Category: Vegetarian

  • Zucchini Topped Potatoes

    Zucchini Topped Potatoes

    Our usual baked potato bar got a little creative with an Italian twist. Changing from a large baking potato to small red or golden or purple potatoes added depth to the potatoes. I use canned diced tomatoes since they can sit on my shelf until needed, but whole tomatoes should work well, perhaps better. As…

  • Ravioli with Eggplant

    Ravioli with Eggplant

    “Let’s find a new way to prepare ravioli,” I was encouraged. The recipe we found looked rather bland. Thus I immediately enhanced it with garlic and oregano. This version was rated worthy of adding to our expanding rotation. Yield: 2 generous servings in about 30 active minutes. Ingredients Procedure

  • Citrus Poached Spinach

    Citrus Poached Spinach

    A winery in Michigan offered something like this as one course of a five course meal. Ever since I have speculated how I might replicate it.

  • Baked Tofu Hoisin-Sesame Salad

    Baked Tofu Hoisin-Sesame Salad

    The recipe below adds baking the tofu to amp up the flavor. This made a nutritious and tasty salad to eat on a travel day.

  • Vegetarian Quesadillas

    Vegetarian Quesadillas

    We found this one-pot meal to be refreshing and satisfying. This adapted recipe combines comments from another site plus a few of my own modifications.

  • Rainbow Vegetable Saute with Wild Rice

    Rainbow Vegetable Saute with Wild Rice

    “Eat the rainbow,” a vegetarian friend had told us. Thus when this recipe appeared in one of the newsletters I read I had to try it. We enjoyed the version as I adapted it and look forward to having it in the future with a few tweaks. However my style of cooking differed from the…

  • Pesto Asparagus with Penne

    Pesto Asparagus with Penne

    This one pot meal comes together in about fifteen minutes. This recipe makes two servings.

  • Greek Garbanzo Bean Salad

    Greek Garbanzo Bean Salad

    This has become our favorite summer salad! Given our nomadic lifestyle, aiming to live on the cusp of summer, it frequents our table. All of the ingredients, except for the beans, we buy fresh for a crisp crunch and bright flavor.

  • Broccoli Alfredo

    Broccoli Alfredo

    I do not recall ever making this with chicken. In a list of meals we have made this is listed as “Chicken” and Broccoli Alfredo with the list of ingredients altered with an option of tofu.

  • Soy Curls with Chile and Soy Sauce

    Soy Curls with Chile and Soy Sauce

    Changing one ingredient in this recipe prompted me to alter nearly every other step. The change came because we wanted to try Soy Curls, an alternative to textured meat.