Vegetarian eating: in and out

Vegetarian Recipes

Quinoa stuffed pepper:

1. Cut a pepper in half. Clear out the seeds and anything you don't want to eat.
2. Fill it with a mixture of cooked bulgur wheat and/or quinoa (which both have a lot of protein), shredded bread, ricotta cheese (not pictured), grated parmesan cheese, apples, vegetables (i.e. zucchini, carrots, mushrooms, celery), and oil (it should be pretty moist so the stuffing doesn't get crunchy).
3. Optionally, top with a slice of tomato and shredded cheese.
4. Cook in the oven/toaster oven for more than 10 minutes.

Pretty healthy frappe:

1. Add: Vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt, plain Greek yogurt (good source of protein), soymilk, honey, and vanilla extract.
    Optional: add one or more of the following:
             -Fruit juice (especially orange juice, cranberry pomegranate juice, or cranberry grape juice)
             -Frozen berries
             -Pretty much any fruit
             -Chocolate syrup, hot cocoa powder, and/or chocolate Carnation Instant Breakfast
             -A banana
2. Blend in a blender.

Tip: I find that using a straw greatly increases my enjoyment of any frappe.



Eating out: Where to go and what to get

Subway: Veggie Delite   $2.99 six inch, $5.00 foot long
A sub with lettuce, tomatoes, spinach, cucumbers (I think), red onions, green peppers, banana peppers, olives, pickles, and cheese. (I like to get it with monterey cheddar cheese on Italian herbs and cheese bread with chipotle southwest sauce.)

D'Angelo: Vegetable Quesadilla   $2.99
A quesadilla with grilled mushrooms, peppers, onions, and American cheese in a flour tortilla. This is pretty greasy, and a little less filling than the Subway sub.


Chipotle: Any burrito, taco, or salad without meat    about $5.00-$6.00
Lots of vegetarian options, and beans are a good source of protein.


A deli
Not many delis offer a wide selection of vegetarian meals, but most will make you something special if you ask. Fresser's Delicatessen in Randolph is my recent favorite. They make a vegetarian sandwich for me that has lettuce, tomato, cucumbers, onions, roasted red peppers, oil, and provolone cheese. It is so good! And they're really nice.


A pizza place
Pizza is usually around $2.00 per slice, I think.


A sushi place
Most sushi places have a vegetarian section of the menu. My favorite vegetarian sushis (plural of sushi?) include: sweet potato maki, avacado maki, and spinach maki.