Vegetarian "Emergency Meals"

One of the best vegetarian tips around is to keep “emergency” vegetarian meals in your kitchen so you can always have a meatless meal on hand. Some great pantry items to keep at bay include:

• Canned beans
• Fast-cooking grains (rice, couscous and bulgur)
• Potatoes (regular and sweet)
• Pastas

Also keep prepared sauces (marinara, barbecue, Thai peanut, honey mustard, and salsa) at hand. Keep bagels, pitas, and veggie burgers in the freezer along with frozen corn and wheat tortillas.

*A quick and easy vegetarian ethnic food dish can easily be made using tortillas, beans, corn, and salsa.

Vegetarian Thai Dishes

When it comes to eating and preparing vegetarian fare, International food recipes are easy to come by. Some of the best include Thai recipes. Many Thai dishes are prepared with grains, flavorful vegetables, and exciting sauces. Here is a mouth-watering recipe for flavorful Thai fried rice:

• 3 cups cooked rice
• ¼ cup diced baby corn
• ½ cup diced pineapple
• ¼ cup tomato, diced
• ½ cup kidney beans, boiled
• 1 tablespoon of coarsely chopped garlic
•  ¼ cup diced long beans
• 1tablespoon soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 5 green chilies, sliced into tiny pieces

To begin, heat the oil in a wok. Once the oil is hot, fry the garlic until it's aroma is released. Next, add the kidney beans, baby corn, long beans, and rice and stir-fry until everything is mixed evenly. Then, add pineapple and tomato. Season the dish with to soy sauce, salt and green chilies and serve hot.

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Scrumptious Indian Cuisine

If you were to travel to India you would find many a great vegetarian International dish. If you don't have the luxury of traveling across the world to seek out exciting vegetarian cuisine, however, you can easily prepare your own Indian dishes in your kitchen. A good bit of Indian dishes are meatless and all Indian cuisine is infused with flavorful and aromatic spices that infuse even the blandest of food items with flavor. Try this irresistible Indian recipe for potatoes and poppy seeds:

• Big potatoes peeled and cubed
• Tablespoons poppy seeds, roasted
• Whole dry red chilies
• Green chilies
• ½ teaspoons turmeric powder
• Tablespoons oil
• ½ cups water
• Salt
• Fresh coriander, chopped

To begin, grind the poppy seeds along with the green chilies and a few tablespoons of water to create a fine paste. Put aside. Heat half of the oil in a pan for about two minutes until extremely hot. Next, shallow fry the cubed potatoes in batches on medium heat until they are browned slightly. Then, drain on paper towels and set aside.

Heat the remaining oil in the same pan you were using and add the whole red chilies and turmeric powder. Fry the ingredients briefly then add the poppy seed paste and fry for a little while longer on a medium-low heat for about five minutes until there is no oil on the pan's sides.

Finally, add the fried potato cubes and mix thoroughly. Then, add water and salt. And stir. Cover the pot and keep on low heat for an additional fifteen minutes (until the potatoes are soft). Garnish with the coriander

Middle Eastern Vegetarian Made Simple

Looking for fantastic vegetarian Middle Eastern cuisine? Look no further than your grocer's shelf to find a great International food dish. Fantastic Foods offers a convenient Falafel mix that is so easy to prepare that anyone could pull it off in minutes. Most large grocery stores and health food stores carry this item and many other International delights from around the globe. If you're going to make falafels, you can't serve them without the traditional Tahini sauce. Whip up this easy recipe and start serving:

• 1 cup sesameTahini
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Put all of the ingredients together in a food processor and process until you achieve the desired texture for the sauce.

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