Archive for vegetarian recipes

Italian Pesto Pasta

Ingredients:

450 g dried spaguetti
1 quantity Green Pesto Sauce (click here to see the recipe)

Preparing:

Cook pasta in salted water for 10 minutes.
Drain the pasta and set aside 2 tbsps of cooking water.
Mix the water with the Green Pesto Sauce.
Add to the pasta and serve.

Comments

Cold Rice, Pineapple and Vegetables Salad

Ingredients:

2 cups cooked rice
2 cups pineapple, in pieces
2 cups Chinese roots
1/2 cup toasted almonds
4 radishes, sliced
2 onions chopped

Dressing:
5 tbsp sunflower oil
1 1/2 tbsp fruit vinegar
1/2 tsp grated ginger
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Mix rice with pineapple, Chinese roots, radishes, onions and almonds.
Combine all dressing ingredients and pour over rice salad.
Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Comments

Béchamel Sauce

Ingredients:

300 ml milk
300 ml light cream
55 g butter
40 g all-purpose flour
3 cloves
2 bay leaves
1 onion
1/4 tsp nutmeg
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Pour the milk into a pan with the bay leaves.
Press cloves into the onion, add to the milk and bring to the boil.
Remove from heat and set aside.
Strain the milk into a pitcher and rinse the pan.

Melt the butter in the pan, stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute.
Remove from heat and gradually pour in the milk, stirring constantly.
Cook the sauce for 3 minutes, stirring, then pour in the cream and bring to the boil.
Remove from heat and season with nutmeg, salt and pepper.

Comments

Dried Tomatoes Mojo

Ingredients:

250 g dried tomatoes
250 g cream cheese, softened
60 g pine nuts
3 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
3 tbsp basil, chopped

Preparing:

Process in a food processor all ingredients.
Serve with toasted bread and vegetables of your choice.

Comments

Pineapple Punch

Ingredients:

1 l Ginger Ale
1 cup pineapple juice
1 cup tangerine juice
4 slices pineapple, cut into quarters
3 tangerines
2 peaches, split into gores

Preparing:

Stir pineapple juice with tangerine juice and Ginger Ale.
Add ice, pineapple chunks, and tangerine and peach wedges and serve.

Comments

Roasted Chinese Peas

Ingredients:

400 g Chinese peas
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tbspchopped cilantro
1 tbsp chopped onion
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Preheat
oven to 200ºC (400ºF).

Mix and blend olive oil with cilantro, onion, salt and pepper.
Place peas on a baking tray and bathe with the mix above.
Bake for 10 minutes.

Comments

Special Fruit Cocktail

Ingredients:

8 oz peach juice
1/2 oz grenadine
1/2 apple
1/2 peach
1/2 passionfruit
5 blackberries
3 strawberries

Preparing:

Mix in a shaker heavily all ingredients.
Strain and serve well in ice.

Comments

Potato and Parsley Soup

Ingredients:

2 cups water
1/2 cup chopped parsley
1 can evaporated milk
4 potatoes, peeled and cut into cubes
3 garlic cloves, crushed
1/3 butter stick
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Fry potatoes in butter and season with salt and pepper.
Add the parsley and garlic.
Add the water, lower the heat and cook for 20 minutes.
Add evaporated milk, mix well, remove from heat and serve.

Comments

Broccoli Cream Soup

Ingredients:

1 l vegetable broth
350 g broccoli
350 g potatoes, diced
1 leek, sliced
1 celery stalk, sliced
1 garlic clove minced
1 bay leaf
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Separate broccoli and cut stems thicker.
Simmer for 15 minutes stems with the leek, celery, garlic, potatoes, bay leaf and vegetable broth.
Add broccoli, let boil and cook for 5 more minutes over low heat.
Aside from heat and allow to cool.

Remove the bay leaf and liquefy soup.
Place the soup in the fire again, season with salt and pepper and serve.

Comments

Vegetarian Valentine’s Lasagna

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups Béchamel Sauce
2 1/2 cups strained tomatoes
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
225 g mozzarella cheese, grated
175 g dried no-precook lasagna
4 zucchinis, sliced
2 eggplants, sliced
2 tbsp butter
1 tbsp parsley, chopped
1 tbsp marjoram, chopped
1 garlic clove, chopped
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Preheat the oven to 200ºC (400ºF).

Put half the eggplant slices on a greased pan and cook for 8 minutes.
Remove from the pan  and drain on paper towels.
Add the remaining eggplant slices and extra oil and cook for 8 minutes.

Fry garlic, zucchinis, parsley and marjoram in melted butter for 5 minutes.
Remove fron the pan and drain on paper towels.

Layer the eggplant, zucchinis, mozzarella, tomatoes and lasagna in a greased heatproof dish.
Season with salt and pepper and finish with another layer.
Pour over the Béchamel Sauce, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and bake for 40 minutes.

Comments