Vegetarian

I have lots of recipes and lots of ideas for meals.. but they all seem to have a lot of calories!  All my old favourites... nixed. :) Ok, not ALL of them but roasted vegetables are totally out...

What did other veggies eat for dinner tonight?

chickpea/cumin burger, with a big slice of grilled eggplant, tabbouli and salad on a wholemeal bun.

Last night I had Crab stuffed portebella mushroom with baked asparagus and brown rice. 

Tonite I have had four chicken drummetts hot wing style.  I know not good but if you read my diet log you will see I have not had time or desire for much of dinner just yet.

I do not think that is veggie ismile :-)  I cheated had an Amy's low sodium brown rice and veggie bowl along with some steamed spinach, purple cauliflower, and snap peas.  Had some fruit for desert.  Sorry very boring, no exciting recipes here.

I had potatoes au gratin, soydelicious icecream for dessert and tea.
haha very very boring but ...oooh...I did put almond butter on my
icecream to spice it up and it was amazing. I highly recommend it

I had a huge bowl of soba noodle soup.  I made the broth with low sodium bouillion and added just a few drops of low sodium soy sauce and 1/8 tsp of sesame oil.  I put in grated ginger, garlic, baby bok choy and scallions.  I really should have added a little carrot for color.  Those little bundles of soba are about 2 1/2 ounces dry, and it's fewer calories than an equal amount of pasta.  I usually put some tofu in this soup, but I'm out.  Also, I usually make my own vegetable stock.  I must be getting lazy!

my dessert was fresh cantaloupe

You know what I appreciate about vegetarians, its the simple things that matter.  A steamed veggie for dinner, and fruit for dessert, can't get more simple, and yummy than that.  As a veggie you learn to appreciate a vegetable for it's own taste without all the "stuff".

What a grand topic ^_^.

I broiled zucchini which had a dry rub of garlic, ginger, paprika, and basil, grilled corn on the cob, and steamed some asparagus from my garden and seasoned it with garlic, chili powder, red pepper, and some salt.

Then for dessert I toasted a piece of whole wheat bread and put some peanut butter and jelly on it.

I know a wondrous amount of vegetarian recipes if anyone is interested.

I had a large green salad, string beans and a boca burger.

Didi Edmonds has a cookbook that is vegetarian, the recipies are do-able by the average cook, it is organized into meals, and everything I have made out of it tastes good....

lol-I had a big plate of salad and a baked potato...because my mother in law overcooked the pork and it was more suitable as a doorstop than dinner.

but even if she hadn't, most of my meals are more veggies than anything else anyway. I like meat, but mostly fish and chicken. and even then in moderation.

I loooove beans though. ^_^

I had red lentils, yummy!  I cook red lentils with vegetable broth (my favorite comes in a jar as a concentrate, Better Than Bouillone, or however you spell that word) and chopped carrots.  I add various curries to this and cook it for several hours.  You have to be careful that it doesn't dry out.  I can make it thinner for soup or really thick so that it replaces hummus.  I spread it on a wrap and add chopped raw cabbage.  So tasty and no fat.  This always goes over great at pot-lucks.

Do not forget the Beano!

Last night I made a stir fry out of mushrooms, spinach (yes! it kinda works!), beansprouts and babycorn. That with some brown rice. Oh, feel the health.

And then Maltesers ice cream - not that I believe in denying myself stuff.

I had home-made gnocchi with a home-made tomato, onion & garlic sauce, with a grilled chopped up Quorn (*soy protein) burger on top and a load of steamed green beans.  Yum.

I'm not a vegetarian, but I was brought up one, and 9 times outta 10 I eat vege cos I like it better!

Tonight I'm going to have a mixed lentil dahl on organic toast!

Quorn is NOT soy! It is made from a fungus.

http://www.quorn.us//cmpage.aspx?section=What IsQuorn

"You can depend on Quorn products to always be meat-free and soy-free.  There are believed to be over 600,000 varieties of fungi in the world, some of which are the most sought after foods like varieties of mushrooms, truffles and morels. The principle ingredient in all Quorn products is mycoprotein (?myco? is Greek for ?fungi?). The mycoprotein comes from Fusarium venenatum, which was originally discovered growing in a field in Buckinghamshire, England. In the late 1960s, initial product development began, soon recognizing mycoprotein?s potential as an efficient and nutritious protein source. "

http://www.cspinet.org/quorn/

Quorn is the brand name of meat substitutes that are made from a vat-grown fungus. Some people have dangerous allergic reactions to the fungus and suffer nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and occasionally hives or difficulty breathing. Some people react the first time they eat Quorn, while some react only after building up a sensitivity.

Medical studies have proven that Quorn's fungal ingredient is an allergen, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the United Kingdom's Food Standards Agency still allow its sale. The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a non-profit food-safety organization based in Washington, D.C., has heard from more than 600 consumers in Europe and the United States who have suffered reactions to Quorn.

Despite what some of the manufacturer's (Marlow Foods) marketing materials indicate, the fungus used in Quorn is only distantly related to mushrooms, truffles, or morels. While all are members of the fungus kingdom, Quorn is made from a less appetizing fungus (or mold) called Fusarium venenatum.

CSPI urges consumers to avoid Quorn and urges natural-foods retailers like Whole Foods not to sell this product that is dangerous to sensitive individuals. Consumers who have experienced adverse reactions to Quorn may report them here.

Oh, but I don't want to think about that! Quorn is delicious, and it seems to be the only thing to keep the carnivore mister happy.

anyways, tonight: Grilled aubergine, grilled tofu and brown spaghetti. Bit dry, but it's a diet innit (guess who's now under the calorie count)   

Oh yeah, sorry I know it's myco-protein, was typing wayyy too fast at work and trying to do ten things at once.  Sorry for the mix up. 

I read a bit of stuff about Quorn before eating it, but I'm not particularly allergic to things in general, so gave it a go. 

And I gotta say, I'd rather take my chances with mould than most of the meat on sale these days.  It's a real shame it's causing bad reactions in some people.

A delicious vegetable lasagna was dinner last night. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/buggs_moran/1668 43473/

Oh the lasagna looks great! 

I had leftovers since it's been kind of a weird couple of weeks.

~A veggie dog (Litelife Smart Dog)
~Spinach salad with alfafa sprouts and half an ounce of walnuts with Annies Low Calorie Raspberry Vingarette. 
~Half a cup of Cottage cheese with two slices of pineapple.

well its a bit boring but i had a quorn garlic and herb fillet and new potatoes with carrots and peas! lol .............. well u did want to kinow!

Last night...original garden burger, loaded with pickles and tomato, steamed spinach, watermelon, and a carrot.

Not my best effort.  :(