Easy Vegetarian Recipes

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Easy Vegetarian Benihana’s Ginger Salad Dressing Recipe

I love that so many of Benihana’s recipes are easy vegetarian based. This next recipe, the easy vegetarian Benihana’s ginger salad dressing recipe looks like it’s got tons of ingredients, but really, it’s simple after you pull the ingredients together.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup minced onion
• 1/2 cup peanut oil
• 1/3 cup rice vinegar
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger
• 2 tablespoons minced celery
• 2 tablespoons ketchup
• 4 teaspoons soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Directions:

Combine all ingredients in a blender. Blend on high speed for about 30 seconds or until all of the ginger is well−pureed.

Makes 1 3/4 cups.

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Easy Vegetarian Benihana’s Fried Rice

We eat mostly plain white rice with our dinners, but every now and then I like to make easy vegetarian fried rice. Sometimes as a standalone dish. Here’s a recipe I found for easy vegetarian Benihana’s fried rice.  Here’s a very simple recipe by the very famous Benihana’s.

Ingredients:

• 1 c Uncooked rice
• 5 T Butter
• 1 c Chopped onion
• 1 c Chopped carrots
• 2/3 c Chopped scallions
• 3 T Sesame seeds
• 5 Eggs
• 5 T Soy sauce
• Salt
• Pepper

Directions:

Cook rice according to package directions. In a large skillet melt butter.
Add onions, carrots and scallions. Saute until carrots are translucent.
Set aside. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Place sesame seeds in a shallow pan.
Bake until golden brown (10 to 15 minutes), shaking pan occasionally for
even color. Lightly grease another skillet. Beat eggs. Pour into hot
skillet. Cook as you would scrambled eggs. Combine rice, vegetables,
sesame seeds and eggs. Add soy sauce. Stir. Salt and pepper to taste.

NOTE: One of the things that we do in our house is add a little bit of ketchup to this recipe. I probably add about 2 tablespoons, but adjust to taste. I know it sounds odd, but it’s really delicious. I also (usually) skip the sesame seedss

Easy Vegetarian Stuffed French-Bread Pizza

• 1 2-foot-long French-bread loaf
• 1 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 pkg. Tofurky vegan Italian sausage, crumbled
• 1/2 pkg. veggie pepperoni, chopped
• 1 small red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 2 large garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 pkg. frozen spinach, thawed, squeezed dry, and chopped
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 tub Tofutti plain cream cheese
• 1 block Italian-style seasoned tofu, crumbled
• 1/2 cup grated vegan parmesan
• 1 block vegan mozzarella, grated
• 1 tsp. dried oregano
• 1 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes

Preheat the oven to 425°F.
Split the bread lengthwise, hollow each piece out, and cut in half horizontally, making 4 shells for the pizzas. Heat the olive oil in a skillet over a medium-to-high flame and brown the Tofurky sausage and the veggie pepperoni. Add the red bell pepper, onion, and garlic. Cook for 3 minutes and then add the spinach.

Remove from the heat, season with the salt and pepper, and transfer to a bowl. Combine with the Tofutti cream cheese, the seasoned tofu, and the vegan parmesan and mix thoroughly.
Spread the mixture into the bread shells.

Top each pizza with the vegan mozzarella. Place on a cookie sheet and bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the “cheese” melts and the bread is super-crisp.
Remove from the oven. Top with the oregano and the hot pepper flakes and serve.