Recipes with oregano

I was out of Tofurkey Italian Sausage tonight and needed to substitute something else because I can't buy it. I had a cupboard full of Bob's Vital Wheat Gluten and some TVP, so I figured I'd try making it. When my hubby came home, he tried it and immediately said "Write it down! Write it down!" I guess he liked it!

Easy to make, takes no time, and tastes absolutely delicious. Juicy, cheesy and packed with flavors. It's perfect for lunch or supper.

Vegetarian chili dog rolls wrap a smoky, cumin-spiced TVP filling with sauteed peppers, mushrooms, and tomato inside soft homemade whole wheat yeast dough. Baked golden at 375F, they make 20 hearty rolls.

Brussel sprouts develop a deep flavor and retain their texture when roasted (no more mushy brussels sprouts). Then they're tossed with a flavorful quick and easy sun-dried tomato pesto.

This is a recipe I made for a food styling course from a cookbook. The assignment was to duplicate the look and feel of a recipe from a magazine or cookbook. This is a modified recipe that came from the book Healthy Appetite by Gordon Ramsay.

A hearty vegetarian version of my favorite soup. It's easy to make it vegetarian by using roasted vegetable stock instead of beef stock. By adding a leftover parmesan rind (I save them in the freezer for this soup) it adds extra flavor. (optional)

Great marinade for chicken in pita greek style, a salad or in pasta.

Buzzard's breath chili is a big-batch, no-beans Texas chili: a mountain of ground beef simmered with pure ground red chile, cumin and oregano, thickened with masa harina. A bold, meaty bowl of red for a crowd.

Not a good picture but any pic.is better than none. My beer bread comes out light and very tasty not dark like this.

Serve these kabobs as an appetizer with the sauce for dipping, or as sandwiches. Slather the sauce on warmed pita and place the chicken in the pockets along with sliced tomatoes and red onion.

A quick and easy one pan meal is perfect for a weekday supper when you don't have time to cook up a storm.

Garden zucchini chili simmers cubed zucchini, bell pepper, and beans with garlic, cumin, and chili powder for a quick vegan chili. A summer-garden bean stew that's ready in 50 minutes.

Use this when you find a recipe that calls for dried Caesar Salad Dressing mix.

Crustless salmon quiche: low-carb, gluten-free, weeknight-fast. Canned salmon, sharp cheddar, eggs and milk baked with fresh basil, tarragon, oregano, and parsley into a tender herb-flecked custard.

Too many zucchinis? Why not give this zucchini pizza a try? Instead of a pizza dough just use zucchini. Much less calories and very tasty!

Simple fresh flavors that marry perfectly together make this eye-pleasing personal pizza juicy and fresh. For the photo we used our own fresh pesto and made our own pizza crust from scratch, heck we even ground the flour ourselves in our flour mill. In a hurry? No worries, use a pre-made pizza shell and prepared pesto for delicious fresh pizza in a flash.