Easy Vegetarian Recipes

Easy, Inexpensive, Nutritious

Salad

• Open a bag of organic salad greens and put some into a bowl.
• Pour on a little flax oil and balsamic vinegar.
• Toss and serve.

• a few drops of sesame oil;
• slices of ripe avocado or tomato;
• fresh basil leaves;
• pieces of raw walnuts or sunflower seeds;
• a little red wine vinegar;

Pressure-cooked Brown Rice

• Get some organically grown, short grain, brown rice at a natural food store.
• Measure 4 cups into a pressure cooker.
• Rinse twice with cold water.
• Add 4 cups drinking water.
• Bring to a boil on high heat. When steam hisses out of the little hole, put on the pressure valve, turn down the heat so that it hisses gently, and set timer for 17 minutes.
• After 17 minutes under pressure, turn off the heat, but leave the pressure cooker on the stove, under pressure, for at least 5 minutes, to allow the rice to absorb the water.
• Serve with vegetables and tofu.
• Save the leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator. It will keep for about a week.

Steamed Vegetables with Tofu Miso Soup

• Put a little water in the bottom of a saucepan. Do not use a steaming rack.
• Put in frozen carrots and broccoli.
• Cover and bring to a boil.
• Wash and cut a large tomato or a couple of small ones. Add to saucepan.
• Rinse and cut up 3/4 pound of tofu into 1/2 inch chunks. Add to saucepan.
• Season as desired with Italian herbs, chopped garlic, chopped ginger, powdered turmeric root, or curry powder.
• After a short time of boiling, turn off heat.
• Stir in 2 teaspoons of miso paste. (Do not boil miso.)

• Organic flax oil
• tamari (naturally fermented soy sauce)
• a sprinkling of Red Star Nutritional yeast
• sesame tahini
• brown rice

Oatmeal Porridge with Berries and Tofu

• Get some organically grown rolled oats at a natural food store.
• Measure 1/3 cup into a saucepan or microwave pyrex glass bowl.
• Add 1 teaspoon organically grown oat bran.
• Add a few (2.5 grams) wolfberries (goji) and elderberries (1 gram).
• Add raisens for sweetness.
• Add 1/2 cup cubed tofu.
• Add 1.5 cups drinking water.
• Bring to a boil on stove or in microwave.
• Turn off the heat. Add frozen strawberries, blueberries, cherries, blackberries, raspberries.
• Reheat if desired, or serve cold.
• Dissolve turmeric powder in 1-2 tablespoons flax oil, and stir it in to mix throughly.
• Stir in 1 tablespoon of freshly ground flax seeds.
• Top with sliced bananas or other fresh fruit, and sprinkle with lots of cinnamon.

Frozen Blueberries

• Put 1/4 - 1/2 cup of frozen blueberries in a microwavable dish.
• Thaw in microwave oven (about 4 minutes at half power)
• Add sliced banana and apple.
• If desired, pour on some soymilk, sprinkle with ground cinnamon.

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