Need Menu Ideas

[Guest guest]

--- " junebuggz88 " wrote:

> i am very new to the vegan lifestyle and have recently

> been " challenged " with the idea of serving both non-vegans and

vegans at a party. in addition, the party food needs to be kid

> friendly...particularly 2 and 3 year old kid friendly.

 

 

I just had a party and I served homemade salsa, vegan cream cheese

wrap-ups (tortillas spread with vegan cream cheese and chopped olives

and jalapenos, then wrapped up like sushi and cut into little

spirals), and something called Texas caviar. The last one is like a

dip/salad and has black-eyed peas, a vinaigrette, green bell peppper,

scallion, parsley, jalapeno, etc. Just search on epicurious.com for

the recipe and don't include the Worchestshire sauce (it's not

veggie).

 

Chili is a great idea. You can have cheese for the non-vegans (if the

vegans don't care). And tacos have always served me well--have a

variety of fillings like soy meat, black beans, potatoes (cut them up

and fry them with taco seasoning--be sure to check the ingredients on

whatever you buy) and then the fixings (cabbage, onion, fake cheese,

tomatoes, guacamole, etc.) You can make spanish rice or a corn salsa

to go on the side.

 

 

--Laura

[Guest guest]

Anyone want to share what you typically eat for breakfast, lunch,

dinner for a week or so?

 

I'm going on week #6 of my new vegetarian life I've been using the

old favorites and substituting meat alternatives, but I'm ready to

explore new foods. Most of the green leafy things in the produce

department are foriegn to me - I grew up eating corn, carrots and

green beans served with meat and potatoes/rice. I'd like to break

this habit before it gets passed on to my kids.

 

Ideas are greatly appreciated. I don't like spicy things and need to

limit high-glucose veggies for hubby.

 

Thanks,

 

Cara

[Guest guest]

I am a bit odd, <understatement cough>

 

as soon as my feet hit the floor:

dong quai tea with blackstrap molasses or maple syrup

 

breakfast: some kind of veggie, usually greens

 

snack: bowl of oatmeal or barley oatmeal combo

 

lunch, whatever is left over from dinner last night, or if no leftovers I will

have a broccoli stir-fry with olive oil and veggie broth, and throw in whatever

else is here like maybe carrots and summer squash or zucchini or whatever, and

have apples in pumpkin butter for a dessert.

 

snack: veggies and dip, whatever I have, or some yogurt with granola and maple

syrup in it.

 

dinner: I do a good dinner, usually with recipes fromthis group

 

snack: whatever appeals to me likethe garbanzo beans I am gonna make, toasted

pumpkin seeds, cup of tea of course, either honeybush to chai, maybe some soy

ice cream, or I even heat up some greens again.

 

it varies from day to day, but that is usually how it is.

 

hugs

Chanda

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casonnier

Monday, November 07, 2005 11:36 AM

Need Menu Ideas

 

 

Anyone want to share what you typically eat for breakfast, lunch,

dinner for a week or so?

 

I'm going on week #6 of my new vegetarian life I've been using the

old favorites and substituting meat alternatives, but I'm ready to

explore new foods. Most of the green leafy things in the produce

department are foriegn to me - I grew up eating corn, carrots and

green beans served with meat and potatoes/rice. I'd like to break

this habit before it gets passed on to my kids.

 

Ideas are greatly appreciated. I don't like spicy things and need to

limit high-glucose veggies for hubby.

 

Thanks,

 

Cara

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I eat a flour tortilla with peanut butter and a banana or Cheerios with rice

milk, or an onion bagel with peanut butter for breakfast.

 

I take leftovers from dinner the night before for lunch or a veggie dog or I

make a sandwich, something like that and a piece of fruit.

Hope this helps, Donna

 

casonnier <casonnier wrote:

Anyone want to share what you typically eat for breakfast, lunch,

dinner for a week or so?

 

I'm going on week #6 of my new vegetarian life I've been using the

old favorites and substituting meat alternatives, but I'm ready to

explore new foods. Most of the green leafy things in the produce

department are foriegn to me - I grew up eating corn, carrots and

green beans served with meat and potatoes/rice. I'd like to break

this habit before it gets passed on to my kids.

 

Ideas are greatly appreciated. I don't like spicy things and need to

limit high-glucose veggies for hubby.

 

Thanks,

 

Cara

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Cara:

 

This past week for breakfast I have been having some instant oatmeal made

with vanilla soy milk and I have been mixing in a spoonful of ground flax

seeds. Some morning I have toast with some peanut butter. You could also

have

some cereal I like to have mine with vanilla soymilk and some fruit added.

 

For lunch a lot of times I have what is left from dinner the night before.

Or I cook up a little bit of brown rice and make up some veggie and maybe

some baked tofu or some other meat substitute.

 

Last night for dinner we baked up some potato skins for dinner we put some

cheese and roasted garlic in them. Then on the side my daughter and I had

some stir fried veggies.

For dinner on Sunday we had my vegetarian chili, my husband wanted it

Cincinnati style so I made some spaghetti to add into to it.

 

Check out the lentil loaf recipes in the files they are great and then next

day make a great sandwich.

 

Gayle

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

As someone on her fourth day of being vegan, coming from three months of

vegetarianism, this is what I've gotten into the habit of thus far:

(subject to change, lol)

Breakfast -- leftovers from the night before, stirfry generally of 'shrooms,

peppers, olives, onions, garlic, maybe corn and black/pinto beans, or some

similar concoction; could also be Boca crumbles and stewed tomatoes and

sauteed portabellos in olive oil; now with soycheese which I am happy to say

is YUMMY!

Midmorning snack -- big bowl of slow oatmeal (rolled oats, ha ha), organic

sugar and soymilk; on occasion I will throw in dried cranberries. Or I might

eat a bowl of my homemade muesli instead.

Spring water all day long; green decaf tea and black decaf tea, as well as

fruity herbals and mint teas, hot, also all day long ( I am a Type II

diabetic and have a history of bladder infections, thus the liquids all the

time for preventive maintenance--plus I just love tea!)

Lunch -- Tofurky sandwich with smoked 'turkey' on wholegrain bread, with

lettuce and thick slices of tomato, and some vegan mayo; maybe soycheese

too; the obligatory sweet tea with lots of ice. Or a salad with corn, beans,

fried okra and tomatoes on lettuce. Or a can of pintos or blackbeans heated

with soycheese melted on top and some cumin sprinkled over it all. Etc.

Supper -- some sort of main dish salad, or skillet cooked dish (see above)

or spaghetti; or if feeling lazy, an Amy's Pizza (I highly recommend the

spinach one! delish! very filling); also we are partial to burritos and

Mexican " anything " and sometimes we will go four or five days making up

different kinds of burritos or quesadillas

HTH,

Bron

 

 

On 11/7/05, purplepassion <thelilacflower wrote:

>

> I eat a flour tortilla with peanut butter and a banana or Cheerios with

> rice milk, or an onion bagel with peanut butter for breakfast.

>

> I take leftovers from dinner the night before for lunch or a veggie dog or

> I make a sandwich, something like that and a piece of fruit.

> Hope this helps, Donna

>

> casonnier <casonnier wrote:

> Anyone want to share what you typically eat for breakfast, lunch,

> dinner for a week or so?

>

> I'm going on week #6 of my new vegetarian life I've been using the

> old favorites and substituting meat alternatives, but I'm ready to

> explore new foods. Most of the green leafy things in the produce

> department are foriegn to me - I grew up eating corn, carrots and

> green beans served with meat and potatoes/rice. I'd like to break

> this habit before it gets passed on to my kids.

>

> Ideas are greatly appreciated. I don't like spicy things and need to

> limit high-glucose veggies for hubby.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Cara