Orema

A friend makes this often and I always enjoy it.

Ingredients:

1 Red Bell Pepper
1/2 Cup of Cashews
1/2 Cup of Water

Mix it in a Vitamix or something similar until smooth and creamy.

Eat it cold or hot. I like it hot with a touch of salt.

It's delicious.

thanks Orema, sounds delicious!

[Medusa]

I'm getting back to my vegetarian ways after being off the wagon for the last several months. I will still occasionally enjoy a very rare steak but I really do enjoy my mostly-vegetarian ways when I'm on.

Tonight I'm just having a giant plate of vegetables (blackeyed peas, peas and carrots, onions sauteed in red wine and black pepper, and steamed spinach with a ton of garlic and lemon).

What's your favorite veggie plate combo?

[EnderD_503]

Originally Posted by Medusa

I'm getting back to my vegetarian ways after being off the wagon for the last several months. I will still occasionally enjoy a very rare steak but I really do enjoy my mostly-vegetarian ways when I'm on.

Tonight I'm just having a giant plate of vegetables (blackeyed peas, peas and carrots, onions sauteed in red wine and black pepper, and steamed spinach with a ton of garlic and lemon).

What's your favorite veggie plate combo?

Basically any veggies I sauté I mix with rice or pasta 95% of the time (or sometimes a hardier grain). Sometimes even throw them over some couscous or some roasted potatoes. But when it comes down to it bell peppers (mainly red or yellow) and mushrooms (mostly white, but can go brown, oyster, portobello, whatever) end up being the "bread and butter" of a lot of my meals. Then I'll throw in whatever else I have in the fridge with them, often onions and some kind of leafy green like kale or spinach, these days a lot of broccoli. My favourite beans to combine them with are usually brown lentils or chickpeas.

Also kind of depends on the season as well. Now that fall/winter is coming around, cabbage, squash and rutabaga shoot up the list

[Medusa]

Originally Posted by EnderD_503

Basically any veggies I sauté I mix with rice or pasta 95% of the time (or sometimes a hardier grain). Sometimes even throw them over some couscous or some roasted potatoes. But when it comes down to it bell peppers (mainly red or yellow) and mushrooms (mostly white, but can go brown, oyster, portobello, whatever) end up being the "bread and butter" of a lot of my meals. Then I'll throw in whatever else I have in the fridge with them, often onions and some kind of leafy green like kale or spinach, these days a lot of broccoli. My favourite beans to combine them with are usually brown lentils or chickpeas.

Also kind of depends on the season as well. Now that fall/winter is coming around, cabbage, squash and rutabaga shoot up the list

CABBAGE! YES! I often forget how much I love this one (even if it makes my intestines sound like Satan moved in).

Delicious boiled or fried and I love it as a steamed "wrap" with brown rice, peanuts, carrots, ginger, bok choy, and whatever else I have laying around.

[~ocean]

try using kimchi a spicy cabbage found in the Asain section to cook veggies and grains in ~ adds a lot of flavor

[kittygrrl]

Originally Posted by ~ocean

try using kimchi a spicy cabbage found in the Asain section to cook veggies and grains in ~ adds a lot of flavor

love kimchi!..reminds me of home and recently just found some altho I would like to find the kine with red juice like back home

[EnderD_503]

Originally Posted by Medusa

CABBAGE! YES! I often forget how much I love this one (even if it makes my intestines sound like Satan moved in).

Delicious boiled or fried and I love it as a steamed "wrap" with brown rice, peanuts, carrots, ginger, bok choy, and whatever else I have laying around.

Haha, yeah cabbage can sometimes have an effect the next day shall we say But worth the risk imo

My personal favourite way of cooking cabbage is slicing it up in large chunks and baking it in the oven with olive oil and some ground black pepper. So damn good! I could probably eat a whole cabbage to myself like that

[clay]

Originally Posted by Medusa

CABBAGE! YES! I often forget how much I love this one (even if it makes my intestines sound like Satan moved in).

Delicious boiled or fried and I love it as a steamed "wrap" with brown rice, peanuts, carrots, ginger, bok choy, and whatever else I have laying around.

Hey Ang....have you ever tried "cabbage steaks". Cut round 1 to 2" "steaks" of them..brush with olive oil, season with some herbed Italian dry seasoning...bake in over....YUMMMMMM

[Gayandgray]

OMG I love cabbage fixed any way!!!! I even eat it raw with sea salt!

[EnderD_503]

Originally Posted by clay

Hey Ang....have you ever tried "cabbage steaks". Cut round 1 to 2" "steaks" of them..brush with olive oil, season with some herbed Italian dry seasoning...bake in over....YUMMMMMM

That's pretty much what I was trying to describe earlier, haha, except instead of seasoning we just use ground black pepper with olive oil. So good! Cabbage is addictive as hell.