Cookbook talk:Vegetarian cuisine

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Dawn's Fish and Eggplant Curry Curry Sauce: 2 tablespoons of butter 2 tablespoons of flour 1 tablespoon of lemon juice 4oz. of vegetable broth 3oz. of half and half 2 teaspoons of curry

Melt butter in small sauce pan. Once melted, add flour while stirring it in. Add other ingredients and mix.

Fish and Eggplant: olive oil disired fish fillets disired amount of peeled and diced eggplant salt to taste lemon pepper to taste fresh parsley to taste minced garlic to taste

In a fry pan sautee the eggplant,lemon pepper, parsley, minced garlic,and salt in olive oil until brown. Remove from pan. In the same pan, add fish fillets. Add eggplant and then curry sauce. Cover until ready to eat. Fish and Eggplant Curry goes wonderful with rice.

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> , but unless they have a filling such as peanut butter or tofu slices, they provide inadequate protein on their own.

For some reason this criticism is often levelled at vegetarian foods, yet not levelled at meat eater diet foods, despite the fact that for both diets it is true but of no importance. Any healthy balanced diet does not mean eating only one food, and variation of protein intake from one meal to another is a non-issue.

> Eating in public places, like having lunch at work, can be a challenge.

I cant work out if this is a persdonal issue or a claim that beaing vegetarian is problematic. If the first, a textbook is probably not the ideal place for such things, and if the 2nd I've been to several countries and not found vegetarian eating out a challenge. This is especially so in the wealthier countries where such great variety is available.

> A bread rich in protein is always a good choice

Not so. Soy bread is usually a poor choice for a few reasons, which is why so few people eat it. Tabby 20:40, 27 August 2007 (UTC)