Carnival Potato Salad

3 cups cooked potatoes, warm, cubed
1/4 cup chopped pimiento
1/4 cup sour pickle, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon paprika
Combine potatoes, pimiento, pickle, and onion.
Toss with mayonnaise, salt, and paprika. Chill.
Serves 4.

Dijon Mushroom Potatoes

1 medium onion
1 sweet green bell pepper
1 small carrot
1/2 lb. mushrooms
1/2 cup stock or boullion
1 tbsp. dark soy sauce
1 tbsp. Dijon mustard
1 tbsp. cornstarch
freshly−ground black pepper
Chop the onion, deseed and chop the green pepper, peel
and grate the carrot and slice the mushrooms, halving them
across the other way first if they are large.
Saute the vegetables in the water or stock, in a large
frying pan, until most of the liquid is gone and the vegetables
are soft.
Mix the remaining ingredients together in a bowl, adding a
bit of water if you wish (makes a thinner sauce) and add to
the vegetables in the pan. Mix well and cook, stirring, over
low heat for about a minute until thickened.
Pour over hot, split baked potatoes (enough for about four
potatoes) with a crisp green salad on the side.

Vegetable Dip

1/2 cup reduced−calorie or light mayonnaise
1 1/2 cups plain non−fat or low−fat yogurt
4 scallions, chopped
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
2 cloves garlic, minced
One 10−ounce package frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained,
and squeezed dry
Raw vegetables for serving
In a bowl, combine all of the ingredients except the raw vegetables.
Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes to allow the
flavors to blend. Serve with cut raw vegetables.

Mediterranean Grilled Vegetables

1 pound Large onion
1 pound Red bell pepper
1 pound Green bell pepper
1 pound Yellow squash
1 pound Zucchini squash
1 cup Olive oil
1/3 cup Italian seasoning
Peel onions and cut top−to−bottom in large wedges. Cut tops from bell
peppers, remove core, and cut in large top−to−bottom pieces. Trim ends
from squash and cut in diagonal rounds, about 1/2" thick. Toss all
vegetables in a large bowl with olive oil and seasoning, breaking up the
onion wedges somewhat. Place in a single layer on a very hot grill
(watch out for the flare−ups!) and grill, turning occasionally, until peppers
are slightly charred and veggies are tender (about 5 minutes).
Serve immediately. These are also good refrigerated, then microwaved
to reheat.

Vegetarian Walnut And Mushroom Roast

1 sm Onion
1 c Mushrooms
1 tb Vegetable oil
1/4 c Walnuts
1/4 c Sunflower seeds
1/3 c Soymilk
1 c Whole wheat breadcrumbs
1/8 ts Sage
1/4 ts Sweet basil
Sea salt; to taste
--------CREAMY GRAVY--------
1/8 c Rolled oats
1/3 c Warm water
1 ts Vegetable oil
1/2 ts Yeast extract
-- (or more to taste) Chop the onion and mushrooms finely. Saute over low heat in the oil for about 3 minutes, until tenderized. Chop the walnuts coarsely. Grind the sunflower seeds finely. Add all the rest of the ingredients to the onions and mushrooms, and mix well. Transfer to a greased baking dish and bake in a 350 F (180 C)/ Gas Mark 4 oven for about 45 minutes. Serve with Creamy Gravy (see recipe below) if desired and seasonal vegetables. CREAMY GRAVY: Put the oats, water and oil in a liquidizer and blend thoroughly. Pour the mixture into a small saucepan and heat gently, stirring constantly until it has thickened. Stir in the yeast extract. If the mixture is too thick add a little more water. (N.B. This can be made earlier and reheated when serving the roast.) From: The Single Vegan - by Leah Leneman Typed for you by Karen Mintzias

Vegetarian Washed Lentils

1 c Lentils
2 1/2 c Water
Salt 2 ea Garlic cloves
1 ea Green chili, chopped
1 ts Black mustard seeds
3 tb Ghee
1 ts Cumin seeds
Chili powder Wash lentils thoroughly. Place in pot with the water & bring to a boil over medium heat. Cook about 10 minutes. Stir in salt, garlic, chili & mustard. Lower heat & simmer for 30 minutes till lentils are soft. In a skillet, heat the ghee & toss in the cumin seeds & chili powder. Top cooked dahl just before serving with ghee mixture.

Vegetarian Whole Wheat Burger Buns

2 pk Baking yeast
1/4 c Warm water
1 ts Molasses
2 c Soymilk
1/2 c Molasses
4 tb Dairy-free margarine, melted
3 c Unbleached flour
3 c Whole wheat flour
Add yeast and 1 teaspoon molasses to warm water; stir and let sit until bubbly. To a large bowl add soymilk, 1/2 cup molasses, melted margarine and salt. Stir in yeast mixture. Next add flour, one cup at a time. (Mix white and whole wheat flour together before adding). Stir well with each addition. Turn out dough on flat surface and knead about 5 minutes or so untl smooth and elastic, adding more flour, as necessary. Place dough into a greased container and cover. Let rise about one hour, in a warm location. Form into buns and let rise about 30 or 40 minutes on greased cookie sheets. Cover with plastic wrap that has been sprayed with non-stick spray. Bake in 350-degree oven about 20 minutes. Cool on wire racks. Note: Or form into two large loaves and bake 30 to 35 minutes. While bread is hot, bursh tops with melted margarine or spray tops with PAM, if desired. Recipe by Shirley Wilkes-Johnson