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Welcome! We have plenty of highly talented vegetarian members here - I'm an omnivore, but I'll start off by asking if you (and those for whom you are cooking) are into legumes like chickpeas? That could make a difference in what I would suggest. If you and your guests are into that, I'd suggest a chick pea curry (using canned chick peas, although I prefer to rehydrate dry ones and cook them myself, this is NOT a speedy process!) served over couscous cooked in a veggie broth and maybe green beans or peas or roasted peppers on the side. If you're not into beans, then I lean towards a veggie pasta dish - either a cheese and spinach stuffed pasta (you could purchase this from your local store fresh) with a bright tomato cream or tomato pesto sauce with bread and a nice salad.

Good luck!

I keep a bunch of Mexican-like ingredients in the house at all times: avocado, tortillas, canned black beans, salsa, cheese - these can be combined and prepared any number of ways, per your imagination; no recipe required.

Do you like tofu?

Chickpea and tomato simmer:

Fry up some onions and garlic. Add a can of diced tomato's (with liquid), a can of chickpeas, paprika, hot pepper flakes, salt, and pepper. Let simmer until desired consistency (or add some lentils to reduce liquid quickly). If you happen to have some, throw in some spinach at the last minute. Serve hot over rice or some pasta.

I eat this all the time because it's quick and cheap: Mix half a stick of room temperature butter with four tablespoons of Dijon mustard. To that, add a clove of minced garlic and a couple of tablespoons of minced herbs, whatever kind you like; I prefer chives and flat leaf parsley.

Boil one pound of any kind of pasta you have on hand. When it's nearly al dente, throw in three cups of fresh broccoli florets. Let it boil with the pasta until the pasta is al dente. Drain it all off, toss in the butter mustard mixture until well combined. Then season with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper. This is around the time I throw in a crap load of freshly grated Parmesan too, but if that's not your deal you don't have to.

I have a lot of vegetarian recipes on my blog Hungry Desi that you might want to check out...really depends on what you're looking for but click on Recipe Archive at the tope and you can search by ingredient and meal type. Good luck!

Hi!
I am defintiely not a vegetarian, but made a really tasty vegetarian (and vegan!) dish a few days ago: Spicy Eggplant with Cous Cous.
Give it a try http://mangotomato.blogspot.com/2009/02/spicy-eggplant-and-red-onions-with-cous.html

my favorite sandwich is veg..

nice crust loaf of bread, buttered on each side, smoked gouda, and a relish of a head of flat leaf parsely chopped, two cloves of garlic minced, one seeded roma tomato, chopped, a glug of olive oil, salt and pepper. yum!

Hi, and welcome to the food website where you will have the most fun playing with your food since you were a kid. Go to kitchen-parade.com and follow the link to "A Veggie Venture." Wonderful recipes and a terrific blog. Lots of new and interesting ways to do veggies (my daughter is a vegan and I am always in search of surprises for her).

Sandy D.

Wow.. Guys,
Thanks a lot for all comments!

You are really great!