Easy Veggies Rice and Cheese Recipe

This is one of my favorite things to make!  It is simple and easy and nutritious.  The raw taste of the veggies just brings it alive.  Outside of cutting up some vegetables and steaming them and the rice, it is not a hard thing to make.  It takes very little time. So, here's what I do with my recipe and you of course can create it in whatever way works for you.

Sometimes I use a veggie chopper to chop the vegetables up, but tonight I just cut them up.  It all depends upon what you have and what you want to do. The veggie chopper really makes cutting vegetables up so easy.  There is no right way or wrong way to do this. 

Cook time for the veggies and rice was around 45 to 50 minutes, but of course that depends upon your steamer.

You can use whatever vegetables you wish to use.  Your favorite veggies are the ones that work the best.  Tonight, I used broccoli,  cauliflower, carrots, green pepper, red pepper, and snow peas.

Quinoa, Burger Crumbles And Veggie Dish

Here is a recipe of something I made for a meal.  It was just one of those moment creative dishes.  While it is nothing fancy, it did taste very good and was simple to make.  You can alter it in any form that you like, but to give some framework, here is the recipe for Quinoa, Burger Crumbles and Veggie Dish.

Quinoa, Burger Crumbles And Veggie Dish

Ingredients:

• 2 Ears of Sweet Corn
• 1 Green Pepper
• 1 Yellow Squash
• 1 Zucchini
• 1 Broccoli Head
• 1 Bag of Burger Crumbles (Morningstar)
• 1 Cup of Quinoa
• 1/2 Cup of Parmesan Cheese (if desired)
• Spices (such as Pepper, Celery Salt or whatever you choose)

Directions:

Vegetable Lasagna

Here's my recipe for vegetable lasagna. Yes, this post is a little different but it is delicious food and well, that makes it great for the body!

When I make it, I put large quantities of chopped up vegetables. I use a vegetable chopper (click here to see picture). Although the one pictured appears to be for onions, we use it for just about everything and it makes cutting up veggies so much easier. I love this kitchen device.

Here's my recipe for Vegetable Lasagna. Add or subtract whatever veggies you want to put in it or ones that you might not like. The more vegetables, the better (at least in my view).

You'll have to play with the amount of vegetables that it will take and of course if I cut up too many vegetables for this, than we find another way to eat them up. Vegetables do not go to waste in our house!



Vegetable Lasagna

Bake at 375 covered for 50 minutes, removed cover and bake for 5 – 10 minutes more or until cheese melts. Let sit for a few minutes before serving

Ingredients:

· Broccoli (2 cups chopped)
· Zucchini
· Spinach (2 cups chopped)
· Carrots
· Pepper – Red
· Pepper – Yellow
· Pepper – Green
· Celery
· Yellow Squash
· Black Olives – Sliced – 2 small cans
· Basil
· Parsley
· Salt
· 2 Eggs
· 4-6 cups Mozzarella Shredded Cheese
· 1-2 cups Parmesan Cheese
· 16 oz Ricotta Cheese
· 2 Jars Barilla Marinara Sauce
· 1 box Barilla already cooked Lasagna Noodles


Directions

1) Chop up all vegetables and spices.
2) Melt 1 to 1.5 sticks of butter in a large skillet on high heat
3) Place vegetables in skillet
4) Cook vegetables until softened and cooked down
5) Mix 2 eggs, ricotta, 2 cups Mozzarella, 1 cup parmesan together
6) In a large 9x13x3 inch lasagna pan

· Spread 1 cup sauce on the bottom of the baking dish
· Layer 4 uncooked lasagna sheets
· Layer 1/3 ricotta mixture, half the vegetables, 1 C Mozzarella, 1 C Sauce
· Layer 4 uncooked lasagna sheets
· Layer 1/3 ricotta mixture, 1.5 Cups Sauce
· Layer 4 uncooked lasagna sheets
· Layer remaining ricotta mixture, remaining vegetables, 1 C Sauce
· Layer 4 uncooked lasagna sheets - top with remaining sauce, 1 C mozzarella, Parmesan



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