Vegan Recipe Secrets

Fun Vegetarian Recipe Ideas for Both Kids and Adults Author: mishaanatolia Planning meals for a family that includes young children and adults can be tricky. Planning to feed kids and adults strictly vegetarian fare, especially if you are new to the diet, can seem overwhelming. Here are some fun recipe ideas that kids and parents alike will enjoy. Breakfast and lunch: Breakfast burritos: Scramble eggs or tofu and add your favorite vegan sausage or bacon, fried tempeh (a fermented soy product that can be sliced and fried), or tvp. Roll up in warm tortillas with shredded cheese. Have available as toppings: diced tomatoes, green onions, jalapenos, salsa, sour cream, and hot sauce for adults and brave children to choose from. Celery boats: Children like these with peanut butter and raisins. Try them with chocolate peanut butter, sunflower seed butter, or Nutella, too. For adults, fill them with goat cheese and figs, pesto and sundried tomatoes, or cream cheese and strawberr

An Alternative To Gelatin For Vegetarians Author: Jesus Smay Gelatin serves both nutritional and culinary roles in nonvegetarian diets; however, a lot of vegetarians and all vegans do not consume gelatin in its many forms because it is often created out of boiled pig skins and dissolved veal cartilage and bones. This leaves vegetarians with a gap in cooking functionality when a recipe calls for a gel or thickening agent. It also leaves vegetarians with fewer options if they need a source of gelatin to increase bone and cartilage health. If you are a vegetarian and you are looking for something to replace gelatin, do not despair. Here are some alternative options for you: Use a rice starch alternative. A&B Ingredients recently developed a rice starch alternative to gelatins that mimics the cooking functionality of gelatins closely. Use a soy-based alternative. Soyfoods USA developed NuSoy Gel, a gelatin alternative which was created entirely out of of soy isoflavones a

Easy Vegan Recipes For Vegetable Side Dishes On Saint Patrick Day Author: Andrea Wyn Saint Patrick Day is just around the corner so why not take a healthful approach to what you serve with these easy vegan recipes for vegetable side dishes. Celebrating with holiday parties is fun and since there will be plenty of green beer to sip on make sure to include some fresh healthful food for your event. It's easy and cool to offer shot glasses filled with celery or asparagus soup. Asparagus soup is one of the many easy vegan recipes that you can do the night before and then after work, simply take the soup out of the fridge, fill your shot glasses and serve on Saint Patrick Day . How about green olive tapenade on a toasted sourdough baguette? For holiday parties on Saint Patrick Day this dip can be made a few days in advance and again, just pull it out of the fridge prior to guest arrival and serve either already topped on the baguette or as one of your vegetable side dishes. (Reci

5 Vegetarian Recipes for Breakfast Author: Danielle Tucker Starting the day off right is essential no matter what kind of food you like to eat.  While many people think of only cereal with milk or bacon and eggs as breakfast foods, those who don't eat animal proteins find those ideas unappealing.  Does that mean you are relegated to salads for breakfast if you are a vegetarian ?  Absolutely not!  Recipes for great breakfasts, whether you eat eggs or not, are easy to make and tasty too. Breakfast Burrito The easiest of recipes, this one can be adapted easily to a vegan palate as well.  Fry up some garlic and onions in a saucepan.  Add some chopped extra firm tofu, chopped tomatoes and peppers, or any other veggie you like.  Fry until the veggies are tender.  Salt and pepper to taste and then splash on some Tabasco sauce if you like it hot.  Wrap the filling in sprouted grain tortillas and top with soy or regular cheese and sour cream.  You can make several of these at one time a

Vegetarian Spinach Stuffed Mushrooms Recipe Author: Cookbooker1 Here is a great, healthy , vegetarian recipe which blends the awesome flavors of mushrooms and spinach. You can use this as an appetizer, side dish, or if you're a vegetarian, as a main course if you like. If nutmeg doesn't suit your taste, try paprika instead. Some people have mentioned putting either mozzerella or parmegian cheese in the mix too, but I prefer the simple, light and freh taste of this recipe as it stands. The choice is always yours though. Spinach-Stuffed Mushrooms Try cooking quick, easy meals (like this one) at first to experiment how to cook with mushrooms and how you like the taste of them, especially since mushrooms are one of the main ingredients. Ingredients 1 cup spinach 4 large flat mushrooms, stalks discarded ¼ cup butter 4 cloves garlic, minced 2 onions, finely chopped ½ tsp nutmeg 1 tbsp olive oil 2 tbsp white bread crumbs Salt and freshly black pepper, to taste 1 egg,

5 Delicious Low Fat & Healthy Raw Salad Dressings Author: Swayze One of the most common questions I receive is how to make healthy , low fat raw salad dressings that actually taste good! Well these 5 raw recipes taste pretty good to me so I thought I'd share them with you! :D #1: Tangy Tomato Dressing 2 cups pineapple 1 cup tomato 1 cup cucumber Blend and pour over your favorite greens! #2: Ridiculously Delicious Dressing 2 medium-sized tomatoes 1 Ataulfo (yellow) mango* Handful of fresh cilantro *Ataulfo mangoes are much creamier than the more common Kent or Tommy varieties.  I find them to be much tastier as well. Cut the tomatoes into quarters and place into a blender.  Peel and chop the mango into large pieces, close to the size of the tomato quarters.  Place the mango pieces in the blender.  Chop the cilantro and place in the blender. Lightly pulse. Don't blend it too much or it will get bubbly and yucky. I especially like to eat this as a sauce over spiralize