ladyscorpio
01-05-2010, 05:27 PM
Some taken from BGOL's Bigirl thread
There seems to be alot of interest in vegetarianism on this board so I decided to make this thread. I got LOADS of recipes and tricks. I will start it off with my(BiGirl) vegetarian collard greens recipe.
Vegetarian Collard Greens
2 lbs collard greens(or kale)
4 cups water
1 chopped onion
3 cloves chopped garlic
2 T oil or butter
1 T brown sugar
1T molasses
1 T liquid smoke
1 T vinegar
1 T red pepper flakes or hot sauce
rinse the greens real well and pull alll the greens off the stems and chop them. saute onion and garlic then fold in greens and toss so they are all coated with onion/garlic/oil and start to turn bright and shrink up. Add water and seasonings and bring to a boil. Cover and cook at medium for an hour. Turn off heat and let them sit 10 minutes before taking lid off.
Perfect Brown Rice
2 cups brown rice(not quick or minute or uncle bens good rice)
4 cups water or broth
1 T oil or butter
1/2 t salt
little black pepper
few sticks of thyme
3 whole cloves garlic
bring water oil and seasonings to a boil. stir in rice. bring back to a boil then cover and turn the heat to medium low. simmer for 45 to 50 minutes. then let it stay steaming in the closed pot for 10 minutes before you open it and fluff it with a fork.
*you can cut the recipe in half if you don't want so much. its always double the amount of liquid to the amount of rice no matter what amount
if you want ital rice and peas instead just make half the liquid coconut milk and add in a well rinsed can of red peas, a few allspice berries,fresh and dry thyme,a few whole garlic cloves, salt,black pepper and some chopped scallion. same way, same amount of time. You can leave out the oil cause the coconut milk has oil in it.
Curry Bean Burgers:
1 T oil
1 cup finely chopped onion
3 minced cloves garlic
1 T curry powder
1 chopped green pepper
2 T water
3/4 cup cooked oatmeal
1 1/2 cups cooked or canned red kidney beans(or any other kind you want)
1 large egg
1 minced hot pepper(NO SEEDS!)
1 3/4 cup breadcrumbs( to make your own, just make dark dry toast and crumble it up or if you crumble crackers its really yummy)
salt and pepper
cook onion pepper and garlic in oil, 2 minutes or so, add curry and water and cook 3 to 5 more minutes. put that in food processor or blender with beans oatmeal and egg and mix well. now put it in a bowl and stir in bread crumbs and other seasonings. shape them into burger shapes. you can make them real professional looking by flattening with spatula and shaping around sides with a butter knife. If they are too loose and don't want to stay together, add a lil more bread crumbs. They are DELICATE so go easy. You can grill them, bake them or pan saute them. They freeze well.
Keep in mind this is a formula. You can change the beans and seasonings as you wish and there are endless possibilities.
There seems to be alot of interest in vegetarianism on this board so I decided to make this thread. I got LOADS of recipes and tricks. I will start it off with my(BiGirl) vegetarian collard greens recipe.
Vegetarian Collard Greens
2 lbs collard greens(or kale)
4 cups water
1 chopped onion
3 cloves chopped garlic
2 T oil or butter
1 T brown sugar
1T molasses
1 T liquid smoke
1 T vinegar
1 T red pepper flakes or hot sauce
rinse the greens real well and pull alll the greens off the stems and chop them. saute onion and garlic then fold in greens and toss so they are all coated with onion/garlic/oil and start to turn bright and shrink up. Add water and seasonings and bring to a boil. Cover and cook at medium for an hour. Turn off heat and let them sit 10 minutes before taking lid off.
Perfect Brown Rice
2 cups brown rice(not quick or minute or uncle bens good rice)
4 cups water or broth
1 T oil or butter
1/2 t salt
little black pepper
few sticks of thyme
3 whole cloves garlic
bring water oil and seasonings to a boil. stir in rice. bring back to a boil then cover and turn the heat to medium low. simmer for 45 to 50 minutes. then let it stay steaming in the closed pot for 10 minutes before you open it and fluff it with a fork.
*you can cut the recipe in half if you don't want so much. its always double the amount of liquid to the amount of rice no matter what amount
if you want ital rice and peas instead just make half the liquid coconut milk and add in a well rinsed can of red peas, a few allspice berries,fresh and dry thyme,a few whole garlic cloves, salt,black pepper and some chopped scallion. same way, same amount of time. You can leave out the oil cause the coconut milk has oil in it.
Curry Bean Burgers:
1 T oil
1 cup finely chopped onion
3 minced cloves garlic
1 T curry powder
1 chopped green pepper
2 T water
3/4 cup cooked oatmeal
1 1/2 cups cooked or canned red kidney beans(or any other kind you want)
1 large egg
1 minced hot pepper(NO SEEDS!)
1 3/4 cup breadcrumbs( to make your own, just make dark dry toast and crumble it up or if you crumble crackers its really yummy)
salt and pepper
cook onion pepper and garlic in oil, 2 minutes or so, add curry and water and cook 3 to 5 more minutes. put that in food processor or blender with beans oatmeal and egg and mix well. now put it in a bowl and stir in bread crumbs and other seasonings. shape them into burger shapes. you can make them real professional looking by flattening with spatula and shaping around sides with a butter knife. If they are too loose and don't want to stay together, add a lil more bread crumbs. They are DELICATE so go easy. You can grill them, bake them or pan saute them. They freeze well.
Keep in mind this is a formula. You can change the beans and seasonings as you wish and there are endless possibilities.