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ORIGINAL: doctorgrey

why no veggies?
what kind of crazy-assed vegan are you?

DrG

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kalikshama:

You made several posts, but no recipes!!! Don't you have any to contribute?

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ORIGINAL: DeviantlyD

Down To Earth is a local vegetarian store, here in Hawai`i. They have a recipe page with a boatload of different vegetarian and vegan recipes.

I found the following for Lentil Tacos. You could skip the crushed red pepper.

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Ingredients

1 cup dry lentils
Water
2 Tablespoons olive oil
¾ cup finely diced onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
½ cup finely diced red bell pepper
1¼ cup finely diced portobello mushrooms
1 Tablespoon chili powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
½ teaspoon crushed red pepper
½ teaspoon oregano
2 cups vegetable broth
1 teaspoon salt or to taste
10 corn tortillas

Instructions

Pour boiling water over lentils and soak for 30 minutes. Drain and rinse in cold water. Set aside.
Sauté onion, garlic, red bell pepper and mushrooms in olive oil.
Add soaked lentils, chili powder, cumin, crushed red pepper and oregano. Cook for 1 minute.
Add vegetable broth and salt and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat, cover and let simmer for 25-30 minutes.
Remove lid and cook for another 6-8 minutes or until all liquid is absorbed.
Place ¼ cup of mixture into the center of a tortilla and top with your favorite taco toppings, such as Cashew Cilantro Sauce, fresh diced tomatoes, shredded lettuce, grated cheese, green onion and sliced olives. Enjoy!


Soups are another option, even if it is summer.

Quinoa is a seed that is grain-like. It can be used in a variety of recipes. Cook it in vegetable broth, then after it cools you can put in a variety of stuff, whatever veggies you are capable of eating, legumes (garbanzo beans/chick peas, kidney beans, etc.) and some added mint and a bit of olive oil since you can't have lemon juices. Oh and raisins. :)

I don't think he would mind, but I know areallivehuman eats vegan and he has recipes. Maybe hit him up for some ideas. Just a thought. :)

Good luck!

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ORIGINAL: areallivehuman

Buy a rice cooker, greatest invention ever. I use mine daily, sometimes twice.

Breakfast is usually oatmeal, look for "steel cut oats", as close to their natural state as you'll find. I throw the oats in the rice cooker, 1 part oats, 4 parts water, chop up a few carrots, or yams, or sweet potatoes, some cinnamon, turn it on, UNCOVERED, and walk away for the next 40 minutes.

Dinner is brown rice, fresh minced garlic, sometimes with lentil beans mixed in. Again, root vegetables can be added at the start of cooking. Before it's done, I'll throw a handful of green beans, zucchini , snow peas, or broccoli on top.

Mince some fresh garlic, put it in a pan with olive oil, let it sautee very slowly, don't let the garlic get brown, you'll want to keep it white and tender, with the flavor infused into the oil. Cook some whole wheat pasta, drop some broccoli into the pasta for the last 2 minutes of cooking time, drain, mix in the oil and garlic, serve.

When I went vegan ( and sugar free) about 4 years ago, I found that simple foods, cooked simply worked best for me. I didn't like the idea of trying to fool myself that I was eating meat by using substitutes like tofu. I've many more recipes, when I have more time.

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ORIGINAL: sunshinemiss

Great Korean cookbook.

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ORIGINAL: kalikshama

LW,

Do you eat millet? It's on this list as an alkanizing protein. It's actually a grass but you treat it like a grain.

(This chart is on rense; I'd independently verify it.)

A list of Acid / Alkaline Forming Foods