This is just one recipe, but hopefully you all have similarly easy and cheap ideas.

  • 1 zucchini
  • Oil (whatever kind, but coconut oil works nicely)
  • Salt and pepper
  • Tortillas
  • Hummus (basically anything but Sabra or Tribe)
  • Kale (even if you hate kale, I promise you want it for this)
  • Grape or cherry tomatoes
  • Red onion
  • Vegan cheese (optional but recommended)
  1. Slice the zucchini in half lengthwise, then cut the halves into strips or cubes (I do cubes). Toss in a bowl with oil, salt and pepper. Heat a pan (ideally a grill pan, but it doesn’t matter much) over medium heat. Once it’s up to temp (splash with a little water and see if it evaporates), dump the zucchini in and spread it around the pan. Leave it alone for 3-5 minutes, then shake it all around and leave it for another 3 minutes. Transfer zucchini somewhere (directly onto your tortilla, if you did step 2 while cooking). Leave the heat on for later.

  2. For the tortilla, I spread a nice layer of hummus on one side, a slice of red onion (spread the rings around), some halved grape tomatoes (usually 4 does the trick, but adjust to taste), then a handful of kale.

  3. If using vegan cheese, I put it on the other half of the tortilla (usually just one slice of fake Swiss, but use your imagination).

  4. Finally, roll that bad Larry up and toss it back in the pan in which you cooked the zucchini, grilling/toasting both sides to get some much needed grease in your gullet.

A medium zucchini will get you two quite filling burritos, so it’s good for meal prep or high snacking or whatever.

  • loathesome dongeater
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    14 years ago

    anyone knows one for chinese-style tofu vegetable fried rice? right now i just dump soy sauce and ketchup and it tastes like a pale imitation of chinese food.

    • @SpeakerOP
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      24 years ago

      Soy sauce, rice vinegar, and a bit of sriracha is my usual go-to for stir fry. I suspect the acidity of the ketchup is just not enough, so the vinegar should give it a bit more oomph.

    • @BuffaloBones
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      24 years ago

      My best advice to you for this sort of question is to find chefs or channels which you trust and then check to see if they’ve covered the recipe you’re looking for.

      I’d recommend checking out this recipe from Chinese Cooking Demystified because they put out consistently high quality, no nonsense recipes.