The reason why you decided to give up meat can be any. Ideological considerations (vegetarianism), temporary failure (health amendment, fasting, crisis) and lack of cash. All this is not so important. The main thing here is different - the question that haunts many people about what to cook without meat quickly and tasty.
In this article, you will learn about products and dishes that are in no way inferior to meat, or maybe even superior to them.
Soups
If you think that it is impossible to cook soup without meat , you are mistaken. There are tons of different recipes. The composition of meatless soups includes vegetables, legumes, greens. To give satiety, they can add cereals, mushrooms, dumplings or vermicelli.
Tomato Rice Soup
This soup is very light, but at the same time, hearty, thick, aromatic and tasty.
Ingredients:
- two medium tomatoes;
- one large red bell pepper;
- medium onion;
- 3 tablespoons of rice cereal;
- 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- three cloves of garlic;
- 1 tablespoon of tomato paste;
- one egg;
- Bay leaf;
- green onions;
- sugar, pepper and salt - a pinch.
Cooking:
- Wash and peel all vegetables.
- Finely chop the onion and place it in a saucepan where the soup will be cooked. Stew for 5 minutes.
- Chop the pepper finely, add it to the onion. Here you can add a pinch of sugar - this will give the dish a special taste. Let it all put out for 10 minutes.
- Blanch the tomatoes and cut them into cubes, put them in a pan to the vegetables. Also add washed rice and tomato paste.
- When rice is ready, add chopped garlic, salt and pepper. Pour in your soup 1.5 liters of boiled water. Cook another 10 minutes.
- Separately, boil the hard boiled egg, cut into 4 parts. Wash and chop the green onions.
Pour the finished soup into plates, laying a quarter of an egg and sprinkling with herbs.
Beans
Do not forget that meat is protein. In order for the body not to suffer due to its absence, it is necessary to replace meat with an equivalent product. Bean culture copes with this role perfectly. So you can cook a variety of dishes from beans, peas, lentils for dinner without meat. For example, chickpea porridge, or red lentils with vegetables, but how do you like aromatic lobio from beans? There are a lot of options - choose what you like.
Mushrooms
Mushrooms also belong to protein foods. They are hearty and healthy. There are many different dishes from different mushrooms. Wondering what to cook without meat in the evening? Please - mushroom soup puree, fried mushrooms with onions, mushroom sauce and other dishes that will become a worthy alternative to meat dishes.
Roasted honey mushrooms in sour cream
The taste of mushrooms is simply amazing, the aroma is unsurpassed, and the dish is hearty.
Ingredients:
- a kilogram of fresh or frozen honey mushrooms;
- two medium onions;
- 100 grams of sour cream;
- 50 grams of butter;
- salt.
Cooking:
- Wash mushrooms, put in a pan, fill with water and cook for 10 minutes. Drain the water.
- Melt the butter in a pan, add the mushrooms and the onion sliced in half rings.
- Honey mushrooms should be fried over high heat, stirring constantly so that they do not burn.
- When the mushrooms and onions are covered with a golden crust, add sour cream and stir well. Stew under the lid for 5 minutes.
Mushrooms in sour cream can be served as an independent dish or as an addition to a side dish of potatoes.
Potatoes
Everyone knows about this unique delicious product. It is also known that cooking potatoes quickly without meat is easy. There are thousands of potato dishes. It can be simply boiled and served with greens and butter, you can bake, fry and so on. And how do you like those dishes that it’s easy to cook without meat — mashed potatoes, pancakes, dumplings or potato salad? And fried potatoes with mushrooms, baked with cheese, stewed with vegetables will delight anyone, even the most fastidious eater.
Pasta
From pasta, like from potatoes, you can cook a variety of dishes. You can add them to the soup or make a casserole with eggs. From them you can cook a cold salad. But how do children love pasta with grated cheese! There are many variations of pastes that cooking without meat is easy. And the forms and types of this product are so diverse that anyone will pick up something interesting - feathers, bows, nests, horns, spaghetti, lasagna and others.
Cereals
Do not take cereals only as a side dish for meat. From them it is quite possible to cook independent dishes. For example: risotto with vegetables, lean or sweet pilaf, bell peppers stuffed with vegetables or mushrooms, stewed buckwheat with mushrooms - these are just some of the dishes that can be cooked without meat. Well, milk cereals, and with butter and a slice of cheese - this is generally the most wonderful and delicious breakfast.
Rice porridge in milk
Ingredients:
- a glass of rice cereal;
- glass of water;
- two glasses of milk;
- butter;
- salt, sugar.
Cooking:
Pour rice into a pan and rinse well under running water. Pour the cereal with water, put the pan on a slow fire. When the rice absorbs all the water, add half a glass of milk, continue cooking. Pour a little milk, not forgetting to stir occasionally so that the rice does not burn. When the porridge is almost ready, salt it, add sugar and butter. Close the finished milk porridge with a lid and let it brew a little. Serve just like that or with slices of fruits and berries.
Fish
If the rejection of meat does not imply the rejection of fish, then the range of dishes becomes much wider. What can I cook for dinner without meat in this case? Fish can be cooked, stewed, salted, fried, baked. From it you can cook cutlets, meatballs, zrazy, rolls and pies, as well as fish soups . Fish can be purchased according to taste preferences, price category, fat content or the presence of bones. The choice is huge - it remains only to make it.
In addition to all of the above, there are lots of dishes that, it would seem, would be impossible to imagine without meat. But he can find a worthy replacement! Try such dishes: dumplings with cabbage, dumplings with seafood, vegetable stew with mushrooms, pasties with cottage cheese, meatballs from buckwheat.
The exclusion of meat from the diet does not mean a fresh and meager menu. A little imagination and creative thinking, experiments and trials - and your menu will be enriched with many new wholesome and nutritious dishes.