Tasty Veggy Recipes

Ingredients:
6 med. green peppers
2 cups cooked rice
1  egg, slightly beaten
1 cup chopped onion
1  can tomatoes
1 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 cup  bread crumbs or wheat germ
1 1/4 cup  grated Cheddar cheese
Method:

Cut off tops of peppers and remove and discard seeds.
Dice tops, discarding stems, and mix all ingredients, reserving 1/2 cup cheese.
Stuff peppers and place in a round microwave casserole. Put extra filling around peppers.
Peppers should fit tightly. Cover with plastic wrap, piercing 4-5 times for vents. Microwave on High 15 minutes. Sprinkle with reserved cheese. Cover; let stand 2-3 minutes. Then serve.

Paneer  Cheese or Chenna as its called. Easy to make cheese that is very healthy!

Ingredients:
Milk  5 cups
Yogurt 2 tsp.
Vinegar or lemon juice  1/2 tsp.

Method:
1.  Put the milk in a pan. Add the yogurt. Bring to boil.
2.  Reduce the heat. Add vinegar or lemon juice while continuously stirring the milk.
3.  Increase the heat. Keep stirring the milk till it curdles.
4.  Take the curdled milk off the heat. Keep it aside for 5 mins.
5.  Strain the curdled milk. Slightly squeeze the residue in the strainer so that almost all the milk whey is removed.
6.  Residue is called paneer (chenna).

Ingredients:
1 pizza dough
1-2 tablespoons semolina
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 bell pepper, thinly sliced
1 onion, thinly sliced
1 zucchini, thinly sliced
2-3 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon garlic infused olive oil
1-2 teaspoons mustard or pizza sauce
2 cups grated soft cheese (any type you like)
2-3 fresh mushrooms, thinly sliced
1 chopped fresh tomato, or 1/2 cup chopped Pomi
sea salt
freshly ground pepper
1 tablespoon minced herbs, such as Italian or Herbes de Provence
1/2 cup pitted black olives
fresh basil sprigs for garnish

Method:
Place crust on pizza peel, liberally sprinkled with semolina. Heat oven with pizza stone in it to 450-500 degrees. In meantime, slice and cook pepper, onion, zucchini, and garlic in olive oil a few minutes to soften and to start to brown just a little. Brush the crust all over with the garlic olive oil, and then spread with a very thin layer of mustard. Top with the grated cheese. Distribute the cooked vegetable mixture over the cheese, top with mushrooms, tomatoes, salt, pepper and herbs. Sprinkle with the olives. Transfer crust to the hot pizza stone and bake until the crust is crisp the the topping is bubbly, about 12-15 minutes. Garnish with basil and serve.

Ingredients:
1 kilogram bread flour
1 1/2 tablespoon salt
1/2 tablespoon sugar
1/2 ounce (15 grams) active-dry yeast
2.5 cups (.6 liters) lukewarm water
2 ounces (60 grams) canola oil

Method:
1. Sift flour into a large mixing bowl. Add remaining ingredients. Mix with an electric mixer until a unified ball of dough has formed.
2. Put the dough in an oiled bowl. Cover with a towel. Let rise in a warm place for 1 hour, or until doubled in size.
3. Punch down the dough. Knead the dough for a few minutes.
4. Preheat the oven to 200°C. Line 3 cookie sheets with parchment paper and spray with non-stick spray.
5. Break the dough into 3 portions, and roll the dough out until it covers the whole sheet.
6. Let the dough rise for another 10-15 minutes on the cookie sheets.
7. Spread olive oil and coarse sea salt on the dough. You can also spread chopped herbs such as thyme or rosemary on the dough.
8. Bake at 200°C for 15 minutes, or until golden on top.

For pizza, bake for 10 minutes without cheese, add cheese and then bake another 5 minutes.

Cut the bread into squares. Serve the bread hot out of the oven or at room temperature.