The Vegetarian Student

Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes Took the recipe for vanilla cupcakes with...

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:53:00 -0400

Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes

Took the recipe for vanilla cupcakes with buttercream frosting from the website that is linked through the picture.

I added green food colouring to the icing, and bought the candies from bulk barn.

Root Vegetable Stew Makes 2 or 3 servings Ingredients: 1 small...

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:09:58 -0400

Root Vegetable Stew

Makes 2 or 3 servings
Ingredients:
1 small rutabaga
1 small onion
3 carrots
2 large potatoes
1 cup of vegetable broth
1 cup of water
Paprika, pepper, salt, bay leaf

Chop all the veggies and then just put everything except the potatoes in the oven for at least an hour at 375 degrees. If you find is drying up just put more water or broth. Then put the potatoes in and cook for another hour or until everything is tender.

First off, I LOVE tacos. I used to have them once a week, but...

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:42:00 -0400

First off, I LOVE tacos. I used to have them once a week, but not so much anymore. Had them for dinner tonight and remembered how much I love them! Mmmmm

Makes 6 tacos, hard or soft (7inch ish)

Ingredients:

1/2 pack of Yves Veggie Ground Roung
1/4 cup of chopped onion
3/4 cup of chopped peppers
1/3 cup of salsa
Cheese, lettuce and spinach for filling taco, depends how much you like of each.
Tacos (6ish)

First I fry the veggie ground round for about 5 minutes with some onion and seasoning to add flavour. At the same time preheat the oven to 350 for the taco shells to go into.

Chop all the veggies and place the taco shells in the oven for about 8 minutes.

That’s it! Just fill up the taco however you like it, and don’t forget the salsa my favourite part!

So quick, and easy!

Stirfry

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:10:00 -0400

I know I do a lot of these, but when I’m all out of food this is what I make haha, cause I always seem to have tofu lying around and some form of vegetable.

Ingredients:

1/2 block of tofu, cut into chunks
3/4 cup of chopped peppers, any variety
1 cup of fresh spinach
1/4 cup of chopped green onion
1 tbs of vegetable oil
spices

Put tofu into oil and brown slightly, add vegetables and spices and cook until tofu is golden brown.

Makes around 2 servings, not a heavy meal more of a lunch.

What I made tonight. Will update with recipe soon. Back at...

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:47:50 -0400

What I made tonight. Will update with recipe soon. Back at school so more to come!

I love your blog! I've been a vegetarian myself for a little under a year so these recipes are really helpful. I'm writing an essay about blogs for my class and was wondering if I could use yours as source to show the variety in blogs on Tumblr.
Either way, thanks for making this wonderful blog!

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:15:49 -0400

For sure!

I’m glad you like it!

Spaghettini and Tofu

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:45:00 -0400

Ingredients
Serving size = 2

1/2 red pepper
1/2 orange pepper
1/2 pkg. of firm tofu, cubed
1/4 red onion
1/2 cup of tomato sauce
170 g of whole wheat or smart pasta I used spagettinni
1tbs of olive oil
1tsp of garlic chopped

Bring water to a boil, enough to fit the pasta.
Add in pasta and cook to manufacturers instructions.

Heat oil in a skillet and add the tofu until lightly browned, add in garlic.
Chop onion and peppers and add into tofu mixture, and cook for a few minutes. I like to add in my onions a little early for better flavour. Season with pepper.

Remove pasta and drain and add 1/4 of sauce to each serving.

Put tofu and veggie mix on the side.

Final Product

Egg White Scrambler

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:16:55 -0400

Exam time = lack of posts, my apologies. Also I’m attempting to be healthier, so we will see how that goes..

Egg White Scrambler

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of Egg Whites, liquid
1/4 cup of Tomatoes
1/4 cup of Red Pepper
1/8 cup of Onion
5 spinach leaves
1 tsp of a pepper medley
A few pieces of cheese, I use only about 10g

Pour the egg white into a non-stick pan on medium heat, wait until the liquid turns white. Add in all the ingredients.

Scramble together, until egg white is golden brown.

Final Product

Homemade Spinach, Tomato and Cheese Pizza

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:06:00 -0400

Serving size = 2
Dough Recipe

Ingredients:
2 cups of flour
1tsp of salt
2 tsp of dried active yeast
1 tbs of olive oil

Add the flour, salt and yeast into a bowl. Create a well in the centre and add in the oil and 2/3 cup of water. Mix together to make a soft dough. Take out of bowl and knead on a lightly floured surface for about 5 minutes. Put back in bowl and cover with dish cloth for 5 minutes, then again knead out of bowl for another 5 minutes Place in lightly greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap for about 45 minutes, or until about doubled in size.

Flatten dough with a rolling pin and place on a lightly greased pan.

Pizza

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Ingredients:
Already prepared dough
1/2 cup of tomatoes diced fresh
1 tbs of olive oil
About 10 spinach leaves, chopped
3 basil leaves, chopped
1/2 cup of cheese, including marble and feta
Seasoning - I use a pizza seasoning, but any spices work.

Brush top of pizza with oil, and place the toppings on top.

Season with the basil and spices.

Place in the top of the oven for 10 - 12 minutes, until it’s nice and golden.

Final Product

Enjoy.

I bought this today, here’s hoping some good food comes...

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:29:00 -0400

I bought this today, here’s hoping some good food comes out of it!

Tofu Stir-fry

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:15:00 -0400

Serves 2 as a main course

Ingredients:

1/2 of a green pepper
1/2 of an orange pepper
1/2 pkg. of tofu
1/2 of a zucchini
1/2 of a tomato
1/4 medium yellow onion
1cup of bean sprouts
2 tbs of oil
salt
pepper
1/2 tsp of garlic
1pkg of club house oriental sauce ( I had it so I used it, but it’s not necessary, this is the first time I’ve ever used it, usually some soy sauce or honey garlic works well too…but it was good.)

Cook the tofu in 1 tbs of oil and 1/2 tsp of garlic until golden brown.

Add in all other ingredients except the sauce mix.

Cook for a few minutes, add the sauce mix, 1 tbs of oil and 1/2 cup of water and stir-fry for 1-2 minutes until sauce is thick. Season with salt and pepper.

You can serve on a bed of noodles, but I chose not to tonight.

Final Product

Enjoy.

Tofu and Couscous Stuffed Bell Peppers

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:28:00 -0400

Makes 2 servings as a meal, 4 servings as a side dish.

2 tbs of oil
1/2 pkg. of firm tofu, cut into cubes
1/2 tsp of garlic
2 bell peppers, seeded and cut in half
1/2 cup of mixed onions
1 stock of celery
1 Jalepeno pepper
1 Tomato
1/4 cup of diced eggplant
1 tbs Fresh basil
1/2 cup of couscous unprepared
A few tbs of feta cheese crumbled

Preheat oven to 375
Brown tofu in oil in a skillet with a 1/2 tsp of garlic, put onion mix in with tofu once it is about halfway cooked.
While this is cooking prepare the peppers by seeding them and cutting in half, place in casserole dish.

Dice the celery, eggplant, tomato and jalepeno peppers that were seeded.

Prepare couscous by adding equal amount of boiling water and allowing it to sit for 5 minutes. Add in veggies into the tofu mixture cook for a few minutes.

Add in couscous into pan and mix in soy sauce.

Place into peppers and put fresh basil and feta cheese on top. Put 1/2 cup of water in bottom of casserole dish and cover with foil

Final Product

I find this dish to be somewhat dry when it comes out of the oven, it pairs nice with some fresh salsa, or your favourite sauce.

Enjoy.

Pizza Stuffed Wontons

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:07:59 -0400

Makes 10 Wontons

1/2 cup of cheese
1/4 cup of tomato sauce
1/3 cup of your favourite veggie toppings, in this case green peppers and green onion
10 pieces of veggie pepperoni
10 Wonton Wrappers
2 tbs of olive oil

Preheat oven 375 degrees F.

Put small amount of sauce, cheese and toppings into the centre of each wonton wrapper.

Water the edges of the wonton lightly and fold over into a triangle pressing down the edges until firmly closed.

Glaze with the olive oil, place in oven.

Turn over after about 7 minutes when golden brown, turn and put back in for another 7 minutes. Broil for last few minutes on both sides.

Final Product

Breakfast Tortilla

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:30:00 -0400

Makes 1 tortilla

Ingredients

Diced pieces of tofu, about 50g
1/2 cup of diced veggies including tomatoes, peppers, green onions
1/4 cup of egg whites, I use natureegg simply egg whites
2 tbs of olive oil
1 7inch tortilla, I use Dempsters Ancient Grains
1/8 cup of shredded cheese
1 tsp of a pepper medley

Put oil into frying pan, add in tofu, cook until golden brown on most sides.
Add in veggies and simmer for about one minute, add in egg white and pepper medley. Scramble all together until egg white is cooked thoroughly.

Put mixture into tortilla and place cheese on top.

Veggie Shepherd's Pie

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:57:32 -0400

I personally enjoy a quite basic shepherds pie, I don’t really like any canned veggies except corn, and I hate peas, so never expect to find those in my dishes.

1 12 oz can of corn, or use equal of frozen corn
1 can of campbells cream of celery
1 pkg. of yves veggie ground round, thawed to room temperature
4 medium sized potatoes, red or yellow
salt
pepper
1 tbs garlic
1/3 cup of skim milk (for the ground round)
1/2 cup of skim milk (for the potatoes)
1/3 cup of sour cream

I don’t peel my potatoes because I love the skin, but if you prefer otherwise then feel free to do so. Cut potatoes into chunks and bring water to a boil.
Add in potatoes for approx. 15 minutes, or until tender.
I add garlic into the water to give them a little flavour at this point.
You can also steam them, I do that sometimes too, but I didn’t wanna get out all those dishes today.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

In a separate bowl add in yves veggie ground round that is room temperature and the cream of celery mix together with the 1/2 cup of milk. Now mix in the whole can of corn. Add this mix into a casserole dish.

After potatoes are done, drain the water and mash in a bowl with the sour cream and milk until fluffy.

At this point, layer the potatoes on top of the ground round, season with salt and pepper and place in oven for about 30 mintutes.

Broil for the last few minutes of cooking to give the potatoes a nice crisp look and feel.

Final Product

Roasted Vegetable Lasagna Cupcakes with Homemade Bruschetta

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:05:00 -0400

Roasted Vegetable Lasagna Cupcakes

Makes 6 cupcakes

Ingredients

1/2 eggplant
small zucchini
1/2 yellow onion
1 tsp of dried parsley or basil
salt
pepper
approx. 8 slices of red pepper, more if preferred
tbs of chopped garlic

1 can of stewed tomatoes
1 cup of tomato sauce
1 green onion
1 tbs red pepper flakes

18 wonton wrappers
1cup of a hard cheese, such as cheddar or mozzarella
1/2 cup of ricotta or feta cheese

Preheat to 450

Slice onion, zucchini, red pepper and peeled eggplant

Put all in roasting pan with a drizzle of oil, chopped garlic and fresh or dried basil and parsley and salt and pepper to taste

Put in oven for 20 minutes, then mix and turn over vegetables and roast for another 20 minutes.

While this is in the oven I like to prepare my own tomato sauce for the cupcakes

Drain excess water out of can of stewed tomatoes, and mix together in a pot stirring occasionally and simmer for about 10 minutes, until mixed thoroughly.

If you like a little heat add some red pepper flakes, also some green onions for flavour.

Also if you find the sauce a little too watery at the end which sometimes happens with stewed tomatoes then just drain the excess water at the end.

This will probably make too much, so just put the extra in a tuber ware and keep for pasta later.

At this point the vegetables still have to be in the oven for another 20 minutes or so, which gives me a good amount of time to make the homemade bruschetta, which will be in the recipe below.

Lower temperature of oven to 350 degrees.

Take 3 wonton wrappers and layer them not directly on top of each other and place in muffin pan.

Do this 6 times for each, add in sauce and vegetables and layer with cheese.

Put in oven

Bake for about 20 minutes, and then let it rest for about 5-10 minutes, add fresh herbs if desired.

FINAL PRODUCT

Homemade Bruschetta

Serving size = 2

Ingredients

1cup of diced tomatoes
1 green onion
1/4 cup of red onion
1 tsp of dried basil
1/2 tsp of white vinegar
1tbs of olive oil

1 fresh about 5 inch diameter bun
1/2 cup of grated cheese or crumbled, any variety

Mix first set of ingredients in a bowl and cover with a wrap and put back in fridge to cool.

When just about ready to serve meal, add on top of bun and sprinkle cheese on top, put in oven on broil until cheese is melted or bun edges are golden brown.

First time making the cupcakes, and I must say..

They were good.

Intro

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:46:00 -0400

Hi.

I’m a 20 year old undergraduate student currently located at the University of Guelph. I’ve been a vegetarian for about 8 years now, and have loved every second of it. I have recently found a new love of trying new recipes, so I have decided to document this adventure. As well I will be putting up some recipes that are classics to me.

You will notice there is somewhat regularity to the types of foods I use, this is because:

A. I like them &

B. I’m pretty cheap/poor so as a student I tend to buy the same things to make different meals out of them.

I will be putting step by step directions along with pictures. Hopefully it’s not too confusing, if there are any questions regarding the recipes then send away…

Lastly, Enjoy.

The Vegetarian Student

Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes Took the recipe for vanilla cupcakes with...

Root Vegetable Stew Makes 2 or 3 servings Ingredients: 1 small...

First off, I LOVE tacos. I used to have them once a week, but...

Stirfry

What I made tonight. Will update with recipe soon. Back at...

I love your blog! I've been a vegetarian myself for a little under a year so these recipes are really helpful. I'm writing an essay about blogs for my class and was wondering if I could use yours as source to show the variety in blogs on Tumblr. Either way, thanks for making this wonderful blog!

Spaghettini and Tofu

Egg White Scrambler

Homemade Spinach, Tomato and Cheese Pizza

I bought this today, here’s hoping some good food comes...

Tofu Stir-fry

Tofu and Couscous Stuffed Bell Peppers

Pizza Stuffed Wontons

Breakfast Tortilla

Veggie Shepherd's Pie

Roasted Vegetable Lasagna Cupcakes with Homemade Bruschetta

Intro

I love your blog! I've been a vegetarian myself for a little under a year so these recipes are really helpful. I'm writing an essay about blogs for my class and was wondering if I could use yours as source to show the variety in blogs on Tumblr.
Either way, thanks for making this wonderful blog!