Quote Originally Posted by bigdad1 View Post
I would wrap the vegetarian in foil andbake at about 350 until he stops screaming.
Now, now... This has been a nice thread so far. Let's not @&%$ it up with something that someone might take exception to.

Old Hippie: Thanks for the great tips! I must admit, when I see the word "vegan" my hackles go up a little. Especially after having read through some of the comments on a few vegan forum threads. But I realize that people are people no matter where they hang out, and it's more a reflection of personal character rather than culinary choices or ethical/moral interests...

However, having said that, I found a couple of great sites yesterday. The first, The Messy Vegetarian Cook. I like it because every recipe is accompanied by a beautiful photo!

The second cool site I found was Vegan Diet Guy. I like HIS site for a number of reasons. First, he also lives in Japan! Yaaay! That means I can contact him, and hopefully pick his brain on where I can buy certain specialty items for certain recipes. I'm hoping he can tell me what to look for in the grocery, and which kanji (Chinese characters) are the correct ones. He also seems to have found two vegan Chinese restaurants in Tokyo -- something I'd love to try.

Next, I can find common ground with his reasons for being (becoming) vegan. He used to eat meat at almost every meal, and switched for health reasons. (I have my own thoughts and beliefs on ethical vegetarianism that are quite irrelevant in this thread, but my foray into vegetarian cuisine is based on health rather than moral/ethical reasons).

Third, his blogroll has some really interesting links! :-)

Rob: Just for you, because you asked... Two nights ago I tried Mael Coluim's quinoa bean salad. I changed a couple of ingredients, but here's how it turned out:



I enjoyed it... My wife was a bit confused by it, especially the quinoa. Her comment was that she would prefer it as a side dish rather than a main course, which is fair enough.

Last night, I took MacBean's suggestion (on page 4 of the thread) and went to the Vegetarian Times website. There I found a brilliant recipe for linguine in lemon cream sauce. Definitely not vegan, but certainly vegetarian.


(Photo not mine -- taken from vegetariantimes.com)

I adapted the recipe a little bit, if you scroll down to the comments section, you can read the comment I left, along with the changes I made to it... Nonetheless, the wife thought it was FANTASTIC and said she'd love to have it again!

More updates in time, as I try some more recipes...