Eating a healthy vegetarian diet on a low budget
requires planning ahead, or at five o'clock you'll cave and stop off
for a veggie burger on the way home from work. You keep a running
shopping list so you always have all the supplies you need.
Here
are a bunch of recipes to make on the weekend in a big pot and freeze
in single servings. Then your freezer is stacked with things you can
just leave out on the counter in the morning and heat in five minutes
when you get home.
You'll need an 8-quart pot that isn't paper thin on the bottom, so you can go do something else while the food is simmering. You can also probably make most of the soups and stews in a large crock pot, while you're at work.
You're cooking from basic supplies that cost little and store well.
Beet and Bean Stew (A kind of borscht) |  |
Lentils
cook quickly, so they're our staple for last-minute what-will-we-have
meals. Rice and lentil curry takes 30 minutes, and you can be checking
your email for some of that time. Brown and black lentils take more
like 45 minutes. You can make enough for extra meals with all of these
recipes. They make 3 servings in my world. |  |
Falafels are the quickest, easiest supper in the 10 in 10 Diet. Because they're made from a mix that's basically ground dry beans and grains. So, you use them at the times when you'd either go for fast food or nuke an expensive frozen dinner, or heat up one of those $2.00 veggie patties.
Falafel (Middle Eastern patties) with fluffy grains and gravy.
This salad is in a class of its own. A cold summer treat, great to share, or just eat it all week when you've got better things to do than cook.
Quinoa Salad - fluffy grains, veggies, and nuts in a tangy dressing
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