Recipes

[TBean]

Indian Chick Pea Stew

1 can chick peas drained and rinsed
1 can chopped tomatoes
1 onion diced - can try it without and see how it goes. Or slice them so the one who does not like them can pick them out
1/2 t garaham masala
1 t curry powder
1 t sugar

In a large skillet cook the onions in a small amount of oil. Add all the remaining ingrediants. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat. Simmer until most of the liquid from the tomatos has evaporated.

Serve over basmati rice.


Chili can be made vegetarian - use a mixture of beans - black, white and kidney to make it interesting looking. I have a recipe for black bean stew and make a quick black bean chili with cornbread topping that is nice, but they all have onions.

Look into meals with beans or lentils for good protien sources. There are also so many meat alternatives on the market that you can make things like tacos or sherpard's pie with a soy product. Hit the healthfood stores in the ares - I know there a bunch in North Hampton if not a Whole Foods or Bread and Circus - you should find some things to try.

[Fencergrl]

Being vegetarian /vegan in this day in age is so easy.

1) Find a good health food store / health food section of the supermarket.

2) Look for Yves "Just like Ground" this is an awesome ground hamburger subsitute. They add B12, which is needed for non-meat eaters.

3) Stay away from cheddar tofu cheeses. The mozza version is way better and is great melted.

4) Salads with pieces of protein that you can add (cooked eggs, meat, cheese etc.) is very healthy and not expensive.

5) Soft tofu can be added to fruit smoothies. Again, a great way to get a good mineral & vitamin boost in the morning and is quick to make.

6) Firm tofu is great in curries ( I prefer Gico Japanese curry). Add root veggies (potatoes, yams, carrots etc...).

7) Chili made from "Just like Ground" is great. Yves has a website http://www.yvesveggie.ca/index.php?id=1)

[KidLazy]

*snip*If the vegetarian eats fish, grab some cheap white fish fillets (tilapia is good) and season them w/ salt, pepper & paprika*snip*

Fish is animal, not vegetable.
People who eat fish are not vegetarian.

[lefty_monster]

Some "vegetarians" make an exception for fish and shrimp. I guess it keeps them from killing themselves with an all-veggie diet. There is no word for "vegetarian who eats fish" but there should be. It'd clear up confusion right away. [/thread drift]

[KidLazy]

Some "vegetarians" make an exception for fish and shrimp. I guess it keeps them from killing themselves with an all-veggie diet. There is no word for "vegetarian who eats fish" but there should be. It'd clear up confusion right away. [/thread drift]

If you eat fish, then you are not a vegetarian.
I just check with a random dictionary and wiki,

"somebody who does not eat meat or fish but instead eats vegetables, fruits, grains, seeds..."

"Vegetarianism is the practice of not consuming the flesh of any animal (including sea animals) with or..."

I have been a vegetarian for the last 12 years. I hate people who wants to serve me fish, "you eat fish, don't you? You are vegetarian..."

I am 6', 170lbs, 10% bodyfat... killing myself with an all-veggie diet!? I guess...

(Edit: comparing to 6', only 143lbs, 18% bodyfat on the mostly meat diet. I was sluggish, weak, and getting sick easily. So, I must be killing myself by switching... )

[MyrddinsPrecint]

There is no word for "vegetarian who eats fish" but there should be.

The word you're searching for is "pescetarian".

[KidLazy]

Do you still need recpes?

[magic_moose]

Fish is animal, not vegetable.
People who eat fish are not vegetarian.

I always refer to those folks who say "I'm a vegetarian. I just eat chicken and fish" as "small animal omnivores".

[AndrewH]

I don't have a dishwasher : P

Yea, who am I kidding, i don't have one either. This is college, after all...

Here's a few chicken recipes, for when the vegetarian is out of town:

Chicken Picatta: butterfly chicken breasts & pound flat. Season & dredge in flour, then saute in a mix of 2 tbsp:1 tbsp butter : olive oil. Transfer to the oven to keep warm once browned. Add 1/2 cup white wine and 1/3 cup lemon juice to the pan, and deglaze the bits stuck to the bottom. Add chopped shallots & garlic, reduce the sauce and stir in a couple tbsp butter, then transfer the chicken back to the pan and cover until cooked through.

BBQ chicken w/ pineapple salsa: Throw your chicken breasts on the bbq, or cook through any other method desired. Brush pineapple and onion slices with olive oil and broil until soft. Chop and add to a mixing bowl along with basil, hot peppers, diced tomato, lime juice, salt & pepper. Serve overtop of chicken.

Rosemary baked cornish hen: Quarter your cornish hen (or use chicken quarters), rub the skin with olive oil, salt & rosemary. Marinate for a couple of hours in the fridge, then bake in the oven at 300 until the skin is crispy and the meat is done through.

Hawaiian BBQ kebabs: Cube chicken breast and marinate with soy sauce, brown sugar, sherry, sesame oil, ginger & garlic for several hours. Construct skewers with alternating chicken, pineapple chunks, green pepper, anything else you want to put on. Throw them on the grill for 5-7 minutes per side.

[MyrddinsPrecint]

Do you still need recpes?

always.


But, really. Eating is the good part, and even for those of us that *love* cooking, there are always the nights where you need a bit more inspiration than others. I gave everyone my scenario for a direction for recipes, but I do hope that people other than me are getting ideas for dinner....

[lefty_monster]

I'm getting hungry, anyway.

[Zelda]

Never underestimate the power of a good Dahl. I dont have my recipe with me but will post it when I get home. Also Indian rice dishes are great.

[Mergs]

Having been in a similar situation in the dark ages before microwaves (having to use a popcorn popper and hotplate to cook with), I'm curious as to what you have to work with in terms of appliances (stove? MW? toaster oven?), that may limit us on what we can suggest as ideas.

As for the bit about cooking under the hood of a car, we used to take C-rations cans and put them on the exhaust manifold of a jeep during convoys. The trick was to make sure you put a small hole in the top of the can. If you didn't well ............... Do you know how hard it is to get spaghetti and meat balls off an engine? Yuk. Ham and muthaf*****s are worse (triva question for all you 'Nam era vets!).

Heres an easy one for you: Black Bean Salsa

1 - 15 oz can of black beans, rinsed
1 - 15 oz can of corn, drained
1 - 8 oz can Rotel, drained
1 small onion, chopped (you can omit)
3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
Salt and pepper to taste

You can use this to make veggie enchiladas by using this as a filler, cover with canned enchilada sauce and cheese. Bake at 350 deg F for 30 to 40 minutes (or nuke for 5 - 7 minutes).

[MyrddinsPrecint]

Mostly we have everything but a dishwasher.

We have an electric stove, Normal size fridge plus a couple extra minifridges, microwave, blender, food processor, crock pot, toaster, partially broken toaster oven, hand mixer, ......... two sizes of muffin tins, a star shaped bundt pan, onion soup crocks, teacups.........

[Mergs]

Sounds like you're set.

[MyrddinsPrecint]

Sounds like you're set.

Well, we don't get the toaster, the pot appropriate for cooking pasta in, or the cast iron skillet until this weekend (we've been cooking pasta in the crock pot....).

But we certainly are set for tools... we just need more recipes...

[pigeonmeister]

Tandoori chicken/prawns/salmon:

Half a tub of natural yogurt, lemon juice, tandoori curry paste/powder (or normal curry powder) tsp of tomato puree, salt. Use as marinade, scrap off most before grilling (broiling to you?) or baking. Warm up rest of marinade in a pan for sauce. serve with rice/naan bread and lime pickle.

vegetable lasagne. Roast selection of vegs (peppers, onions, aubergine (egg plant) zuccine, squash, fennel bulb, carrot, sweet potato) make bechamel sauce (gently fry flour in butter for a few minutes- add milk (that has been warmed in a pan with a bay leaf, bit of onion and whole black pepper corns) Stif until thick and smooth, add salt and lots of cheese. Can just buy ready made. Make tomato sauce- sweat onion, garlic, celery and carrot in olive oil for 5 mins. Add tomato puree and tin of tomatoes (and wine if around) salt and pepper- cook for 20mins.

Layer up lasagne sheets (dried ones that don't need par boiling or fresh) with veg, tom sauce and bechamel. Finish with a layer of bechamel and grated cheese on top. Bake for 30-40 mins. For meat or quorn lasagne- add mince at early stage of tom sauce.

My favourite pasta sauce- carbonnara. Mix 2 raw eggs with 200ml cream and parmesan. fry pancetta or bacon cubes until crisp. Boil and drain pasta and return to pasta pan. Take off heat and add egg mixture- toss for a minute and serve- adding pancetta and extra cheese to those that desire.

An English classic- 'toad in the whole'- fry large sausages. make a pancake batter- Sift 1 1/2 cups of flour and add two eggs. add 7 fluid oz each of water and milk. Mix together until smooth. add salt and pepper (my mum adds a pinch of baking soda) Turn oven to 230 c (or just damn hot) add fat to a roasting tray (quite a deep one) and place in oven to get hot. Take out of oven and add sausages and pour over batter, return to oven. It's very important to add the batter to very hot fat (my mum uses dripping from the sunday roast, but anykind of animal or veg fat will do) Serve with onion gravy and greens. Any batter left can be used for dessert. Incidently- if anyone has had 'Yorshire pudding' when visiting Britain, then batter is same recipe.

[LordShout]

If you don't own a copy of the Joy (The Joy of Cooking) you need to immediatly purchase one. It is the most uninspired cuisine known to man. This is its great value. Simply open it to a random page and you'll have a recipe that is guranteed to work, slight alterations will allow you to add your own inspiration without having 1/2 of your culinary adventures become fail.

Otherwise I use "On food and cooking" Harold McGee and Barnard Clayton's series of books, Soups and Stews and than his amazing book on bread.

The Joy is invaluable to the home chief, its solid, workable recipes are an excellent basis for expirementation.

http://msglaze.typepad.com/

Is an excellent cooking blog

[chefencer]

This flexitarian/pescetarian recipe doesn't require a dishwasher...http://www.tomifobia.com/doherty/tro...lamerde1.shtml

[Lemonaide]

So, I'm newly settled into an on-campus apartment, and since Smith has no partial meal plan, we're cooking for ourselves a great deal. There are four of us, and I'm a good cook, someone else is very good, and our other two roommates follow recipes very well. Really, the only problem is that we've got some dietary restrictions:

One person doesn't eat any meat at all. (As in, hasn't ever eaten meat, and probably now couldn't really start if she wanted to.)

One person is allergic to peanuts, and the edible wax they put on the outside of fruit at the supermarket.

I'm lactose intolerant. Yes, I know there are pills--- but I am intolerant enough so that the amount of money I would have to spend on the pills to eat things normally is *ridiculous*, so mostly I just don't.

Our fourth is fine.

Things that various individuals merely dislike include: tuna, eggplants, and onion.

We're eating a LOT of pasta with various things on it, and we're also eating a bunch of tofu. But I'm looking for suggestions for variety, especially for integrating protein.

PS: We'll be starting a foodblog soon, which I'll link once it's up and running.

Okay I'll try to help, but will you also help me in writing Jack in the Box and have them remove the Advertisement that contains a Noose? I was shocked to see it aired recently and there was a few incidences in the news recently. Please advocate for this and here are some food suggestions.

1. Salads: keep fresh lettuce in the refrigerator. In separate serving dishes you can keep: grated cheese, some boiled eggs sliced, sliced fruit, veggies, olives and pickles, and each person can build their own salad based on their special diets.
2. Pancakes - use lactose free milk when blending - add fresh fruit as topping -
3. Omlettes are always a favorite of mine - you can make any meal from that - adding beans and chilli sauce
4. Buy Soy-Burgers. They're really good.
5. French Ladies Toast! easy to make add toppings for breakfast
6. Always keep rice going in a rice cooker then you can add toppings
7. Buy Daikon and Nori and slice up for snacks with your rice.
8. Buy a wok and quick fry veggies when you get home and top your rice.

That's it for now!! Good luck with your fencing and eat foods rich in Vitamin C, A, and E.