Intro and recipe

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone! I'm new here and thought I should intro myself a little.

 

I'm Betty from Malaysia, 27 years old, and I recently got married in

January. DH and I are in the process of making the transition to

become full vegetarians. It hasn't been easy because our families

don't really support us becoming vegetarians, and everytime we eat

with them, there's always a lot of meat dishes at the table. Added to

that problem is that I had developed quite a taste for meat, and

haven't been disciplined enough to resist when the dishes are right in

front of me.

 

We're currently living in my parents' house, so we don't have full

control in the kitchen, but every once in a while, I'm able to cook

and when I do, I try to cook delicious vegetarian dishes so that my

family will consider eating less meat, but to no avail so far. I'll be

honest and say that I'm only just a beginner at cooking, so it's

probably my fault they don't like vegetarian dishes! LOL! We will be

moving to our own place in a few months though, so I'm looking forward

to when we can have full control in our kitchen, and I'm hoping that

I'll be a better cook by then and have more delicious vegetarian

recipes to share! =)

 

I'm really happy to be here and I'm looking forward to learning and

sharing more with the group!

 

Here's the most recent vegetarian recipe I tried. It has diary

products in it, so I hope even if not all of you can use it, the ones

who can will like it.

 

Vegetable & Corn Chowder

(serves 4)

 

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

1 red onion, diced

1 red bell pepper, diced

3 garlic cloves, crushed

1 large potato, diced

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

2 1/2 cups milk

1 1/4 cups vegetable stock

1 3/4 oz broccoli florets

3 cups canned corn, drained

3/4 cup grated vegetarian Cheddar cheese

salt and pepper

1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro, to garnish

 

(Note: I had to prepare this at short notice, and I didn't have all

the ingredients so I left out some; the red pepper and potato, and

substituted some; cauliflower instead of broccoli. I also added

maraconi to make it a fuller meal.)

 

1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan and saute the onion, bell pepper,

garlic, and potato for 2-3 minutes, stirring.

 

2. Stir in the flour and cook for 30 seconds. Stir in the milk and stock.

 

3. Add the broccoli florets and corn. Bring the mixture to a boil,

stirring, then reduce the heat and simmer for about 20 minutes, or

until vegetables are tender.

 

4. Stir in 1/2 cup of the grated cheese until it melts.

 

5. Season and spoon the chowder into a warm soup tureen. Garnish with

the remaining cheese and the cilantro and serve.

 

That's it. I think it's a simple and easy recipe, and it was

delicious! I hope some of you will enjoy it too! =) Thanks!

 

-=Betty=-