Bibimbap, gado-gado (veggies with peanut sauce), spring rolls with bamboo shoot, fried tofu, claypot tofu, dimsum with veggies inside, fried taro ball, basically tons of asian dishes.
I tried fake meat and although it is pretty good, I would never choose it over the dishes that just doesn't use meat and vegetarian friendly anyway.
Though every recipe for red beans and rice I've ever had or made should technically have been called "Red beans, rice, and andouille sausage" because it's *always* included.
Falafel.
I used to work with a bunch of Middle Eastern guys, and I ordered falafel so often for lunch they actually asked if I was vegetarian. I like all kinds of food, with meat and without, but if the falafel are good, there's a very high chance that's what is on my plate.
I had never had falafel until a few months ago when I started working in a kitchen that has it on the menu. Lemme tell ya, my life has gotten a lot better since
I LOVE falafel....but only REAL falafel.
I dont know the secret, but making from a grocery store mix, or indeed most deli style places, its just...dry.
I havnt had good falafel for years.
That's because Indian food isn't trying to imitate meat.
I've said it before and I stand by it - you can't imitate meat with plants. I've tried the substitutes, jackfruit and all the imitation meats and... it just doesn't work. At best it can fool me into thinking it's *bad* meat, at worst it tastes like overprocessed junk that I don't recognize as "food" at all.
Indian food doesn't bother with that. Their culinary traditions don't come from a place of trying to convert people to plant based diets, but rather from a place of "we have rice and coconut and soybeans and chickpeas, and a bunch of spices. How can we not *die*?" and then they made pretty awesome food out of it. But it's not trying to imitate meat. You don't see them trying to press lentils into a steak, they made some fucking *awesome* dhaal out of it. Because lentils are not meat, they're *lentils* and if you make them into something that tastes good with *lentils* you've got some awesome food on your hands.
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The issue with that stuff is its always 2x-4x more expensive than normal meat, so unless you have the extra money to throw around, its usually not worth it.
THIS. Lentils are lentils and they are good. Beans are beans and they are good. For example, as someone who also eats meat, nine times out of ten I will choose a black bean burger over a beef burger. Why? Because it’s excellent. It isn’t trying to imitate a beef burger at all, it’s seasoned and grilled beans that taste exactly like seasoned and grilled beans.
Was just about to say this. A bomb potato curry hits the spot. A couple samosas on the side and some naan bread to dip in the curry is the stuff wet dreams splooge to.
A wide range of Arab food is vegetarian and vegan.
Falafel
Koosa (rice stuffed zucchini in a tomato or yoghurt soup)
Fatoush (salad with a pomegranate molasses and garlic dressing with fried Arab bread all over)
Fatteh (it’s a layered breakfast dish of bread, chick peas, and a sauce made with yoghurt, tahini, lemon, and garlic, topped off with toasted pine nuts)
Pizza (zaatar, keshk, cheese, shangleesh, are all vegetarian options and are usually eaten for breakfast)
So this is pretty much just poor people food, but whatever, it's my comfort dish: baked rice with grated apples.
All you need is a cup of rice and about 5-6 big apples (the more the better), some sugar, cinammon and butter or margerine. Cook the rice, put a layer into a baking dish, put the grated apples on top, sprinkle with sugar and cinammon, cover with another layer of rice, put some butter on top, cover the dish. Bake for about 30 min at 180°
Kinda? My parents used to have apple orchards, so apples were a staple food at home. It's important to use a lot of apples, a thick layer. This way the whole dish is moist and tastes of apples :)
Not just in a curry either! Cauliflower and chickpeas, tossed with olive oil and some spices, then roasted until it's just getting crispy? Mmmmmmm so good.
I am a meat eater but cook exclusively vegetarian because my wife is a life-long vegetarian and I'm the cook of the family.
Some of my favorite things to cook and eat:
* Saag paneer or Saag tofu
* Tofu massaman curry with sweet potatoes and green beans
* Butternut squash and saffron risotto with vegetarian sausage (Trade Joe's makes a great one)
* "Poké" bowl with tofu marinated in a sauce with Nori Fume Furikake rice seasoning and ponzu, plus mango, avocado, carrots, peppers, and scallions (or whatever have on hand)
* Rajma curry (probably the best comfort food I've ever had)
* Bean burritos
* Moroccan spiced butternut squash soup with feta
* Shakshuka
Perfect! Thanks for that list. I've been shifting my diet to a more vegetable based one, and this is perfect. I'm not going exclusively vegetarian, but really want to find those dishes that can keep me happy.
Cool! I’ve become pretty satisfied with only eating meat on special occasions or when we go out to a restaurant. There are lots of delicious vegetarian foods that keep me happy in the meantime.
You can literally make any vegetable delicious with olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper.
I have a theory that people who don’t like vegetables, didn’t have a good cook in the family growing up
Totally agree. My mum had a lot of great dishes...but when it came to vegetables it was just boil it until it's limp and throw some butter on it. Trying to rebalance my diet with good vegetable dishes, and you're right: garlic and olive oil roasted anything is amazing.
Get yourself some salt flakes. I like Maldon Sea Salt Flakes but any salt flakes should do it. Adds another dynamic to salt you never knew existed.
I keep a small dish on the table and sprinkle it on everything. It’s even great on popcorn. Just sprinkle some right before eating.
I really like Parmesan cheese on my vegetables too; especially greens like asparagus and Brussels sprouts
My wife is a vegetarian and I like to make a huge pot of meatless chili. I also brown up meat and add it to my bowl of chili but a couple of times I've gone into the fridge to scoop out some leftovers and totally forgot to add meat. Still tastes great. But all-in-all I love vegetarian food and the only thing I refuse to try is meat substitutes. I just can't do it.
My green bean casserole.
For years my family and I hated it. My grandmother made it for Thanksgiving and Christmas up until she passed. IT would barely get touched.
cream of mushroom soup, milk, black pepper (Which she barely put any in), and canned french cut green beans. Then barely put any french fried onions on top. After she passed, nobody ever made one for 12 years.
I got a girlfriend that was vegetarian. Her body was not good at processing heavy protiens. So, to make sure that she had at least another dish she could eat, I made a casserole.
Frozen regular cut green beans that I would steam. I'd dice up a red bell pepper. Use Roasted Garlic cream of mushroom soup and only about 2/3rd of the milk they suggest to make it stickier. Cayenne pepper instead of black pepper, and half a teaspoon of Bell's seasoning. Sometimes minced shallots. And cover the thing with french fried onions.
It was so good, my Father requested I occasionally make him one on a non holiday Sunday dinner, so there was less food competition.
My Mom would complain that the cayenne was too spicy, but she'd still eat it.
You know...I always wondered if casseroles are good now that I'm an adult. I always had to suffer through it as a kid, but maybe with the right spice and judicious application of onion it could work. I might give this a shot.
Honestly I feel like this could apply to most food haha. My mom used to hate pork chops because her parents would cook them until they were rubbery and dry - once she tried making them herself, she realized "Oh, pork chops are actually pretty tasty if you don't wring all of the moisture out and actually cook them."
It wasn't until a few years after that that she was talking to her mom about it and her mom was like "Oh well that's because I made them the way your father liked." He was the same with steaks and burgers, too - basically cook it until it's super well done and charred.
It's comfort, cheap food. It's called "Souper Rice" and my family has always eaten it. It is just a can of condensed cream soup, I prefer Cream of Potato. Mix with one can of milk. Heat to almost boiling and add 1 can of instant rice, cover and let sit for 10 minutes.
That's it. Cheap, filling, and tasty. You can add some shredded cheese if you want, or sprinkle on some oyster crackers. It's one of the goto recipes for us. Not sure what to do for dinner tonight? Everyone loves Souper Rice and it's ready in 20 minutes or so.
Yeh, I hear ya in that. I used to do something similar with bean and bacon soup. Just add some rice and it would fill me up all day for all of like $1.
I just became a vegetarian two days ago, so I'm really glad to having found this thread. Thanks to anyone giving advice here, I dearly need and appreciate it \^\^
Something to remember is you may need to eat more food than you are used to. Just volume wise. Meat is more calorie dense and more protein dense than many plant-based meals.
As far as chicken replacement goes, I really like cauliflower nuggets! The texture is surprisingly close and they have a nice crunch from the panko. I usually coat them in a coconut/ curry mixture prior to panko which keeps them juucy and flavoursome. Then I'll eat them with katsu curry and other chicken dishes to replace the meat at times
I've been buying Impossible patties from the grocery store for the past few months, and honestly it's a pretty good replacement of the real deal as long as you don't skimp on the condiments and toppings.
My go to: Toasted bun, horse radish, deli mustard. Red onion, pickle, sprouts. Sometimes avocado. Top patty with a slice of cheddar cheese.
It's so good.
Been using Impossible meat for a few recipes at home and I’ve been absolutely blown away by the results. I used it in a stuffed pepper recipe that calls for ground meat to be steamed inside the pepper and to my great surprise it turned out very well! Don’t know what kind of black magic they use to make the stuff but it works whatever it is.
Pasta, pizza is a close second.
I make a very nice pasta sauce, my recipe is : a hand full of tomatoes, 1/2 a carrot, some broccoli, a pinch of msg, a splash of red wine vinegar, add some tomatoes puree if it's looking a bit wet.
Grilled eggplant drizzled with italian dressing.
Roasted sweet potatoes, onion, kale and rapini, topped with pan fried chickpeas and tahini sauce.
Potatoes, peppers and crushed tomatoes fried in olive oil with a little garlic.
Yellow pea soup. I don’t know if it’s popular outside of Sweden but it was popularised here through the military, since we used to have mandatory military service for all men and it was often served there.
The usual version contains ham but it’s very good without it as well. A little mustard will finish the experience.
My vegan friend introduced me to the onion bhaji burger - normal burger bun, onion bhaji, mango chutney, shredded lettuce, finely sliced red onion and cucumber. Fantastic flavour and texture profile, and very filling. Loved it.
I add mint sauce (made with yogurt) so mine isn't vegan, but definitely vegetarian and totally delicious.
I also love a good potato curry, or a five-bean chilli with a heap of rice and tomato salsa.
Rajas. Fire roasted poblano peppers cut into strips sautéed with onions and tomato. Add cheese if you want. Make tacos, tamales, or eat the rajas over rice.
Does spanakopita count? Vegetable stew would be a good choice, certain veggie burgers arent bad, I enjoy a nice salad sometimes, stuffed peppers are good too
I used to make Delia Smith's Roasted Mediterranean Vegetable Lasagne with my mum when I was 100% veggie as a teenager.
We'd take it to BBQs so I'd have something vegetarian to eat instead of expecting the hosts to prepare something. It would be gone in seconds, the meat eaters were all over it like a swarm of locusts.
Takes half a day to make, but worth it - it's properly delicious, and definitely a hit with carnivores.
https://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/pasta-recipes/roasted-mediterranean-vegetable-lasagne
It can be great. I usually seek out garlic scapes in the late spring. Use half garlic scape and half basil to make pesto and you'll be ready to die happy.
Ma7shy, it's a middle eastern dish and made different ways. The way my husband makes it is rice stuffed in bell peppers with lots of tomato sauce, yummy
It's an adaptation of a meat dish, "callos" a very typical Spanish dish. We swap the meat for mushrooms. It's great, I do eat some meat but this is so nice.
If just vegetarian and not vegan, then homemade fries with two fried eggs on the side.
I know, probably not what you had in mind!
So, for a healthier thing I also enjoy, cucumber salad. Peel that fucker, slice it up and mix with some lemon juice and salt. Quite simple but hard to beat in my book.
Indian food is pretty great, but Ethiopian food is amazing. They give you this sour dough crepe called Injara that is super porous to absorb all the sauces. Ideally you take a bunch of your friends because Ethiopian food is served communally and you get access to more dishes with more people. Even if you show up as a loner there are some sampler plate options. Like Indian there are vegetarian and meat options, and the vegetarian ones aren't pretending to be anything but veggies/beans in sauce.
I'm with ya. Years ago my friend took me to an Ethopian restaurant and I was blown away at how good it was. I'm going to have to look into it more closely...any dishes in particular that are must eat?
My experiences is much like yours where a friend introduced me to it and did most of the ordering. The lentils (wot) and the collard greens were my favorite but your tastes may vary. The place I like to go to has a veggie sampler plate and I order that most of the time.
Damn Covid for ruining communal eating, but my favorite part of the Ethiopian dinning experience is eating the same stuff with a bunch of my friends.
There’s a dish that my nona used to make that’s basically fado (cut up spaghetti) with fava beans and baby artichokes. You dice an onion and marinate the artichoke and fava beans in olive oil on slow simmer for a couple hours seasoning appropriately with salt and pepper, add a little tomato paste then you combine that with some of the pasta water and BAM. I would literally eat that every day for the rest of my life and be fine. The artichoke and fava beans have to be fresh though, nothing from a can it’s not the same
Can’t go wrong with a good frittata - bonus is that you can use up leftover or soft veggies and make a different variation each time. Add sauces and some sort of bread/carb option and you’re set
I get this really good potato and eggplant curry from an Indian place not too far from my house. I never thought I'd find a vegetarian dish that I couldn't stop going back to.
Mushroom Wellington - essentially blended mushrooms and cashews flavoured with soy and garlic and then the paste is wrapped in pastry. Absolutely brilliant
Baked apples. Or apple crumble. It’s the stuff of gods and my mom’s apple crumble recipe is hard to beat. Introduced my teenage stepbrothers to it and they were literally arguing over who got the last piece (news flash, my dad got it once he got home from work at the smelter)
Braised tofu with shitake mushrooms and a leafy vegetable like gai lan or bok choi. Just tofu in general. It used to puzzle me as a kid when I watched people on TV complain about eating tofu. There are so many varieties, too. My favourite is the fried kind.
Chinese vegetable dumplings are also very nice. Fry the bottoms until they're crispy, add some water to the pan and steam with the lid on. Then serve with a sauce consisting of black vinegar, julienned ginger, and Chinese chili oil.
EDIT: As an aside, if you're looking to cook tofu at home, make sure you don't skimp on flavouring and seasoning. Tofu picks up flavours very easily, but you need to (literally in some cases) immerse it in your choice of sauce.
Charmilla, harira, vegetable tajin, vegetable couscous, ma’akouda. And those are the morrocan dishes I can name out of the top of my head. I also eat a lot of mediterranean dishes. Be it italian or spanish and they have a few good ones as well.
My spaghetti sauce. I usually make meatballs but my sauce Itself with no meatballs has no meat or animal fat it has a tomato base with a lot of veggies and herbs.
There's a place in St John's NL called The Sprout. They have some of the best tacos I've ever had, and crazy enough they're vegan. The tortillas are home made, the sauces are incredible. What ever that fake meat is I swear to go you could've fooled me
Dahl soup: https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/soup/other-soup/dahl-soup-nepal-style-creamy-lentil-soup.html?fbclid=IwAR1mbEQv9J6T3nw996DdY53kNwLwtIkRM6Rt6l-AIay-y9omshkaC55VLGo
Also, I could easily eat chips and guac for a meal. Or chips and hummus. Yum yum!
Spinach salad. Throw in some almonds, cranberries, carrots, peppers, maybe some cherry tomatoes or strawberries and blueberries. Go with a fruity vinaigrette dressing.
Home made pizza
Pasta with meatless meatballs
Veggie fajitas / quesadillas
Stir fry with hummus and pita
Veggie panini or just a straight up veggie sandwich!
Lo mein and spring rolls
I like cooking fresh veggies and mixing with white rice and can vary with many different sauces
Veggie burger or brat and fries
I am a meat eater who occasionally goes vegan for while. I went to this local brew pub that has a renowned vegan chopped cheese sandwich. I ordered it and I almost stood up and returned it bc I was sure they mixed up the order. A lot of hate on here for the meat subs but a vegan chopped cheese is super easy to make a it doesn’t feel like a total gut bomb. Just get an impossible burger, overcook it a bit till it’s crispy and then add daiya shreds, chopped onions, pickles and I like a lil mustard. Slap it on some bread — fantastic!
Bibimbap, gado-gado (veggies with peanut sauce), spring rolls with bamboo shoot, fried tofu, claypot tofu, dimsum with veggies inside, fried taro ball, basically tons of asian dishes. I tried fake meat and although it is pretty good, I would never choose it over the dishes that just doesn't use meat and vegetarian friendly anyway.
Oh man...I hadn't even thought of bibimbap as vegetarian. I'm going to add that to the list of possibility
Bibimbap traditionally has meat in it so it's not inherently vegetarian but it can be made vegetarian by just eliminating the meat.
Try tofu bibimbop is the bi-bim-bomb
Low carb too, nice.
Oreos are vegan. Enjoy
*looks at a long list of Indian cuisine* where do I begin?
I'm so glad to see a few of these comments in here. Indian food is soooo good.
Welp, considering I know dhal, saag, and paneer... Is there something else I should know about?
Most importantly, Gaja Ka Halva, a carrot dessert that is just so friken delicious!
Its gajar actually meaning carrot
Oops, dropped the r, heh
BOOM! Thanks, that sounds like a winner.
Aloo Gobi is a staple in my house. Curried potato’s and cauliflower.
Pav bhaji, Dosas
Chaat is good. Especially vada pav, dahi vadas, and bhel
Chana masala.
Not my top answer but Paneer is amazing.
Rajma Chawel 😋
Shakshuka! My partner makes a good one and I make fresh bread to go with it! Also I make a delicious rosemary and carmelized shallots pizza.
Red beans and rice
OOOOOhhhh...how could I have forgotten cajun red beans and rice? That is an amazing dish.
Though every recipe for red beans and rice I've ever had or made should technically have been called "Red beans, rice, and andouille sausage" because it's *always* included.
One of the few dishes that just about as good with or without meat, without making any other changes.
Eggplant parm is pretty good and I prefer the impossible whopper to the regular
You know... I've never made eggplant Parm, bit that's an excellent idea to add to my list
I was going to say baked ziti but that's just because I totally forgot about eggplant parm. Definitely eggplant parm.
Falafel. I used to work with a bunch of Middle Eastern guys, and I ordered falafel so often for lunch they actually asked if I was vegetarian. I like all kinds of food, with meat and without, but if the falafel are good, there's a very high chance that's what is on my plate.
Oh yeah. Falafel is probably my favorite veg dish ever
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Agree. I think that it's quite tasty
I had never had falafel until a few months ago when I started working in a kitchen that has it on the menu. Lemme tell ya, my life has gotten a lot better since
I LOVE falafel....but only REAL falafel. I dont know the secret, but making from a grocery store mix, or indeed most deli style places, its just...dry. I havnt had good falafel for years.
Most Indian food is pretty banging
Lentil curry (Dhaal) with rice.
I like a thicker Dhaal that you just eat with Naan.
Dhaal = shield Daal = lentil soup
That's because Indian food isn't trying to imitate meat. I've said it before and I stand by it - you can't imitate meat with plants. I've tried the substitutes, jackfruit and all the imitation meats and... it just doesn't work. At best it can fool me into thinking it's *bad* meat, at worst it tastes like overprocessed junk that I don't recognize as "food" at all. Indian food doesn't bother with that. Their culinary traditions don't come from a place of trying to convert people to plant based diets, but rather from a place of "we have rice and coconut and soybeans and chickpeas, and a bunch of spices. How can we not *die*?" and then they made pretty awesome food out of it. But it's not trying to imitate meat. You don't see them trying to press lentils into a steak, they made some fucking *awesome* dhaal out of it. Because lentils are not meat, they're *lentils* and if you make them into something that tastes good with *lentils* you've got some awesome food on your hands. /rant
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The issue with that stuff is its always 2x-4x more expensive than normal meat, so unless you have the extra money to throw around, its usually not worth it.
I don't know about 2x to 3x more expensive have you bought ground beef lately?
THIS. Lentils are lentils and they are good. Beans are beans and they are good. For example, as someone who also eats meat, nine times out of ten I will choose a black bean burger over a beef burger. Why? Because it’s excellent. It isn’t trying to imitate a beef burger at all, it’s seasoned and grilled beans that taste exactly like seasoned and grilled beans.
Their spices are so amazing they can even make tasteless sponges (tofu) taste good.
Was just about to say this. A bomb potato curry hits the spot. A couple samosas on the side and some naan bread to dip in the curry is the stuff wet dreams splooge to.
Paneer tikka naan wrap with pickled cabbage, mango chutney and chilli sauce.
Mexican rice with refried beans and red salsa and corn chips.
Yes. So simple, but so good.
Paneer butter masala and garlic naan
A wide range of Arab food is vegetarian and vegan. Falafel Koosa (rice stuffed zucchini in a tomato or yoghurt soup) Fatoush (salad with a pomegranate molasses and garlic dressing with fried Arab bread all over) Fatteh (it’s a layered breakfast dish of bread, chick peas, and a sauce made with yoghurt, tahini, lemon, and garlic, topped off with toasted pine nuts) Pizza (zaatar, keshk, cheese, shangleesh, are all vegetarian options and are usually eaten for breakfast)
Ooo...I gotta get me some of that Fatteh. Thanks
All of that sounds amazing!
So this is pretty much just poor people food, but whatever, it's my comfort dish: baked rice with grated apples. All you need is a cup of rice and about 5-6 big apples (the more the better), some sugar, cinammon and butter or margerine. Cook the rice, put a layer into a baking dish, put the grated apples on top, sprinkle with sugar and cinammon, cover with another layer of rice, put some butter on top, cover the dish. Bake for about 30 min at 180°
Wow. That's a really interesting one. Basically rice pudding with apples. It sounds really good and I might try this.
Kinda? My parents used to have apple orchards, so apples were a staple food at home. It's important to use a lot of apples, a thick layer. This way the whole dish is moist and tastes of apples :)
Spicy chickpea curries are always a good shout.
Chick peas just really shine flavor wise in curries.
Cauliflower too.
Not just in a curry either! Cauliflower and chickpeas, tossed with olive oil and some spices, then roasted until it's just getting crispy? Mmmmmmm so good.
I am a meat eater but cook exclusively vegetarian because my wife is a life-long vegetarian and I'm the cook of the family. Some of my favorite things to cook and eat: * Saag paneer or Saag tofu * Tofu massaman curry with sweet potatoes and green beans * Butternut squash and saffron risotto with vegetarian sausage (Trade Joe's makes a great one) * "Poké" bowl with tofu marinated in a sauce with Nori Fume Furikake rice seasoning and ponzu, plus mango, avocado, carrots, peppers, and scallions (or whatever have on hand) * Rajma curry (probably the best comfort food I've ever had) * Bean burritos * Moroccan spiced butternut squash soup with feta * Shakshuka
Perfect! Thanks for that list. I've been shifting my diet to a more vegetable based one, and this is perfect. I'm not going exclusively vegetarian, but really want to find those dishes that can keep me happy.
Cool! I’ve become pretty satisfied with only eating meat on special occasions or when we go out to a restaurant. There are lots of delicious vegetarian foods that keep me happy in the meantime.
You can literally make any vegetable delicious with olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper. I have a theory that people who don’t like vegetables, didn’t have a good cook in the family growing up
Totally agree. My mum had a lot of great dishes...but when it came to vegetables it was just boil it until it's limp and throw some butter on it. Trying to rebalance my diet with good vegetable dishes, and you're right: garlic and olive oil roasted anything is amazing.
Get yourself some salt flakes. I like Maldon Sea Salt Flakes but any salt flakes should do it. Adds another dynamic to salt you never knew existed. I keep a small dish on the table and sprinkle it on everything. It’s even great on popcorn. Just sprinkle some right before eating. I really like Parmesan cheese on my vegetables too; especially greens like asparagus and Brussels sprouts
Any kind of dhal. Beans for president
Dhal are chickpeas, right? I've find the same. Such a good texture and flavor
Dahl is lentils. Chickpeas are channa
My wife is a vegetarian and I like to make a huge pot of meatless chili. I also brown up meat and add it to my bowl of chili but a couple of times I've gone into the fridge to scoop out some leftovers and totally forgot to add meat. Still tastes great. But all-in-all I love vegetarian food and the only thing I refuse to try is meat substitutes. I just can't do it.
oh, I'm with ya. I love the chili of all types. If you've never done it, I recommend making your own chili powder. It will elevate chili to the stars.
Pancakes! You didnt say vegan...
Indeed...I'm still a meat eater, just one that wants to shift to a more vegetable based diet.
My green bean casserole. For years my family and I hated it. My grandmother made it for Thanksgiving and Christmas up until she passed. IT would barely get touched. cream of mushroom soup, milk, black pepper (Which she barely put any in), and canned french cut green beans. Then barely put any french fried onions on top. After she passed, nobody ever made one for 12 years. I got a girlfriend that was vegetarian. Her body was not good at processing heavy protiens. So, to make sure that she had at least another dish she could eat, I made a casserole. Frozen regular cut green beans that I would steam. I'd dice up a red bell pepper. Use Roasted Garlic cream of mushroom soup and only about 2/3rd of the milk they suggest to make it stickier. Cayenne pepper instead of black pepper, and half a teaspoon of Bell's seasoning. Sometimes minced shallots. And cover the thing with french fried onions. It was so good, my Father requested I occasionally make him one on a non holiday Sunday dinner, so there was less food competition. My Mom would complain that the cayenne was too spicy, but she'd still eat it.
You know...I always wondered if casseroles are good now that I'm an adult. I always had to suffer through it as a kid, but maybe with the right spice and judicious application of onion it could work. I might give this a shot.
Casseroles are bomb, as long as they're made by somebody who already knows how to cook and cares about food.
Honestly I feel like this could apply to most food haha. My mom used to hate pork chops because her parents would cook them until they were rubbery and dry - once she tried making them herself, she realized "Oh, pork chops are actually pretty tasty if you don't wring all of the moisture out and actually cook them." It wasn't until a few years after that that she was talking to her mom about it and her mom was like "Oh well that's because I made them the way your father liked." He was the same with steaks and burgers, too - basically cook it until it's super well done and charred.
Pasta alfredo. Baked ziti. Mac and cheese. Halloumi. Various types of cheese on crackers. I go through a lot of Lactaid.
Haha. Yeh, bit those are all winners. Love halloumi
It's comfort, cheap food. It's called "Souper Rice" and my family has always eaten it. It is just a can of condensed cream soup, I prefer Cream of Potato. Mix with one can of milk. Heat to almost boiling and add 1 can of instant rice, cover and let sit for 10 minutes. That's it. Cheap, filling, and tasty. You can add some shredded cheese if you want, or sprinkle on some oyster crackers. It's one of the goto recipes for us. Not sure what to do for dinner tonight? Everyone loves Souper Rice and it's ready in 20 minutes or so.
I do that with non cream soups and call it Ghetto Paella.
Yeh, I hear ya in that. I used to do something similar with bean and bacon soup. Just add some rice and it would fill me up all day for all of like $1.
Mushroom risotto.
Dude, thanks...I hadn't thought about risotto as an option. Yeh, risotto is so damn good.
Yup. Throw some asparagus in there too.
Oreos
Good choice
Hummus or falafel
Oh 100% mate. Good falafel is an absolute banger and keep a meat eating dude like myself happy
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Chile Relleno Edamame I love a good summer squash and zucchini. A basic salad drowned in ranch.
Ooo... Hadn't thought of chili rellenos. Great dish, thanks
Thai pineapple fried rice - the kind with yellow curry in it. I could live off that stuff!
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French fries. Put some fancy mayo based sauce on the side.
I just became a vegetarian two days ago, so I'm really glad to having found this thread. Thanks to anyone giving advice here, I dearly need and appreciate it \^\^
Something to remember is you may need to eat more food than you are used to. Just volume wise. Meat is more calorie dense and more protein dense than many plant-based meals.
Check out /r/vegetarian there are so many recipes on there! Some of a bit involved but lots are super easy and great for those new to the diet
A nice tall can of beer from the brewery down the road.
As far as chicken replacement goes, I really like cauliflower nuggets! The texture is surprisingly close and they have a nice crunch from the panko. I usually coat them in a coconut/ curry mixture prior to panko which keeps them juucy and flavoursome. Then I'll eat them with katsu curry and other chicken dishes to replace the meat at times
Impossible whopper
I've been buying Impossible patties from the grocery store for the past few months, and honestly it's a pretty good replacement of the real deal as long as you don't skimp on the condiments and toppings. My go to: Toasted bun, horse radish, deli mustard. Red onion, pickle, sprouts. Sometimes avocado. Top patty with a slice of cheddar cheese. It's so good.
The biggest thing I noticed is there's a stronger aftertaste than you get on a real patty, but honestly it's a really great alternative
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Been using Impossible meat for a few recipes at home and I’ve been absolutely blown away by the results. I used it in a stuffed pepper recipe that calls for ground meat to be steamed inside the pepper and to my great surprise it turned out very well! Don’t know what kind of black magic they use to make the stuff but it works whatever it is.
Pasta, pizza is a close second. I make a very nice pasta sauce, my recipe is : a hand full of tomatoes, 1/2 a carrot, some broccoli, a pinch of msg, a splash of red wine vinegar, add some tomatoes puree if it's looking a bit wet.
Veggie Enchiladas. You can barely tell that there's no meat. No need to use a meat substitute.
Grilled eggplant drizzled with italian dressing. Roasted sweet potatoes, onion, kale and rapini, topped with pan fried chickpeas and tahini sauce. Potatoes, peppers and crushed tomatoes fried in olive oil with a little garlic.
Ooo... Some great Mediterranean ideas there. Thanks
Yellow pea soup. I don’t know if it’s popular outside of Sweden but it was popularised here through the military, since we used to have mandatory military service for all men and it was often served there. The usual version contains ham but it’s very good without it as well. A little mustard will finish the experience.
Fried rice!
My vegan friend introduced me to the onion bhaji burger - normal burger bun, onion bhaji, mango chutney, shredded lettuce, finely sliced red onion and cucumber. Fantastic flavour and texture profile, and very filling. Loved it. I add mint sauce (made with yogurt) so mine isn't vegan, but definitely vegetarian and totally delicious. I also love a good potato curry, or a five-bean chilli with a heap of rice and tomato salsa.
I like those potatoe filled peppers in India. The ones they put dough on and deep fry. That's the best.
Rice and beans, ftw Bonus Round: Home made pizza with beyond meat sausage, spinach and feta
Cucumber sandwich with Dill mayo/sour cream spread on a crustless white bread sandwich. Kids love it too.
Rajas. Fire roasted poblano peppers cut into strips sautéed with onions and tomato. Add cheese if you want. Make tacos, tamales, or eat the rajas over rice.
Does spanakopita count? Vegetable stew would be a good choice, certain veggie burgers arent bad, I enjoy a nice salad sometimes, stuffed peppers are good too
Man, Mashed Potatoes are so damn good.
Zucchini anything
Mutter paneer is pretty great. But basically any Indian curry is rad.
Chick pea tacos. Pickle those onions for extra flavor and you are all set. I actually prefer them to meat tacos most days.
Caprese salad. Cheese, tomatoes, basil (I prefer dried), a bit of salt, and olive oil. All with a bit of Italian bread on the side.
I used to make Delia Smith's Roasted Mediterranean Vegetable Lasagne with my mum when I was 100% veggie as a teenager. We'd take it to BBQs so I'd have something vegetarian to eat instead of expecting the hosts to prepare something. It would be gone in seconds, the meat eaters were all over it like a swarm of locusts. Takes half a day to make, but worth it - it's properly delicious, and definitely a hit with carnivores. https://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/pasta-recipes/roasted-mediterranean-vegetable-lasagne
Pesto is my favorite. I love it so much
It can be great. I usually seek out garlic scapes in the late spring. Use half garlic scape and half basil to make pesto and you'll be ready to die happy.
Blue corn tamales filled with ricotta cheese with Huitlacoche sauce, along with green beans salad.
Greek salad
Ma7shy, it's a middle eastern dish and made different ways. The way my husband makes it is rice stuffed in bell peppers with lots of tomato sauce, yummy
It's an adaptation of a meat dish, "callos" a very typical Spanish dish. We swap the meat for mushrooms. It's great, I do eat some meat but this is so nice.
It's more of a snack than a dish, but hummus and fresh warm pita bread. Ah yeah.
If just vegetarian and not vegan, then homemade fries with two fried eggs on the side. I know, probably not what you had in mind! So, for a healthier thing I also enjoy, cucumber salad. Peel that fucker, slice it up and mix with some lemon juice and salt. Quite simple but hard to beat in my book.
I’m upset halloumi fries aren’t higher.
I love tortellini
Everything with eggs (generally) and cheeeeeeeese, omg cheese! P O T A T O E S Boil 'em mash'em stick'em in the stew
Lol, "What's taters precious?"
Indian food is pretty great, but Ethiopian food is amazing. They give you this sour dough crepe called Injara that is super porous to absorb all the sauces. Ideally you take a bunch of your friends because Ethiopian food is served communally and you get access to more dishes with more people. Even if you show up as a loner there are some sampler plate options. Like Indian there are vegetarian and meat options, and the vegetarian ones aren't pretending to be anything but veggies/beans in sauce.
I'm with ya. Years ago my friend took me to an Ethopian restaurant and I was blown away at how good it was. I'm going to have to look into it more closely...any dishes in particular that are must eat?
My experiences is much like yours where a friend introduced me to it and did most of the ordering. The lentils (wot) and the collard greens were my favorite but your tastes may vary. The place I like to go to has a veggie sampler plate and I order that most of the time. Damn Covid for ruining communal eating, but my favorite part of the Ethiopian dinning experience is eating the same stuff with a bunch of my friends.
There’s a dish that my nona used to make that’s basically fado (cut up spaghetti) with fava beans and baby artichokes. You dice an onion and marinate the artichoke and fava beans in olive oil on slow simmer for a couple hours seasoning appropriately with salt and pepper, add a little tomato paste then you combine that with some of the pasta water and BAM. I would literally eat that every day for the rest of my life and be fine. The artichoke and fava beans have to be fresh though, nothing from a can it’s not the same
Peach cobbler. Am I doing this right?
Can’t go wrong with a good frittata - bonus is that you can use up leftover or soft veggies and make a different variation each time. Add sauces and some sort of bread/carb option and you’re set
black bean burgers.
Beans, tofu, veg dumplings
I'm with ya...all dumplings are awesome.
Hamburger helper without the hamburger. It does just fine on its own.
Cheese pizza
Bread
I get this really good potato and eggplant curry from an Indian place not too far from my house. I never thought I'd find a vegetarian dish that I couldn't stop going back to.
Plant burgers. They're fucking brilliant. I'll probably never eat more than a few more meat burgers for the rest of my life.
Mushroom Wellington - essentially blended mushrooms and cashews flavoured with soy and garlic and then the paste is wrapped in pastry. Absolutely brilliant
Little pizzas made from hollowed out mushroom caps
Marinated & grilled portobello mushroom cap "burger ". Toasted brioche bun, sun dried tomato pesto, charred zucchini strips and gruyere cheese.
Baked apples. Or apple crumble. It’s the stuff of gods and my mom’s apple crumble recipe is hard to beat. Introduced my teenage stepbrothers to it and they were literally arguing over who got the last piece (news flash, my dad got it once he got home from work at the smelter)
I recently discovered tempeh and love it.
Salt and pepper Tofu
I love mushroom stroganoff instead of having any beef in it
eggs are always good
Braised tofu with shitake mushrooms and a leafy vegetable like gai lan or bok choi. Just tofu in general. It used to puzzle me as a kid when I watched people on TV complain about eating tofu. There are so many varieties, too. My favourite is the fried kind. Chinese vegetable dumplings are also very nice. Fry the bottoms until they're crispy, add some water to the pan and steam with the lid on. Then serve with a sauce consisting of black vinegar, julienned ginger, and Chinese chili oil. EDIT: As an aside, if you're looking to cook tofu at home, make sure you don't skimp on flavouring and seasoning. Tofu picks up flavours very easily, but you need to (literally in some cases) immerse it in your choice of sauce.
Babaganoush
Any vegetarian option at my local Indian Restaurant. NOM
Polish noodles, chickpea coconut curry, Mac and cheese, oatmeal with fruit, veggie pizza, veggie soup and egg drop soup.
I love chinese stir fried chop suey. But i eat them with beef, chicken, pork and king prawns.
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Tempe
I've found a recipe for mushroom soup that's pretty good.
Spring rolls
Don’t know if it’s relevant, but broccoli is my favorite vegetable. I used to hate it as a kid but now I like it when it’s mixed with other dishes.
Greek salad.
Peanut butter and banana sammich.
Korean spicy samyang. Quite possibly one of my favorite foods period.
There is this really amazing Veggie Pizza that a church family member makes for every potluck. Its really good, though I don't know the recipe.
Fried rice with rice, oil and onions is so good
pitaroudia for breakfast.
Chakalaka and soya sausages
Sometimes something as simple as a baked potato or roasted potatoes are enough for me 😋
Charmilla, harira, vegetable tajin, vegetable couscous, ma’akouda. And those are the morrocan dishes I can name out of the top of my head. I also eat a lot of mediterranean dishes. Be it italian or spanish and they have a few good ones as well.
pad thai with tofu, palak paneer, channa, tabouleh, falafel....the list goes on
Kimchi stew, ramen, tofu with rice, steamed eggs, chili oil noodles
Gobi Manchurian. Indo-chinese cauliflower. May be vegan, actually. So fucking good.
Oatmeal with a little bit of cinnamon and some raisins is nice
Lentil soup, minestrone, grilled cheese with tomato soup, tomato pie, I can’t keep going but it will mostly be soup.
My spaghetti sauce. I usually make meatballs but my sauce Itself with no meatballs has no meat or animal fat it has a tomato base with a lot of veggies and herbs.
Palak paneer over rice with some garlic naan. My sister also makes with tofu dish with a Thai peanut sauce that’s pretty good.
There's a place in St John's NL called The Sprout. They have some of the best tacos I've ever had, and crazy enough they're vegan. The tortillas are home made, the sauces are incredible. What ever that fake meat is I swear to go you could've fooled me
Vegetarian sloppy Joe's made with lentils! Vegetarian baked enchiladas!
Dahl soup: https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/soup/other-soup/dahl-soup-nepal-style-creamy-lentil-soup.html?fbclid=IwAR1mbEQv9J6T3nw996DdY53kNwLwtIkRM6Rt6l-AIay-y9omshkaC55VLGo Also, I could easily eat chips and guac for a meal. Or chips and hummus. Yum yum!
Pretty much everything as long as it's not intended to be a vegetarian version of a meat based dish
Gobi Manchurian.
Spinach salad. Throw in some almonds, cranberries, carrots, peppers, maybe some cherry tomatoes or strawberries and blueberries. Go with a fruity vinaigrette dressing.
Tabbouleh, because it tastes very acidic and refreshing to me.
pizza
Butternut squash white lasagna with spinach and pesto. Cheese raviolis in red sauce. Chili. Really any kind of pasta.
Home made pizza Pasta with meatless meatballs Veggie fajitas / quesadillas Stir fry with hummus and pita Veggie panini or just a straight up veggie sandwich! Lo mein and spring rolls I like cooking fresh veggies and mixing with white rice and can vary with many different sauces Veggie burger or brat and fries
I am a meat eater who occasionally goes vegan for while. I went to this local brew pub that has a renowned vegan chopped cheese sandwich. I ordered it and I almost stood up and returned it bc I was sure they mixed up the order. A lot of hate on here for the meat subs but a vegan chopped cheese is super easy to make a it doesn’t feel like a total gut bomb. Just get an impossible burger, overcook it a bit till it’s crispy and then add daiya shreds, chopped onions, pickles and I like a lil mustard. Slap it on some bread — fantastic!
I make tofu tacos and use a shit ton of spice. I actually prefer it to regular tacos
Rajma chawal which I just happen to be eating :)
Peanut butter and jelly
A plain cheese pizza.