Recipes and Posts Tagged vegetarian
Easy Creamy Pasta Salad
While shopping at a supermarket, I passed a display of boxed pasta salad by a major U.S. food manufacturer. It was called Creamy Italian even though I had never seen anything like served in Italy. The boxed pasta salad was not even complete. You had to add mayonnaise. Although boxed ...
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Vegetarian Stuffed Bell Peppers
Vegetarian Stuffed Bell Peppers is a meatless version of Italian Stuffed Peppers. You can use any size or color bell pepper for this recipe. One-half large stuffed bell pepper can be a meal in its self providing about 12 ounces of food, 11 grams of protein, and only 290 calories. This ...
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Sicilian Style Eggplant Pizza
Sicilain cuisine has many influences including Greek, Arab, and African. Sicily was a melting pot of the ancient world. Sicilian Style Eggplant Pizza reflects those influences. You won’t find this pizza on the menu at American pizzerias. Americans love meat. The top selling pizza is pepperoni not eggplant. High saturated ...
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Boiled Potato Salad or Side Vegetable
Potatoes are inexpensive, one of the best sources of potassium, and provide many other essential nutrients. Boiled Potato Salad or Side Vegetable is very low in calories compared to fried potatoes, potato chips, mashed potatoes, and other prepared potatoes. You get the health benefits of potatoes without the calories and sodium. ...
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Vegetable Fried Rice
Vegetable Fried Rice is usually offered as an entree menu item at most Chinese restaurants that can be eaten as a side dish instead of steam rice. It takes a few more minutes of preparation and cooking, but is worth the effort. It turns low fiber white rice into higher ...
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Easy Bean and Barley Soup
Easy Bean and Barley Soup takes only minutes to prepare after soaking the beans overnight. Soaking reduces cooking time and the oliosaccarides that can cause gas. There is no need to sauté the onion unless you prefer the added flavor of caramelized onion. All ingredients except salt, pepper and cheese are added ...
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Easy Vegetarian White Bean Soup
Easy Vegetarian White Bean Soup takes only minutes to prepare after soaking the beans overnight. Soaking reduces cooking time and the oliosaccarides that can cause gas. There is no need to sauté the onion unless you want the added flavor of caramelized onion. All ingredients except salt and pepper are added ...
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Spicy Vegetarian White Bean Chili
Spicy Vegetarian White Bean Chili is a vegetarian version of Spicy White Bean and Chicken Chili substituting mushrooms for chicken. Mushrooms provide a meaty texture and protein. This simple recipe can be mild to very hot (spicy) by adjusting the amount and type of chilis and red pepper flakes. I ...
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