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Go-To Vegetarian Meals

A friend of mine is starting to do Meatless Monday's and is looking for some recipes to serve as a jumping-off point. I recommend liking the Vegetarian Times and Eating Well Facebook pages to get inspiration delivered straight to your news feed. In the meantime, here are a few of my favorites-

INDIAN-
We have a rice cooker, so these indian meals are very easy to serve over brown rice-
Lal Dal (Red Lentils)- substitute a can of Ro-tel tomatoes for the fresh tomato and green chili to make this an easy, weeknight meal.
Quick Curried Chickpeas

ASIAN-
Mongolian Stir-Fry- use the fried tofu technique for any of the following recipes.
Singapore-Style Rice Noodles- you can use any vegetables you like if the peppers don't sound good to you. I recently used asparagus and bok choy instead of cabbage and peppers and it was delicious!
Thai Red Curry- but substitute crispy fried tofu for the meat protein. I recently discovered the Thai Kitchen website - there are lots of easy ideas here!
Sesame Udon Noodles

Here are some other favs-
One-Pan Farro with Tomatoes
Sweet Potato & Black Bean Burritos
Refried White Beans
Moroccan Spiced Chickpea Soup
Quinoa with Fried Egg and Spinach

Happy Cooking (and Eating!)!
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  1. UnknownJanuary 9, 2014 at 6:01 AM

    There is a good book called "Beyond Peanut Butter and Jelly" full of vegetarian recipes for kids.

    These websites have recipes: Indian food in Australia

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