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easy/yummy meals
me and my mom dont eat meat, so it's hard to find anything without any meat. are there any kind of foods that we can make that are easy to make? we're both really picky, so they have to be guaranteed to be good. :)
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One of my favourite easy recipes is a simple tomato sauce. It's quick, relatively cheap and you can make big batches at once freeze for later use.
Fry some chopped garlic and a whole red chilli which you have pierced once with a knife in a good amount of olive oil for a few minutes before adding a couple of tins of whole tomatoes and some herbs (dried oregano or fresh basil work especially well). Leave to simmer for 30 minutes or so before using a spoon to break the tomatoes up and remove the chilli. Add a dash of balsamic or red wine vinegar, season to taste with salt and pepper and you're good to go.
A good tomato sauce can be used for so many meals - just tossed with some pasta for a quick dinner, mixed with pasta in a casserole dish and topped with cheese for a pasta bake, if you eat fish you could pour some into a dish with a fillet of fish and top with mozzarella, capers, olives and basil and bake. You can also add more chilli, herbs or spices to suit your taste.
Another favourite of mine is a simple stir fry. All you need is a selection of vegetables - baby corn, sugar snap peas, bean sprouts, peppers, shredded cabbage and mushrooms work especially well but you can use whatever you like.
Heat some oil up in a pan (preferably a wok) and when it's really hot, throw in your vegetables. Keep moving them round the pan and don't let them stop for a moment or they'll stick and burn. They'll be done in a matter of minutes. You can just serve them with some plain noodles or rice. If you want a bit more flavour, try adding chopped garlic or chilli with your vegetables. You can also buy stir fry sauces in loads of different flavours which work really well and add a bit of variety.
Homemade soups are also great and much easier than you'd think. You'll find thousands of recipes online but it can be as simple as cooking some vegetables before blending them with some stok. Like the tomato sauce, you can make a large amount of soup and freeze it for an easy meal when you need it.
You'll find plenty more ideas with detailed recipes if you have a look on Google. Just search 'easy vegetarian dishes'. You could also try hunting around a for a good recipe book. There are quite a few these days which center around the concept of only using 4 or 5 ingredients. Most have a vegetarian section and there are also some written with vegetarians in mind.
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