Cooks Of The Forum

[bobthesalesclerk]

I have done alot of cooking. Started when I was 15 and have been creating my own dishes, spin offs on others dishes, and the such from time to time. I was vegetarian for a year, then vegan 3 years, now back to vegetarian so most of my recipes contain tofu or seitan but I came across this one yesterday and my girlfriend and I made it. Don't get thrown off by those last words, I used boca crumbled for this one but you can easily substitute real ground beef. Holy mother, one of the best things I have ever made. I do not measure anything but if you are familiar with cooking properly spicing without the use of tsp and tbsp should be fairly easy. If not start out with a little of each and adjust to taste Other than that I highly recomend it. Goes great with a nice salad tossed with balsamic vinegarette, parm, and black pepper.

Ingredients for the dish will be listed by step. I will copy and paste the full list at the end if you wanna go shopping. This is an expensive one. Costs about 30 dollars to make all this but it yields alot and you need a TINY ammount to fill you up nice if you're eating salad and bread with it as well. I just ate a 1/9 of this by itself and i'm full.

2 large Zuchinnis

5 eggs

milk

bread crumbs

parsley

onion powder

garlic powder

Cut the Zuchs into discs. Not to thin, maybe an 1/8 of an inch or so think. Whisk the milk and eggs together in one bowl and the breadcrumbs, parsley, garlic, and onion in another. Keep em close(due to spillage)and with the left hand dip the Zuchinni, let some liquid spill off, and coat with the other. If you use the same hand in your eggwash your breadcumbs will clump and not work nearly as well. I reccomend using a small ammount and adding more as it starts to clump(ever 7 pieces or so)

1 package boca ground crumbles(or roughly 1/2 a pound of ground beef seasoned with salt and pepper. Cook until browned, add peppers/onions and follow the rest of the steps from there)

2 16 oz cans tomato sauce

1 small(I'm guessing it was 6 oz or 8 oz)can of tomato paste

4 garlic cloves(chopped)

half green pepper(chopped)

pepper

salt

oregano

basil

parsley

agave nectar(or honey if you cannot find agave)

Cook the onions and peppers for roughly 5-10 minutes on medium heat. Salt, Pepper, and a little oregano come into play during this. Add the garlic towards the end(when you have maybe 2-3 minutes of cooking time left). Add boca crumbles(read above if using ground beef or sausage)and stir in until browned. Add 1 and a half cans of tomato sauce and tomato paste and stir. Add the remaining spices and adjust as needed. Reduce heat and allow to simmer until thick. Add agave or honey when you have about 1 minute of cooking time remaining. THIS IS KEY. This sauce was great without the agave but once I added it(girlfriends idea)it blew my freaking mind. Best pasta sauce I have ever made.

Also if you don't feel comfortable with spicing just grab and making pasta sauce just add the beef, onions, and peppers to a jar of prego or something(won't be nearly as good but that'll do pig).

Assemble your casserole as follows and while you do pre heat the oven to 375

Sauce

Zuchinni

Riccotta cheese

Sliced Portabellas

mozzarella cheese

parm

sauce

repeat until you have 4 or so layers.

That's it. Now just bake covered for 45 minutes. After it's done remove the tinfoil, set the heat to 425, while it's re heating a little add another layer of mozzarella, parm, and breadcrumbs and bake for another 10-15 minutes or until the cheese is browned.

I know this is alot but get some beers(or for you classy folk red wine...out of a box!), get your girlfriend/partner to help, cook together and enjoy an amazing meal.

Happy vap...errr umm eating!

2 large Zuchinnis

Riccotta cheese

Sliced Portabellas

mozzarella cheese

parm

5 eggs

milk

bread crumbs

parsley

onion powder

garlic powder

1 package boca ground crumbles(or roughly 1/2 a pound of ground beef seasoned with salt and pepper. Cook until browned, add peppers/onions and follow the rest of the steps from there)

2 16 oz cans tomato sauce

1 small(I'm guessing it was 6 oz or 8 oz)can of tomato paste

4 garlic cloves(chopped)

half green pepper(chopped)

pepper

salt

oregano

basil

parsley

agave nectar(or honey if you cannot find agave)

p.s. If anyone on the forum is vegetarian/vegan PM me for more great recipes. I will add more later that can be converted into meat friendly dishes.

[Bigjim]

Very close to my Eggplant Parmesan dish!

Sounds awesome, thanks for posting!

[bobthesalesclerk]

Very close to my Eggplant Parmesan dish!

Sounds awesome, thanks for posting!

I would post my recipe for vegan seitan sausage but I'm sure not to many on here would be to into making that lol

Vegetarian and Vegan dishes are welcome in this thread but that isn't why I posted it! Let's keep recipes coming,! I don't care whether I can eat them or not, if you like meat then post your meat filled dishes in here as well.