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Vegetarian Recipe - Learn How To prepare This Hearty Cajun Red Beans and Rice Dish

Posted: Tuesday, February 22, 2011

by EJ
Beyond the Garden

You can never have too many vegetarian bean recipes. Beans are a great source of protein for vegetarians and vegans and can be prepared in a variety of ways. Try this simple one-pot Vegetarian Cajun Red Beans and Rice Recipe tonight for dinner.

As a vegetarian, meals that you need to consume to ensure you have a balanced vegetarian diet, may become boring and bland if you don't know what to do with them. Take beans for example. Beans are a perfect source of protein and are a low fat food, but if you do not have very good recipes to spruce up your bean recipes, you may stop consuming them all together. Here is a meat-free and simple Cajun Red Beans and Rice vegetarian recipe that is loaded with flavor. All you need are a handful of ingredients and a big pot or crock-pot and you will have a hearty vegetarian meal that you'll definitely enjoy.

Meat-Free Cajun Red Beans and Rice Recipe

Ingredients:

2 quarts of water
1 large chopped onion
6 mashed garlic cloves
4-5 vegetable bouillon cubes (this all depends on your sensitivity to salt and taste preference)
1 tablespoon of Tamari (optional)
1 tablespoon of Liquid Smoke
3 tablespoons of chili powder
1 tablespoon of ground cumin
1 tablespoon of ground coriander
½ teaspoon of cayenne pepper
2 cups of TVP
1 cup of brown rice
2 cups of dried red beans, rinsed

Directions:

1. Turn crockpot on and set to “low.” Add the water, chopped onion, garlic cloves, bouillon cubes, tamari, liquid smoke, chilli powder, cumin, corander, and cayenne pepper. Stir until the bouillon cubes are dissolved.

2. Next, add the TVP, brown rice, and dried beans, stir and cook on “low” for 6 ½ hours.

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http://www.vegetarianlikeme.com - EJ, as her friends call her, is the creator of Vegetarian Like Me, the vegetarian healthy lifestyle blog that has been designed to help vegetarians get the most out of their lifestyle by becoming healthier and more informed. She also enjoys cooking, and of course, eating great vegetarian food. To help vegetarians get comfortable with preparing healthy meals from their own kitchens, she decided to host and create Beyond the Garden. Beyond the Garden is an online vegetarian cooking experience that explores healthy but tasty vegetarian and vegan cuisines.

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