Please share your favorite meatless recipes.  I gave up meat for lent and I need to try some new things.  Thanks

I made fettuccine a few weeks ago and it really didn't taste like "Friday" food should.  :wink:

Here's the recipe I used: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/105505

I tossed in some shrimp, artichoke hearts, and black olives and it got two thumbs up with both dh and myself.

A few days later I wanted to complete the "Olive Garden" appeal in case I ever need anything meatless to serve company, so I found a recipe for their salad dressing (best outside attempt, of course) and thought that turned out pretty good as well. Here's that one too:

OLIVE GARDEN SALAD

---DRESSING---
1/2  cup  mayonnaise
1/3  cup  white vinegar
1  teaspoon  vegetable oil
2  tablespoons  corn syrup
2  tablespoons  Parmesan cheese
2  tablespoons  Romano cheese
1/4  teaspoon  garlic salt
1/2  teaspoon  Italian seasoning
1/2  teaspoon  dried parsley
1  tablespoon  lemon juice

---SALAD---
    American-blend bagged salad mix
    red onion slices
    black olives
    pepperoncini peppers
    croutons
    tomatoes, quartered
    Parmesan cheese, freshly grated

Directions:
Mix all ingredients in a blender or processor until well blended. Add a little sugar to taste if too tart. Create salad to your liking and toss with dressing.

A cousin gave me a recipe for some great garlic breadsticks to go with this, but I haven't been ambitious enough to try and make them myself as I'm not much of a baker. Here's that recipe too:

WHITE BREAD

2 ¼ cups water (luke warm, room temperature)
2 tablespoons sugar or honey
1 ½ teaspoons salt
2-3 tablespoons margarine, butter, or oil
1 package or 2 teaspoons yeast (dry active)
5 ¾ to 6 ¼ cups all purpose flour

In a bowl put water, sugar, salt, and melted margarine or butter; mix. Sprinkle yeast on top, and wait until dissolved. Stir in flour until it forms a ball. Kneed for about 8 - 10 minutes or until right consistency. Rubbery or elastic. Put in bowl with oil, and turn once to coat. Cover with towel and place in warm spot until doubled in size (about 1 hour). Punch down once, and form into desired shape. Let rise again until doubled, then bake at 350 until golden brown and sounds hollow.

FOR GARLIC STICKS:
Melt butter in frying pan.
Add parmesean cheese, garlic powder, Italian seasoning and mix well
Turn sticks in mixture to coat

Camp, no specifics, I just need a constant variety of recipes to appease my appetite and my joy for cooking.  I usually have beef, pork, chicken, etc to experiment with but now I'm limited to fish and shrimp.  I would try bugs, but I don't know where I would get them :)  PS, taco bell has the best 1/2 lb cheesy bean and rice burrito, only 99 cents.

MaterDominici, I've made something similar before but I didn't make the sauce, it came from a can.  I'll probably try making the sauce myself, but I'm a little hesitant since I don't too well with milk products.

Chant, nachos sounds very good.  I like sour cream, but my stomach doesn't.


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Garlic Shrimp
(I don't really have an exact recipe, I like to substitute and play around with ingredients)

10 cloves of finely chopped Garlic (some people like more, some people think this is too much)
1 large Onion
1 tsp of finely chopped ginger
1/2 lb Shrimp - cooked or raw
1 Bell Pepper
2 tbsp Light Soy Sauce
3 tbsp Oyster Sauce
Oil - vegetable or sesame oil, enough to saute the garlic, onions, and ginger
Salt & pepper
1 tbsp Cornstarch mixed with a small amount of water

Heat the oil, saute the garlic and ginger until light brown, then add the onions.  
Add the shrimp and keep stirring, then add the the soy sauce and oyster sauce.  
Leave on high heat until shrimp is cooked, then add the salt & pepper and the bell peppers.  
If the shrimp is cooked but it is too watery, add the cornstarch.  Try not to over cook the shrimp or it will become ruberry/leathery.
Serve with steamed white rice.