Our family loves getting the chicken alfredo pizza at Olive Garden, but since we are vegetarian we order it without the chicken. We decided to try and recreate our favorite pizza at home using vegetarian chicken: What I like about making pizza at home is you know exactly what the ingredients are. We used A whole grain pizza crust Light Alfredo Sauce Organic Mozzarella cheese Vegetarian Chicken Strips Green Onions I have an app on my iPhone that lets my Princess "make" pizza. … [Read more...]
Vegetarian Broccoli and Rice Casserole
We like quick, easy and tasty meals when we are travel from city to city across North America. Since we are only in one location for about 5 weeks at a time, I do plan a lot of our meals. I don't want to have a lot of left overs when we are leaving so I like to buy simple food with little ingredients. We also have potluck at church most weeks we are traveling and a vegetarian easy casserole is a important recipe to have under your belt. I am thankful for Minute Rice brown rice. It enables our … [Read more...]
Vegetarian Thanksgiving Main Course Recipes
If you celebrate Thanksgiving in our family you will find two meals at each family Thanksgiving dinner. We have our main traditional meal available for our large extended family. You know - turkey, stuffing, potatoes and gravy and so on. But, we also have a vegetarian meal. Each year, I make a Tofurky, vegetarian stuffing, and a vegetarian gravy. This year, my mother is hosting Thanksgiving dinner and she has asked me to bring the Tofurky. It has become our go-to vegetarian Thanksgiving main … [Read more...]
Vegetarian Meatballs Recipe
Making vegetarian meatballs is so easy. This last week, I pulled out my recipe book and decided to make something fun with my Princess. It is so easy to get stuck in a food rut. So making new foods and getting my Princess to help in the kitchen {which she loves to do} is a fun family time. Vegetarian meatballs is quick and simple. My 4 year old did most of it. I measured the ingredients and she poured and mixed. Rolling the gooey mixture is fun even for mommy. I had to help my Princess with the … [Read more...]
Skinny Pesto Pasta: An Easy WW Recipe
I am still tracking my points with Weight Watchers. I love it. Really, despite the complaints I might have on any given day - I really love it. I am losing weight. I am close to my 10% weight loss which will get me a key chain! Have you tried Weight Watchers before? If so, how did you do on it? One recipe I love to make is a Skinny Pesto Pasta. I make this recipe pretty regularly. It's easy, fast, and delicious. That's my favorite kind of recipe. I don't have time to make two difficult meals … [Read more...]
60 Vegetarian BBQ Ideas
Are you barbecuing this weekend? Or do you have plans to BBQ in the near future? My husband and I own a BBQ. But we rarely use it. He wanted to get rid of it. I said no, let's try one more BBQ season and get creative. Since we are mainly vegetarian, BBQ isn't something we do very often. Have you thought about making some vegetarian BBQ foods? Here are some great vegetarian BBQ ideas that I wanted to share with you. These are easy things. I am not a grilling pro, but these are items I could … [Read more...]
5 Vegetarian Lunch Box Ideas
You still have a chance to win a Bento Lunch Box in the Back to School giveaway event here at Long Wait For Isabella. I just love these cute lunch boxes. You can get so creative with them. I mean, really, just Google Bento Box lunch ideas and you will have so much to choose from. Just to show you how cool this product is I wanted to share a few vegetarian lunch box ideas from the Bentology website: Crepes Bento Box Rice Cakes Bento Box Pasta, Black Beans, Corn Bento Box Energy … [Read more...]
