Vegetarian Diet Menu Ideas Dinner Ideas

Dinner Ideas

#1 Pasta with sauce: Sauce: 1 can of crushed tomatoes, 1tbs lite olive oil, crushed/sliced fresh garlic, fresh/dried basil, salt.heat oil in pot, saut? garlic just until browned, add crushed tomatoes and basil, stir and heat on low for a few hours (to get the acid flavor out, my grandmother would put a carrot in with it, the sauce doesn't taste like carrots, but supposedly the carrot sucks the acid up) ? Cup whole wheat pasta, Sprinkle with low fat or fat free parmesan *optional, Salad with dressing

#2 Portobello Burgers: 2 slices of lite whole grain bread or bun, 1 medium portabello mushroom cap (grilled or saut?ed with lite olive oil brushed on it), Lettuce and tomato, Salad with lite dressing

#3 Chicken Parm: A: 1 Chick patty, 1 small sub roll same size as patty, Top with sauce and sprinkle with lite or fat free mozzarella, Salad with lite dressing
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B: 1 Chick patty, ? Cup whole wheat pasta, Top with sauce and sprinkle with lite or fat free mozzarella, Salad with lite dressing #4 Chicken nuggets and sweet potato fries: 5 Morningstar Farms Chick nuggets, Baked sweet potato fries, Salad with lite dressing. Baked sweet potato fries recipe: (I'd eat only ?- ? of the full amount as a serving) 2 large (about 1 1/2 pounds) sweet potatoes, ? teaspoon ground cumin *optional, 1 tablespoon lite olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Prepare the sweet potatoes: In a small bowl, combine cumin, salt, and pepper. Set aside. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Peel potatoes and cut into wedges or fries. On a baking sheet, arrange potatoes in a single layer and place on the middle shelf of the oven. Bake until edges are crisp and potatoes are cooked through - about 30 minutes. Serve immediately.

#4 Tex-Mex dinner: 2 Small taco shells, ? - ? Cup vegetable crumbles (the stuff that looks like ground beef), Shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, diced onions, 1 tbs lite or fat free sour cream, ? avocado mashed up with crushed garlic and drizzled with lite olive oil, Sprinkle with low fat or fat free shredded cheddar or Mexican mix cheese ~put everything in the taco and enjoy! And a small salad with lite dressing

#5 Frozen Weight Watchers dinner: Veggie weight watchers dinner, Salad with lite dressing

#6 Pasta Primavera with garlic bread: ? Cup whole wheat pasta, Lots of your favorite veggies- steamed or saut?ed with a little bit of lite olive oil, Sauce (see recipe above), Garlic Bread: 2 slices of lite whole wheat bread or a small roll, brush light olive oil on each sliceadd sliced/crushed fresh garlic or garlic powder and sprinkle with oreganobake until brown. Add a salad with lite dressing

#7 Franks and beans with potato salad: 2 Morningstar farms hot dogs, ? Cup vegetarian baked beans ~cut hotdogs into coins, put in pot with beans and heat up (for a faster way, stick hot dogs in microwave first) POTATO SALAD: 1 medium-large potato (baked, boiled, or microwaved for a few min. till soft) shredded carrot, diced onions and celery, 1-2 tbs low fat or fat free mayo, mustard, salt, peper, garlic powder, herbs, whatever spices you like ~Cut the cooled, cooked potato into cubes, add the other stuff and enjoy!


By Nicole