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Saturday, September 6, 2008

My attempts at cooking Vegetarian

Since I have been trying eat less meat or no meat for that matter, I have been having a great time trying out vegetarian recipes. I love taking pictures of food, so for fun, I thought I would post some.

The picture below is vegetarian tacos. They are soooooo good and very easy to make. It is basically sauteed zucchini, onion and corn. You add black beans and then toppings of your choice. We love guacamole, cheese and sour cream. To make it vegan you can easily cut out the cheese and sour cream or use a cheese substitute (haven't found one I like yet).
For the life of me I cannot remember the name of this salad. When I get home I'll have to look it up and update. It has tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, black beans, Great Northern beans, cucumbers and fresh basil in it. The dressing was olive oil and red wine vinegar. I served it with some warm, toasty, whole grain bread. Yummy!
We love to make our own pizza at home. For this one we just used pizza sauce, cheese, bell peppers and onions. I actually made the crust. A friend at church gave me the recipe and it was so easy. I know the pizza looks a little funny. I forgot to take the picture before we cut into it, so I put it back together for a quick picture. Ha ha.
Okay, I know this picture does not look the least bit appetizing but it really was a great meal. The picture just does not do it justice. I made Feta crusted salmon, corn on the cob and sauteed eggplant, onions and garlic.

Overall it has been pretty easy for me to avoid eating meat and let me say it has done wonders for our grocery bill. I could not believe how much we were actually spending on meat each month. We use to spend on average $60 a month, now it is about $20 a month.

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