Veggie Cold Cuts' - Sweet Potatoes

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I love making french fried sweet potatoes. I cut them up and spray

them with butter spray and season them with salt & pepper and bake

them. They go great with sandwiches and veggie burgers. I also do the

same thing with carrots.

 

Tracey

 

, " iseolt " <iseolt wrote:

>

> Hi,

>

> I'm new here, too. I have been vegetarian most of my life and have

> literally about 500 cookbooks - but lack the skill of putting food

> together to make a meal!! (so so sad!).

>

> I need help with putting different foods together - for example, i

> like sweet potatoes - and turnips - but to go with what?

>

> I guess i'm in a 'food rut' eating the same-old over and over. I

> need a change!

>

> Also, i was wondering if anyone eats the 'veggie cold cuts' various

> companies make - i do not live near a large health food store, so

> either i make a long trip a few times a year or mail order. These

> are some i have come across but have not tried (coward :-)

>

> tuno - comes frozen

> dried chicken 'salad' - not from tofu

> veggie 'turkey, chicken, roast beef and corned beef (that one

> and 'ham' from Worthington Foods).

>

> For some reason i just can't seem to get myself to eat them 'cold'

> (although i usually saw 'raw'...)...Can they be heated in some way?

>

> I have tried tofu so many years ago and didn't care for it. I think

> because of the ways i cooked it. I love spicy hot food and maybe i

> should try some spicy hot dishes? or maybe try it frozen or dried

> (found in macrobiotic section of small health store)...it was the

> texture i didn't like.

>

> I'm a small/tiny person - (genetics and ultra fast metabolism) - so

> calories are always a plus!!!

>

> So, any help with meal planning and the pros and cons of cold cuts

> would be *greatly* appreciated!

>

> Other than that, i'll try anything with chocolate.

>

> Happy Earth Day

> skye

>