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Vegetarian & Vegan Recipes?

I’m sure this has been asked numerous times, so bare with me. My father and I just turned vegetarian for health related reasons. It’s been good so far except for the fact that we don’t know how to bring variety into our diet. He’s all about sauteéd onions, peppers, mushrooms, tomato’s and fake burger (boca burger) over either rice or wheat spaghetti. It’s good, but it definately gets boring. I need some tasty new recipes or at least some websites! Or the name of cookbooks, and even resturaunts (especially in Western New York if you’re from around here).

here are some good vege recipes

VEGETARIAN CHIMI CHANGAS

2 cloves garlic, chopped
10 medium mushrooms, sliced
1 large green pepper, sliced
1 medium-large onion, sliced
1 15 oz can black beans
1/2 cooked white or brown rice
1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
10″ tortillas
cooking oil
garlic powder
black pepper
crushed red pepper
onion salt

In a frying pan saute garlic cloves, mushrooms, green peppers, onions until soft but still slightly crisp. In a bowl mix cooked rice, black beans together. In another pan heat about 1/2″ inch of cooking oil. Warm the 10″ tortillas in the microwave until soft. Place a 1-2 large spoonfuls of rice and beans, top with a large spoon of vegetables, and sprinkle with mozarella cheese. Season to taste with garlic powder, onion salt, crushed red pepper, and black pepper. Fold in the edges tightly, and place folded edges down in hot oil. Brown each side until golden brown. serve on a bed of lettuce and tomatoes topped with guacamole, sour cream and salsa. Very tasty!!

SPICY VEGETARIAN CHILE

1 to 5 habanero peppers (your heat preference)
4 carrots
2 stalks of celery
1 granny smith apple (takes the heat off the habanero)
1 red onion
½ spanish onion
2 to 3 cloves of garlic / add more if you wish
4 tablespoons olive oil / more or less, up to you
1 28oz can tomato sauce
1 6oz can tomato paste
2 15oz cans diced tomatoes
1 can red kidney beans
1 can black beans
1 can pink beans
4 tablespoons black pepper / or to taste
4 tablespoons salt / or to taste
8 tablespoons chili powder / or to taste
2 tablespoons cayenne pepper
6 tablespoons of sugar (takes the acid out of the tomato)

Peel then grate the carrots with the large end of the cheese grater. Do the same with the celery (don’t peel me) and the Granny Smith apple.
Dice the onions and slice the garlic. Remove seeds and chop the Habanero peppers into small or large pieces, your preference.

Brown the garlic and the onions for about 7-10 minutes. (Note: be careful not to overbrown garlic!)

Add the grated carrots and celery and cook for a few minutes more.

Add spices, beans, tomato sauce and tomato paste. Let the paste dissolve into the sauce then add the sugar. Then add the chopped Habaneros and simmer for 20 minutes.

If you are using 5 this chili is super hot. If you like it this way forget the Granny Smith. Add the Granny Smith apple and cook for 10 minutes more. The Granny Smith gives it even more body and a thick Chile results.

VEGETARIAN LASAGNA

1 medium eggplant, fresh
1 pkg. frozen spinach
1 pkg. lasagna noodles
1 pkg. (pint, sm. one) low-fat cottage cheese
1 jar Favorite meatless sauce
1 sm. pkg. Mozzarella lite cheese
Salt and pepper
Several plump tomatoes
Parsley flakes

Defrost spinach, drain as much water out with a colander as possible. Cut eggplant in rounds thinly sliced, lay on paper towels and lightly salt, lay another paper towel on top and continue layering with eggplant rounds, salt, paper towel etc. Place a heavy pan on a cookie sheet on top of stack, let sit for at least 1/2 hour to 2 hours. Cook lasagna noodles until tender. Mix cottage cheese with spinach in a bowl, salt and pepper and season to taste. In a casserole pan, spread a light layer of sauce. Add layer of noodles, layer of eggplant, sauce, layer of cottage cheese, spinach mix, another layer of noodles and repeat process until pan is full or desired height achieved. Top with remaining Mozzarella cheese, tomato sauce and cover evenly with thinly sliced peeled tomatoes. Sprinkle on parsley flakes.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 60 minutes, until eggplant is soft and has changed a brown color.

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