looking for vegetarian meals

I would recommend visiting allrecipes.com and clicking “vegetarian”

and “entree” in their search.

However, my quick suggestion is to buy a few bags of dried beans. It

involves a little planning because you should at least quick-soak them

if not an all-night soak before you cook them. But I’m a veg, and

adding lentils or black beans to almost anything makes for a filling,

yummy meal.

I’ve made a lentil, cheese, potato bake which is super good. It’s

basically twice-baked potatoes. I usually add celery to get a little

crunch.

Or stir-fry a can (or fresh-equivalent) of diced tomatoes with bell

pepper, onion, corn, black beans, and chili pepper spices. Stir in some

rice and it’s really tasty and very filling. You could always make

cornbread or something to go on the side.

Veggie tostadas – warm (or fry) a tortilla and spread refried beans on

it. Layer it with lettuce, corn, onions, tomato, grated cheese, and hot

sauce. I include soy crumbles before my layers, but it’s just as good

without “meat.”

— In Budget101_@yahoogroups.com, Brandi Iannotta

wrote:

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> Hi everyone, I’m trying to cut back on our food budget and in our

steak and potato family this is becoming a challenge I’m trying to do

at least 3 non meat dishes a week so if anyone has any suggestions or

websites they could share i would be greatful. Oh as a side note we do

not like fish so cooking that is out of the quesiton.