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[genhand]

HI,
We are not vegetarian but I'm triing to make at least one or two vegetarian meals a week so my kids can taste other stuff and new textures... But I'm bored with the same old recipes I make so I tought we could exchange the most popular one from our family...

So here it goes:
Lentils loaf
1 of each: onion, garlic glove
8 mushrooms
2 tea spoons of oil
1 grated carrot
1 can (19 onces) of lentils rinced
½ cup of wheat germs
1 eggs
1 tbsp of mince parsley
½ tsp dry thym
3 tbsp milk

preheat oven at 180C/350F
in the food processor, ground the onion, garlic and mushrooms. In a pan, heat the oil and cook the ground veggies and the grated carrot until soft.

Put in a bol with the rest of the ingredients. Poor in a greased breadpan 11x9in.

Cook in the oven for 45 min or until golden brown.


We enjoy it with a nice green salad and ketchup for the kids! Sorry for the mistakes, I had to translate the recipes.

[genhand]

oops! I forgotthat you nedd to had one cup of shredded cheese ( I put differant kind of cheese as it change a little bit the taste like cheddar, gouda, mozzarella, etc) at the same time as the rest in the bowl Sorry again....

[akleos]

I have a lot of possiblities to contribute! I was a veg-head before I met DH, now I'm a flexitarian. I mostly eat veggies, but have some meats and fish so the family doesn't mutiny against me! This recipe is so good it's hard to believe, but be very careful cooking your rice... cook it too much and it'll be mushy, cook it too little and it will be crunchy. There should only be a *tiny* bit of liquid at the bottom of the pan before step 4. If you have rice that cooks for an hour, let your rice cook for 50 - 55 minutes before moving on to step 4.

Rice and Nuts

4 tbsp veggie oil
1 large onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 inch gingerroot, chopped finely
1 tsp cayenne pepper (I make it without the pepper and it is delicious)
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tbsp mild or medium curry powder
1 1/2 cups brown rice
3 1/2 cups boiling veggie stock
14 oz. can chopped tomatoes
6 oz. dried apricots or peaches, cut into slivers
1 red bell pepper, cored, seeded and diced
3 oz. frozen peas
1-2 small, slightly green bananas
1/3 - 1/2 cup toasted mixed nuts
salt and pepper

1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan, add the onion and fry gently for 3 minutes.

2. Stir in the garlic, ginger, cayenne papper, cumin seeds, curry powder and rice. Cook gently for 2 minutes, stirring all the time, until the rice is coated in the spiced oil.

3. Pour in the boiling stock, stirring to mix. Add the tomatoes and season with salt and pepper to taste. Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat, cover the pan and leave to simmer gently for 40 minutes or until the rice is almost cooked and most of the liquid is absorbed.

4. Add the apricots or peaches, red bell pepper and peas to the rice mixture. Cover and cook 10 minutes.

5. Remove the pan from the heat and leave to stand for 5 minutes without uncovering.

6. Peel and slice the bananas. Uncover the rice mixture and toss with fork to mix. Add the toasted nuts and sliced banana and toss lightly.

7. Transfer the brown rice and fruit and nuts to a serving platter and serve very hot.

[genhand]

I've decide to post another one of my kids favorite:
It's called Macaroni tout garni (all dressed mac)
it's from a book of cooking for kids

1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
1 big carrot diced
1 can of diced tomatoes
1 tbsp chili powder
1 tsp cumin
1tsp origano
1 cup of macaroni uncooked
1 tbsp lemon or lime juice
12 oz of ground round (yves veggies make some, usually it's next to tofu and you can try their flavor one)
3 tbsp coriander or parsley chopped
salt and pepper

In a big pan, heat some oil and cook the onion, garlic et the carrot for about 5 min or until tender. Add tomatoes and spices. bring to boiled than reduce heat and lets simmer for 15 min.
Cook pasta until al dente. Add the pasta, juice of lemon, ground round, coriander or parsley, salt and pepper.
Add water if it's to thick.

It's like a macaroni and chili mixed. Sometimes I'll incorporate a cup or ½ cup of frozen corn at the same times as the tomatoes. And if you don't tell is not meat, they won't notice it, even my DH doesn't know!!!