Vegetarian Meals?

[Salue]

Hi All!
I'm no vegetarian by any means, but as of late, I've been trying to cut down on my meat protein and have been eating more fish and meat substitutes. Just wondering if anybody has some vegetarian/meatless dishes they would like to share. It doesn't have to be for camping but I'm sure most home recipes can be made/altered to work out in the boonies too....Most of the meals I make when camping are better than when I cook at home anyway. Meals taste better when you're camping.:chef:

Cheers,
Salue

 

[FJR Colorado]

One of my favorites involves what I call a Winter Salad...

-Baby Spinach
-Mandarin Oranges
-Grape Tomatoes
-Raspberries or Blackberries (or both)
-Dried Cranberries
-Yellow Pepper Slices
-Top with Sliced Almonds

Use a poppyseed dressing or raspberry vinaigrette

 

[Token]

Shish Ka Tofu

2400 Google hits can't be wrong..

 

[HarryT]

I've also given up meats and sugar for a while (high cholesterol/blood pressure). I make vegetable soup, spaghetti, rice and beans, and salads for dinner and supper (oatmeal or Cheerios for breakfast). I put lots of spices and hot sauce on most of my food now. For snacks, I eat raw carrots, celery, cauliflower, fruits, and nuts.
I've been on this diet for two weeks now and am doing okay with it. I still miss sweets, bar-b-que, and fried chicken.

Good luck

 

[Corey]

Subscribing, I have been a veghead since 1982.
Gave up meat and alcohol the same year for health reasons.

 

[6Pins]

Costco sells a Red Bean and lentil dish that's pretty good. Comes vacuum packed and it's easy to toss in a bag for camping too.

 

[FurthurOnTheFly]

We eat a lot of ethnic foods, particularly Indian and Thai which both offer lots of veggie options. At home I'll do stir fry with tofu and veggies, green veggie curry, and lots of typical american meals with meat replacements - Morningstar has the best veggie burgers; Gardenburger make great meatball replacements. Field Roast is a nice replacement for a roast beef with mashed potatoes, corn and mushroom gravy. There are lots of options out there you just have to look.

On the trail I pre-package everything and do the tofu/veggie stir fry with noodles, or look for Tasty Bites in your grocery store....they are basically Indian food MREs. Boil in the bag for 5 mins, cook some naan over the campfire...good stuff!!

 

[Black Dog]

Not really a meal, but a good substitute: McCormick brand Bac'n Pieces are totally meatless and are made out of soy instead.

 

[Corey]

I use a lot of the Morningstar products such as the sausage patties with breakfast seven days a week, and several of their burger variations (they have many now) for dinner.

 

[Salue]

My wife and I love the Morningstar breakfast sausage patties. We'll have to give their burgers a try next time. We've always liked the Garden Burger brand burgers and also there's another veggie burger we've bought at Costco before that's pretty good. I liked it but I could never get it crispy. I'm not a big fan of the Boca Burgers because they try to make their burgers the consistency of meat and it just mushes in the mouth....Don't like that texture too much.
We used to marinade our chicken in some curries (Asian and Indian) before throwing them on the grill. I'm going to have to experiment with some different tofus to see how that would work.

Cheers,
Salue

 

[rynosurf]

Here are a few meat substitutes that are pretty good, I can usually find them in the tofu area of the supermarket.
http://www.elburrito.com/soyrizo.html
http://www.lightlife.com/hotdogs-sausages.jsp
http://www.lightlife.com/product_detail.jsp?p=smartgroundoriginal
The soyrizo is great in eggs for a Breakfast burrito. The smart ground is a nice substitute for meat in spaghetti, or use the Mex style ground for tacos or taco soup. The smart dogs are hit and miss, some people hate them but I think they are great.

If I want to fix something easy at home without cooking I usually make crostini caprese or bruschetta. They are usually served as horderves but I will make a bunch and make a meal out of it. Its pretty simple to make so I wont bore you with details unless you want them.






*** For those of you that live in CA you can get grilled cheese sandwiches from In and Out(not on the menu). Order them with grilled onions, they are pretty good!:chef:

 

[Corey]

For the Boca ones, I get the chix burgers, I like them.
In fact for lunch today at work I nuked one, and had a whole bag of the Jolly Green Giant Steamers, the roasted read potato, green beans, and red peppers one.

I have been hooked on the steamers, I have one every day for lunch at work, and even have them with Saturday nights dinner.

Morningstar also makes a great burger called Asian.

I get all of this at Safeway.
They also have the ribs now with barbecue sauce that you nuke for 4 minutes, and it is darn good.
I think Morningstar makes it, not sure.
I just eat the stuff and stock up on it

 

[FishPOET]

From my gf Tracy. I love this recipe. We have this meal almost every camping trip.

SPINACH AND MUSHROOM LASAGNA

Mediocre ingredients make a mediocre meal. I shop at Trader Joe's.

For those of you who must have an exact recipe with measurements and precise directions, this could be a bit stressful. I don’t follow recipes, I measure by “eyeballing” and I cook it until it’s done. This particular dish is actually better if prepared (and not cooked) the day before or even two, making it perfect for camping.

List of ingredients:

LASAGNE NOODLES -Do NOT boil

MARINARA SAUCE

BABY SPINACH -Washed, large stems removed. If you’ve never cooked spinach before, a huge bag cooks down to a cup or so, buy more than you think!

MUSHROOMS –I use criminis, sliced

GARLIC –You can’t cook Italian without it.

OLIVE OIL –See above

CHEESE! - A variety of cheeses and LOTS of it! I use FRESH mozzarella, ricotta, and a blend that TJ’s packages called “Quattro Formaggio”, which a blend a four cheeses as the name suggests. (Parmesean, Asiago, Fontina and Provolone)

EGG- You will need one egg.

ITALIAN SEASONING

The first order of business is to wilt the spinach. You will need a LARGE pan to do this or cook it in a couple of batches. The idea is to merely wilt the spinach not cook it until it looks like that glop that comes from a can. Season accordingly. Drain in a colander, let cool and squeeze out every bit of water that you possible can. (use your hands)

Next sauté mushrooms and garlic together in olive oil. These too will need to be drained of excess liquid. (don't squeeze these, drain and wrap in paper towels)

In a small bowl, mix ricotta, egg and Italian seasoning. I like to thinly slice the fresh mozzarella. You can grate it if you like but that can be a sticky mess.

Pour just enough marinara to coat the bottom of your cooking pan.

Place lasagna noodles in pan and spread with sauce, ricotta mixture, cheese and then mushrooms. Add another layer of noodles, sauce, ricotta mix, cheese and then spinach.

Continue until you run out of space in your pan. Try for at least three layers!!

Cover with foil.

Cook at about 350° approximately 45min (until it’s done!). Cheese should be melted, marinara sauce bubbling… Let it “rest” for a few minutes before serving.

 

[Salue]

Doug,
That lasagna dish sounds great! I'm definitely going to give that a try soon. You gotta ask your gf for some more recipes like that.:victory:

Cheers,
Salue

 

[Corey]

One thing I would like to add.
For quite awhile when married eons ago, my x wife would use the vegiterian cookbooks, but I found a lot of those meals are very time consuming to cook to say the least.
I pretty much eat like most people do, I just omit the meat and substitute Morningstar or other non meat makers products.

Here are some examples of a weekend meal for me.
Breakfast today consisted of:
* Two jumbo eggs whipped and poured into a pan after first cooking one hashbrown patty.
Added to the omelet was about one cup of Chachies mango/peach salsa.
Morton seasoning mixed in with eggs and on the spuds.
*One Ore-Ida hashbrown patty
* English muffin topped with Safeway brand beandip.
* Two Morningstar Farms Maple Flavored Sausage Patties.
* One glass of OJ
* One very large mug of fresh ground (by me) Millstone coffee done in my Frenchpress.

Dinner last Sunday evening consisted of:
* One box of Safeway brand pan/skillet dinner, this one is the stroganoff one.
It makes enough that I can take it to work for a few days to have leftovers for lunch.
* One avocado.
I eat one avocado daily with dinner.
Gotta meet that vegi/fruit quota each day.
* Morningstar Farms Hickory BBQ Riblets, four come to one box, one makes a meal.
Check out the video at the above URL too.
* Green Giant Steamers.
I get the roasted red potato with greenbeans, and also the cheese/broccoli one as seen in the dinner picture below.
I eat one whole bag at work daily too for lunch.
* One very tall glass of Ovaltine made with SilkSoy Extra vanilla flavored soymilk.

Both meals are so easy to make.
This is pretty much what I eat too when I go camping.
It tastes even better though when in the outdoors.