Help from vegetarians.

Victoria

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I would appreciate recommendations for really good and easy Vegetarian cookbooks.

Thanks in advance!

V
 
sorry, I don't even know anyone vegan (well one girl not a close friend)
 

I like "365 Ways to Cook Vegetarian" by Kitty Morse. Includes a year's worth of meatless meals, from simple to exotic, and pictures too!
 
Rhonda, Alana's not a vegan... she doesn't eat anything with a face. She will eat cheese etc.

She's cooking (which surprised the bejesus out of me) a lot while recovering. I thought I'd like to get her a cookbook to ease her vegetarian journey as well as keep Shawn full and happy. ;)

V
 
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hmm, the turkeys I get don't have faces?? LOL :)
 
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:) Ah, but they did have once.

We're having Christmas at the cottage... it has to be part vegetarian and part not so much. ;) I'm not a big meat eater, but sometimes tradition has to win out... and turkey or chicken is the loser here.

V
 
I am a big fan of all Betty Crocker Cookbooks. There is one that my mom has... something along the lines of "Betty Crocker The New Grains" - Its all different kinds of vegetarian recipies with beans and rice etc.

She also has a couple of the Cooking Light cookbooks that have amazing vegetarian recipies. But they do have meat recipies too mixed in. There is a Cooking Light slow cooker recipie book with some of the most incredible bean/rice dishes you can make in the crockpot.

Thanks V. Now I'm hungry and craving my favorite Chickpea Curry. :)
 
V -- I'm not a vegan and feel like a hypocrite that I'm not, but I'd like to promote two people that I would love to meet someday maybe in another life...

I've read good things about Linda and Paul McCartney's vegan recipe books. There are several of them.

I know you already had yours, but happy T-Day anyway! Di
 
V,
This is one of my most favorite recipes I know it by heart and it’s timely for Thanksgiving. I have a well-worn cookbook at home (the cover is torn off) I will try to look for it’s original name. I adore it and many vegetarians have told me it’s like a bible to them. Not for information on being a Veg. but for cooking – I am more like you, I don’t cook meat but I will eat it if someone serves it to me.

1 tablespoon vegetable oil – I use olive oil
1 onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
6 cups canned kidney beans, drained – I use Cannelini Beans White
2 cups water
3 tablespoons chili powder
2 teaspoons ground cumin
4 teaspoons prepared mustard
1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
3 tablespoons soy sauce – I use Braggs *Braggs is GREAT!*
4 cups cooked and mashed sweet potatoes
12 (10 inch) flour tortillas, warmed
8 ounces shredded Cheddar cheese


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)

Heat oil in a medium skillet, and saute onion and garlic until soft. Stir in beans, and mash (I don’t mash the beans I like it chunky) Gradually stir in water cook until warm. Remove from heat, and stir in the chili powder, cumin, mustard, cayenne pepper and soy sauce.

Divide bean mixture and mashed sweet potatoes evenly between the warm flour tortillas (I fold ingredients together). Top with cheese. Fold up tortillas burrito style, and place on a baking sheet.

Bake for 12 minutes in the preheated oven, and serve

*** My friends also like to add chopped onion, chopped jalapenos, chopped raw spinach, hot sauce, inside the burrito that is.
 
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