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I like to chop them up to make a paste and spread on my veggie burgers (usually black bean burgers) instead of ketchup. This goes especially well with cheese, avocado, lettuce, caramelized onions, and tomato.

I drink copious quantities of tea but never coffee (it is too bitter), and this tip really upsets me! I agree with the previous posters that you cannot get the coffee flavor out of the tea. We have one of those Keurig single cup coffee makers at work, and someone thought they were being nice by providing tea pods as well as the coffee ones. I tried it once, but NEVER AGAIN! The tea just tasted like coffee and it was horrible. Also, using the wrong water temperature and/or steeping time to make tea will lead to tea that is either flavorless or terribly bitter and astringent. Water kettle + french press and teapot is definitely the way to go if you don't want to have a bunch of appliances.

In Thailand, a single quail egg would be wrapped in a wonton skin and then fried until the skin crisped up (like cheese wontons but with a hard-boiled quail egg). They served these with a sweet and spicy dipping sauce. These were one of the few vegetarian street snacks I was able to find with any regularity.

Celery is great in stir fries (think kung pao). You could also use it to make broth or soup, or to make stuffing.

drool.

If you don't want to have fake meat, you can always stuff a vegetable... squashes and pumpkins are the first things that come to mind. They can be stuffed with a bread-based filling, other vegetables such as cabbage, or rice pilafs. To the stuffing base you can add fruits and nuts for extra bursts of flavor and texture.
You could also do lentils in puff pastry or something similar. Or one of the seasonal vegetable lasagnas (chard and butternut squash). Or some other yummy casserole.
I hope that helps!

I don't really like mushrooms, but I bet this would be quite good with seitan...

You could make a lot of things...
1.taco salad (meat eaters could add beef, veggie people can have fajita veggies and beans)
2. enchiladas (meat or cheese)
3.nachos
4. a rice and black bean casserole with tomatoes, bell peppers, garlic, and onions topped with cheese (serve with green side salad and pineapple)
5. meat tamales and bean/cheese tamales
6. quesadillas (chicken ones and mushroom/veggie ones)

... The list could go on. Whatever you do, be sure to have some fresh guacamole!

DURIAN!
Bleaughhh! I bought some in Bangkok and could not stand the smell or the taste. I made the mistake of throwing it out in the trash can in my guest room. When I came back a few hours later, the whole place smelled completely rotten, and I couldn't stand to be in the room for hours, even after we removed the offending trash can from the room! Ugh! Don't be fooled into eating one! It's completely wretched.