Thursday, November 26, 2009

Vegetarian Cooking Made Simple

By Kristen Thorpe

For your entire family, you can make a lot of vegetarian meals. It is easy to prepare them and your kids will enjoy them for certain. Vegetarian meals are considered to be helpful and beneficial for our health. Some of them contain the same nutrients as meats and regular type of meals. Tasting new and healthy recipes can be wonderful, even if it seems odd in the beginning. You can have vegetable snacks at any time of the day too. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks- all can be vegetarian.

For breakfast, you can have veggie quiches with soy sausage. It contains eggs and soy sausage, which can either be cooked or chopped. Add in broccoli, spinach or any kind of vegetable- chopped and spread over the meal. It would take you just 12-15 minutes to prepare this healthy and delicious meal for everyone. This type of breakfast contains all the healthy nutrients needed and certainly provides you with the energy you need for the entire day. Fresh Strawberry, sliced on top of whole-wheat crackers can be a good choice too. You can also spray cream cheese on it, to make it even tastier.

It is good to have snacks during certain times of the day, than eating a lot for breakfast. You can have whole wheat crackers with fresh strawberry- sliced on top of it. It is tasty and refreshing too. For lunch, you can have mini wheat pizzas. It is a very important vegetarian meal, which can also be made in very little amount of time. You will need whole wheat English muffins and eating them will be real healthy; as they contain lots of grains and fibers. For the sausage, you can either buy the ones from the store or make mariana sausage at home. It can be cooked in garlic powder or virgin olive oil and the whole process takes only 8 to 10 minutes.

Tomato is extremely healthy and increases appetite. Using basil leaf would bring a different flavour to the pizza. Bake it with garlic powder or virgin olive oil and you will be glad to know that this can be made as quickly as 8 minutes. If you are using an oven, make sure to set it at 350 degrees. For later day snacks, a quick smoothie with frozen berries is a great choice. Adding soy milk or some organic ice cream flavours will make it taste even better. When it's dinner time, you can make a teriyaki meal, which is easy to make and delicious too. Remember that, as long as you have the right tools and equipments in the kitchen, putting meals together will never be a problem.

When you prepare meals that are made of vegetable ingredients, you and the entire family have lesser chances of becoming sick. You can make a variety of dishes that will be different every time. This means that you not only get the vitamins and minerals needed, but also taste flavours to delight the senses. All you need to do is find recipes online and if you have cook books, you can get them from there also. Have your kitchen tools out and ready, so that making delicious vegetable meals becomes easier to do.

Vegetables are great sources of minerals and vitamins for the body. Various studies have linked a healthy diet to a decrease in the ageing process. So don't hesitate, get all your kitchen materials ready and create great tasting dishes and snacks with vegetable ingredients.

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