By using a few simple steps, you can easily turn a traditional main dish into delicious vegetarian fare. You don’t have to use all the tips, just whatever suits your fancy to help you achieve the goal of a wonderful tasting vegetarian main dish recipe.
1. Replace chicken broth with vegetable broth.
- Often a recipe is so close to being vegetarian already, that all you’ll need to do modify the broth choice.
- Adding a fried egg to a sandwich in lieu of meat or scrambled egg to fried rice are great non-meat substitutions.
- Add extra vegetables that are already in the recipe, or new vegetables that correspond to the recipe’s flavor. For example, zucchini and red bell pepper are great additions to this Vegetarian Black Bean Burrito
- An important step, as meat can often add a lot of flavor to a recipe, especially in recipes where the meat is browned and the browned bits left behind are deglazed and incorporated into the dish.
- By substituting another protein source for the meat, you’re adding bulk back into the recipe which will keep you feeling full.
Related: "Basics of a Teen Vegetarian Diet"
Original post, "5 Tips to Create Vegetarian Friendly Meals (Black Bean Burritos)" by blogger Katie Goodman of Good Life Eats
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