because I'm tired of spending all my time cooking

[tim]

Dear interwebs:

I'd like to know your favorite vegetarian recipe that takes less than 30 minutes (even better if it's less than 20 minutes) to prepare. Go!

edited to clarify: Must be 30 minutes from zero to ready to eat (that is, I'm not distinguishing between active prep time and passive waiting time).

Comments

[mryn]

Red beans and rice. Cooking the rice would probably be the longest part and possibly go over the 30 min limit for brown rice. I don't have a written recipe for the red beans - I just chop an onion fairly fine, saute them in olive oil in a biggish saucepan (could saute some kind of pepper or celery in here at the same time, I just rarely have them around), add seasonings (lots of sage, celery seed, some oregano, some cayenne or other red pepper, maybe some thyme), then add red beans (I use canned, drained and rinsed). Simmer for a while, then mash up some of the beans to make more of a creamy base. Add fakemeat if desired (I throw in chopped-up fake sausage patties or fake meatballs). Serve over rice. Douse liberally with Tabasco.
You'll probably need to experiment with the seasoning to figure out how you like it - I sometimes also add tomato paste.

Pretty much all my quick food involves canned beans - red beans, black beans (pretty much the same recipe as above, but with cumin and coriander and chipotle as the spices, and I mash them completely), hummus. Trying to do more with lentils...