vegetarian stuffed vegetables...

[phoenikia]

What are your favourite vegetarian stuffings for tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, grape leaves and cabbage? I usually fall back on a dill,tomato and rice combination.
Looking for some inspiration....

[lexpatti]

I can never find this recipe on line but make it often because it's sooo good. It's a rachael ray, where she grilled a huge portabello with olive oil and rosemary, then made up a simple panzanella salad with tomatoes, chunks of celery, chopped port mush, cilantro, shaved parm, stale chunks of bread, fresh lemon juice and olive oil. Piled this high on the grilled port. bella mush. Soooooo awesome!!!

[cheesecake17]

That sounds delicious- light and simple but filling.

I once made portobello 'sandwiches' fillied with blue cheese and sundried tomatoes. The whole thing was pressed in a grill pan.

[lexpatti]

YUM!!!

[lexpatti]

I did find it!!!
http://www.rachaelray.com/recipe.php?...

[cheesecake17]

Wow it looks like a really easy recipe. But whenever I grill mushrooms in a grill pan, it takes MUCH longer than 5 minutes per side!

[JerryMe]

Quinoa stuffed peppers.

[nemo]

Beans are a good sub for the rice. I like canellini or great northern and chick peas work well, too.

[BamiaWruz]

i like to do rice (raw) yogurt), lots of fresh mint, a little dry mint, lots of garlic and olive oil.

Also can do just rice, olive oil and garlic.

Rice, tomato, chopped mint, parsley, cilantro, corriander, ground clove, ground lamb (or beef) (raw, unbrowned)

Pomegranate molasses (and or lemon juice) goes into the water poured over to cook it all.

For a variation on zucchino or eggplant, you can do browned beef or lamb with garlic, onion, pine nuts, cinnamon, stuff the fried vegetable boats and arrange in casserole. Cover with either a tomato sauce or a creamy bachamel sauce and bake.

[LauraGrace]

Toasted sourdough bread cubes, lots of garlic, chopped wilted greens, caramelized onions, red pepper flakes -- for tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini. For cabbage I really do like tomato and rice-based stuffing.

[phoenikia]

I haven't tried stuffing eggplants, tomatoes or zukes with a sourdough-based stuffing. Will have to give it a try. Thanks!

[twilight goddess]

I *like* the idea of stuffing with sourdough bread cubes! great!

[lexpatti]

I recently saw a fantastic recipe for stuffed red onions and can't wait to try it

[phoenikia]

Sounds interesting. If you make it, please mention how it turns out!

[piccola]

Don't know if you dig blue cheese, but these look awesome (and you could always switch cheeses): http://www.choosy-beggars.com/index.p...

[phoenikia]

I love blue cheese! Thanks piccola ;-)

[piccola]

You're welcome! I love soufflés for stuffing veggies -- such an unexpected twist.

[lexpatti]

very nice, these look fantastic (once my renovation is done)

[phoenikia]

bumping an old thread in search of some new ideas for vegetarian stuffed vegetables.

Looking for something with a lot of flavour, possibly Middle Eastern or Mitteleuropean/Eastern European flavours.

I have lots of baby eggplants, so if you have any stuffed eggplant recipes, please share ;-)

Thanks for any of your suggestions ;-)

[Dommy]

The standard middle eastern stuffing is Bulgur. Mix in some pomegrante molasses in after its hydrated and dried and it's SO good...

a good filling for eggplant is... Eggplant Caviar! :D Think Twice Baked potatoes... SO GOOD...

http://www.freshtart.net/Eggplant-Cav...

--Dommy!

[phoenikia]

Will have to pick up a new bottle of pomegranate molasses and give that a try.

I ended up doing a Eastern Aegean style filling tonight, and it turned out great. I eyeballed everything, so not sure about exact measurements.
Filled 6 small eggplant halves and 4 shepherd peppers (placing them on their sides, and cutting a lid out of the top 1/3 of pepper) with this filling: arborio rice, olive oil, some roma tomatoes, eggplant innards (cubed, salted, drained for 15 minutes, then pressed to remove liquid), cinnamon, cumin, sweet Hungarian paprika, crushed red pepper, fresh dill, parsley, sauteed onion, chopped pistachios and currants. I parcooked the rice with the tomatoes, onion, white wine some water and spices, for about 15 minutes, before stirring in other ingredients and stuffing the vegetables. Poured some water over the vegetables. Baked at 325 convection on for just under an hour. Best Eastern Aegean Greek style vegetarian stuffed vegetables I've made to date!

[Dommy]

Woah... good.work. :D

[cheesecake17]

I made this last week- halved Indian eggplants lengthwise and scooped out the insides. Sauteed a large onion, a red pepper, the eggplant, and stirred in salt, pepper, fresh parsley, and roasted garlic. I brushed each eggplant half with olive oil before stuffing with the eggplant mixture. Then baked till the eggplant shells were tender.

[healthybeet]

Cooked beets stuffed with asparagus tips soaked in french dressing. No further cooking required.
Serve on lettuce or any greens. Refreshing and pretty!

[phoenikia]

I've never tried stuffing beets before.

Do use a homemade French dressing/vinaigrette made of olive oil/vinegar/sometimes mustard, or the bottled orangey-red French dressing?

[LisaPA]

I was going to make rice-stuffed zukes last week, but discovered my leftover rice had gone bad. So I made a quick batch of whole wheat couscous and used that instead of rice. It was nutty and a little crunchy.

[Dommy]

We made a stunning stuffed Butternut Squash a couple of weekends ago. It's a Jaime Oliver Recipe from his Naked Chef Cookbook and made a great filling entree (Especially since I used LOTS Of mushrooms! :))

--Dommy!

[Smokey]

orzo and feta, whatever spices look good, stuffed in a tomato.

[phoenikia]

Thanks for the great suggestions....
hadn't thought about using corn or lentils before...
but since I didn't have any corn or lentils on hand, I'll save those ideas for my next 2 batches.
Ended up using a stuffing usually used for grapeleaves...
rice, pine nuts, raisins,dill, garlic, onions, but added the insides of the tomatoes....pretty good.

[dosalover]

Hi, How about corn? I like to cut the tops off the tomatoes, scoop the seeds out, rub some oil on the outside, and nuke them till the skin is just wrinkled. For the stuffing, I mix steamed corn with cilantro, celery, peppers, cumin powder, salt, pepper and parsley, and stuff the tomatoes with this. It is a sort of salad-like, but looks and tastes good, and is very fast and easy to make.

[piccola]

My standby is lentil stuffing. For a sturdier filling, I leave the lentils whole (but cooked down, like daal) and add whole wheat breadcrumbs. For a more delicate filling, I purée the lentils with silken tofu and a little flour to bind.

[emilief]

If you make stuffed tomatoes, zuccchini and eggplant you can scoop the insides from all of them, puree in the blender, sautee onions and garlic in oil and add the puree with raw rice; cook until rice is soft; stuff the veggies and drizzle with oil or melted butter and dust with breadcrumbs. Bake in a moderate oven for 1 hour.

[PseudoNerd]

Fresh mozzarella doesn't contain rennet-- you could stuff a "sturdier" vegetable with some of that, herbs, and salt/pepper.

I'd almost suggest adding garlic as well, but it'd probably overpower the other flavors :/