Vegetarian Foods In Bloomington Normal
Mexican Vegetarian Foods
Rice and Beans
Rice and beans can easily be one of the favorite foods for all vegetarians. Not only is it loved by all vegetarians and non vegetarians but it is also very nutritious and filling for the eater. It can provide all the nutrients you would get from any other full hearted meal with lots of meat. Rice and beans can be found and bought at any of the Wallmarts in Bloomington Normal. Rice and beans are most traditionally prepared and cooked in a steam pressured cooker. To have a nice meal of rice and beans you must first clean the beans and make sure to remove any dirt left in between the beans. Then add it to a cooker and let it sit for a while. Once you feel the beans are ready add the preferred amount of rice into the cooker with the beans and add the right amount of water. Let the rice and beans sit until cooked and ready to serve. Toppings like tomato paste are optional but very commonly used. Then serve in a plate and you will get as much protein from it as you would from meat. But if you wanted to just eat rice and beans with out any preparation you could go to Chipotle and they serve it there along with any topping of your choice varrying from lettuce to shredded cheese.
Vegetarian Tacos
Vegetarian tacos is a personal favorite for many different types of vegetarian people. The reason behind this is that it is a very diverse kind of food that everyone loves and it can be prepared in hundreds of different way with tons of different indgredients. To prepare vegetarian tacos at home you can either buy pre cooked and prepared frozen tacos from any Wallmart store in Bloomington Normal and heat it in the over for 9 to 11 minutes with the temperature set at four hundred and fifty fahrenheit degrees. But if you would like to prepare the food your self you would need to go shopping for the ingredients which can all be found at Wallmart. The main ingredients to make vegetarian tacos consist of the following, black beans, salsa, corn kernels, 4-6 inch tortillas, baby spinach leaves, cup jarred roasted red pepper strips, cup coarsely chopped cilantro, small green onions, and some feta cheese. Place the beans and salsa into a saucepan and simmer at medium low and cook them for five to six minutes until the best soften up. Now remove the beans and salsa from heat and mash them with a fork to be a creamy filling. In a separate pan heat the corn kernels over medium high heat, sprinkle some cumin and black pepper if desired and stir frequently for five to ten minutes until golden and crispy. Toast the tortillas in the toaster at 350 degrees fahrenhiet to soften them, or if desired tortillas can be baked for seven to ten minutes until crisp. Proceeding the preparation of the tortillas fill each one of the totrilas with the salsa mashed beans, the crisp corn, spinach leaves, red pepper strips, green onions and anything else desired. Then sprinkle shredded feta cheese over the tacos and they are ready to be eaten. But if one wanted to eat vegetarian tacos with out going through this process they could simply call or drive to Chipotle where they can have their vegetarian tacos professionally prepared just the way they like it.
Chinese Vegetarian Foods
Bean Stuffed Spring Rolls
Spring rolls are not very common among vegan foods but they are a very preferred choice among many vegetarians. It is fairly easy to prepare although it does require some cooking skills. One thing about it that vegetarians like very much is that it can be made into anything the eater wants it to be. all you have to do is chose your stuffing which can be anything from dried beans to fake meat to cheese to vegetables. But for the sake of this guide today we will explain how bean spring rolls are made. Bean stuffed spring rolls can be bought pre prepared at Wallmart from the frozen good isle, or the ingredients to prepare them can all be found at Wallmart. The basic ingredients required to prepare bean stuffed spring rolls are as follows: rice wrappers, kale, black beans, corn, potatoes, red onions but are not limited to there and anything else that is desired to be added by the eater can also be bought and added during the preparation process. First wet the desired amount of rice wrappers in one inch of water and soak them in the warm water for fifteen seconds, and then set to dry on some dry well absorbing paper towels. Now to prepare the stuffing one must first simmer the beans on low medium heat in a sauce pan for five to 7 minutes until beans soften then the beans can either be mashed or left as they are. The same can be done with the rest of the ingredients but that isn't very commonly preffered. Next the mashed beans must be slowly places into the middle of the rice wrapper. Then then the kale will be placed on top of the beans along with the corn, potatoes and onions. To wrap up the wrappers bring the bottom edge of the wrappers tightly over the filling, rolling the wrapper from the lower part to the upper top part until the upper most part of the wrapper is reached then stick the two ends together. Now repeat the process with the desired number of wrappers. Then place wrappers in over and bake for 15-20 minutes until wrapper in golden brown. Bean stuffed spring rolls can also be found at China Star in Bloomington Normal and can be ordered for delivery or pick up during work hours.
Tofu Lasagna
Tofu in general is one of the most commonly eaten foods eaten among vegetarian people and is one of the most preferred among all vegetarians. This is because tofu has an exotic different taste to it that most vegetarians can not access due to their incapabilities of not eating meat. Tofu can be prepared and cooked in many different way but one that is not very common but is worth trying is tofu lasagna. To prepare or cook this meal one must first preheat there oven to 350 fahrenheit degrees. Boil a large pot of slightly salted water for eight to ten minutes, then add the lasagna to boil along side with the water. Now as for the tofu you can add it onto the lasagna how ever you wish, you can mix it with a variety of eggs salts peppers nutmegs and milks. After you have the lasagna mixed with the tofu bake it in the preheated over for twenty five to thirty minutes and WALA! You have your self a healthy satisfying healthy meal. Another way to get tofu lasagna is either ordering it or picking it up from China Star in Bloomington during work hours.
