There are so many ways to cook rice. If you are not having enough time and want something simple or maybe you want to be more environmental friendly, this might the thing you are looking for.
Mixing tofu and fruit to make a quick and simple dessert. There is no cooking required at all. For those who do not like soy or tofu, this dessert might be suitable for them. The blended tofu’s texture is so creamy just like yogurt and the strawberries lend its sweet taste and freshness to make it so delectable. A great healthy dessert for kids who do not like fruit. Strawberries bits can be added, if desired.
Abalcone Mushroom Noodle / Lor Mee
Again, this is a very quick and simple dish which everyone can do. You can replace spices salt with curry powder with pinch of salt added or just salt and pepper. It is a delectable dish.
This is another way to cook tofu or beancurd. If you consume garlic or shallot, you can get these “heat-up” curry tofu cubes from the supermarket. Otherwise, you can whip it up, it is rather simple. Substitute curry leaves with lemongrass, if desired or totally omit them if you could not get these herbs.
Wolfberries have antioxidant qualities, nourish the yin, strengthen the eyes, and help support the kidneys, liver and blood. It is commonly use in Traditional Herbal Soup. 
Firm Tofu/Beancurd before cooking / Cut Deep-Fried Tofu 
Tofu diced prior to deep-fried
If you are tire of cooking, you might want to have a light and simple salad like this. To make it more colourful, just add some cherry tomatoes and sprinkle some sesame seeds.
I didn’t know that minty mayonnaise can be so nice and refreshing until I had a chance to have it at one of the Vegetarian eateries here. So, I decide to make this using Su Xian Zi brand (www.suxianzi.com) salad cream which is suitable for vegan and vegetarian. As for the peppermint flavoured syrup I used the type that is for Bubble Tea. As the mint syrup contains sugar, therefore, I didn’t add any sugar in the ingredient. 
Marrow Green Soup with Crab Mushroom
Quite a common dish that you can find at the vegetarian stalls. Usually they will add vegetarian ham or vegetarian hotdog to this dish. Nothing difficult at all, you may want to give it a try. It goes well with rice and kids love it. You can even steam the potatoes and later mix in with the bake bean, if desired. 
Incredibly simple and healthy one-pot meal. What you need to do is to have a rice cooker and just dump all the ingredients in and leaves everything to it. Light soy sauce, vegetarian oyster sauce, seasoning or sesame oil can be added, if desired. You may even opt to use Brown Rice. The vegetarian mushroom I used in this recipe is the seasoned mushroom from Yuan Jen Product range. If you cannot find this, just substitute with 2-3 dried mushrooms or fresh mushrooms.
The usual way to maintain the lovely colour of eggplants is by blanching them in oil, but for this recipe I used water instead, for a healthier dish. Eggplants can soak up oil very easily and if you love stir-fry eggplant and do not want the huge intake of oil, maybe you can tried out this dish with some compromising. 
I fell in love with fruity soy milk shake! Still a long way to become a Fruitarian, although I love to stock up different type of fruits at home – Watermelon, apples, oranges, bananas, honey dew, kiwi, green and ripe mangos, pears … I ‘drink’ these fruit instead of eating them most of the time. Try this. It is a little bit thick but you can always add more soy milk. My boy suggested that the ratio of avocado to mango should be 1:2, to have a stronger mango taste. I’m going to try it out next round. Preparation: 5 mins
Ingredients (serves 2)
° ½ ripe avocado, peeled and chopped
° ½ ripe mango, peeled and chopped
° 250ml-300ml fresh soy milk (reduced sugar)
Method
1. Combine all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth and creamy. Chilled or serve with ice.
Tofu Sandwich, anyone? It is simple, just pan-fried the firm tofu (halved from side way). After that, place some toasted seaweed, tomatoes slices, cucumber slices, lettuces, vegetarian ham and sprinkle some sesame seed on top. What to add to the filling, is all personal preference.
Avocado & Mango Temaki with pickled sushi ginger 
I read this from Reuters - Health News - “Students who ate an adequate amount of fruit, vegetables, protein, fiber and other components of a healthy diet were significantly less likely to fail a literacy test, Dr. Paul J. Veugelers of the University of Alberta in Edmonton and colleagues found.”
This is incredibly simple and easy dish. Just place some enkoi mushroom on a piece of vegetarian ham and roll up. Secure with spring onion or a toothpick. Next brush some olive oil on it and toasted them in the Toaster Oven for 10 mins or just bake or grill them.
Nothing new, just a combination of avocado, rice and pickled ginger. For this recipe, I used brown rice instead of plain rice or sushi rice, to replicate the colour of the avocado’s seed. After making these, I just feel like stuffing a ball of brown rice into the stoned avocado and serve with pickled sushi ginger. If you prefer, you can make it into Avocado Temaki (hand rolled sushi) and garnish with crispy fried shredded ginger, it is real simple. 
I had this in Malaysia and now trying to recreate this. The one that I had does not use Tom Yum paste at all, I guess seasoning is been used. You may have it plain, if desired. If deep-frying is not your option, no worry, just bake or toast it after spraying or brushing some oil on them! Instead of using egg which is the normal practice to “seal” it, I added water to the Tom Yum Paste. And this makes it Vegan Friendly!
Preparation: 8 mins
So simple! I used chilli black bean, a product which I just discover and is a vegetarian product. I had used the chilli black bean to stir-fried power bean. 
This is quick and easy to prepare and inexpensive. Reduce calories by baking rather than deep-frying these tofu croquettes. 
This recipe is inspired from the Korean dish - Bibimbap @ Wikipedia, which is a healthy and nourishing one-pot meal. Meat and egg are omitted for a vegan version. Usually, the vegetables are either seasoned or sautéed. However, I have left the carrot and cucumber raw, to save work, lazy me! Blanched or sautéed the carrot and add some seasoning, if desired. If you can’t get the vegetarian mushrooms, just sautéed some fresh shiitake mushroom. What’s next? Just mixed the rice and vegetables well, sprinkle with some chilli flakes! Enjoy the mixed rice. 
This is a recipe inspired by Chow Vegan's Crispy Baked Tofu @ Crispy Baked Tofu. I used vegetarian fish slice instead, which does not required any marinate. I used batter instead of egg to ‘hold’ the breadcrumbs. I added some oil in the batter and breadcrumbs, as I do not have any oil spray.
I found this recipe at Chow Vegan’s Blog - Crispy Baked Tofu and was so tempted to try it. This is another easy way to cook tofu, if you do not like deep-fried tofu. I did it with some variation and toasted it in the toaster oven. As this is a vegan recipe, I omit egg and replace with batter to ‘hold’ the breadcrumbs. Marinate the tofu with spice salt or curry powder or seasoning, if desired. I added some oil in the batter and breadcrumbs, as I do not have any oil spray. Take a look at Chow Vegan's Crispy Baked Tofu.
This is another no-cook dish. I came across a non-vegetarian recipe on summer roll with meat floss. Therefore, I decide to make a vegetarian version summer roll using vegetarian golden pumpkin meat floss and omit the prawn or crabmeat and pork. It is yummy with crisp fresh vegetable plus herbs (the mint leaves, coriander leaves). To speed up the process, you can choose to cut the carrot and cucumber in strips or slices, wrap it just like the sushi hand roll. Oh yeah, never forget the mint leaves, it brings out the flavour of the summer roll. 
After Baking
Was curious how to make the vegetarian noodle prawn and try it. As I did not have wonton noodle at home, so I just made do without using it to tie the vegetarian noodle prawn. Use granulated mushroom bouillon or any other vegetarian seasoning to replace the spice salt if desired. Decided to toast it instead of deep-fry for a healthy dish and it is much simpler. 
Lately I have been very busy and also getting very lazy. I just dump my 2 serving of fruits into the blender and few moments later, my precious Watermelon and Honeydew juice is ready. Nothing is wasted, all the fiber of the fruits are in the drink itself. You don’t need to be that exact on how much each fruits to use, just adjust to your liking. 
This is a simple tofu seaweed roll. You may want to wipe the beancurd sheet thoroughly to remove the saltiness. If not, just omit salt in the filling. Just add any other ingredients such as carrot, water chestnut, pumpkin or mushroom to the mashed tofu, if desired.
Chayote - pronounced [chah-YOH-teh], is an edible plant belonging to the gourd family can be eaten raw or cooked. In this recipe, I use chayote and pum
