I Need Help!

dormy

nic82 wrote:

When you puree/blend vegetables, can you still taste them? I don't mind the taste of onions, I just don't like biting into them (I'm a weirdo, I know!) and I know that you need onion in most homecooked things for flavouring.

Do you have any recipes for stirfries? I've seen chinese vegetable mixes in the supermarket (I think they're Findus) but don't know how healthy these are. I know supermarkets also do fresh stirfry mixes containing beansproats, etc, but again, don't know how good these are, or whether I should just make my own. If I make my own, what vegetables are good to put in?

xxxx

You can't actually taste 'onion' but the flavour is there - if that makes sense!

I never buy the stir fry mixes because they work out too expensive. As a rough idea I use (not always all at the same time) onions, carrots, celery, peppers, baby sweetcorn or tinned sweetcorn, thin beans or petit pois or even a handful of frozen peas, mushrooms, courgettes, tomatoes, beansprouts, noodles - any combination of these. A good mix of colour is essential for taste

Fry them up in a wok with some hot oil and strips of leftover meat (or fresh if you prefer), splash on some light soy sauce or add a sachet of ready-made sauce. All done in around 15 minutes.

nic82

dormy wrote:

You can't actually taste 'onion' but the flavour is there - if that makes sense!

I never buy the stir fry mixes because they work out too expensive. As a rough idea I use (not always all at the same time) onions, carrots, celery, peppers, baby sweetcorn or tinned sweetcorn, thin beans or petit pois or even a handful of frozen peas, mushrooms, courgettes, tomatoes, beansprouts, noodles - any combination of these. A good mix of colour is essential for taste

Fry them up in a wok with some hot oil and strips of leftover meat (or fresh if you prefer), splash on some light soy sauce or add a sachet of ready-made sauce. All done in around 15 minutes.

Thank you - you're a star.

Why didn't I discover this site whilst I was at uni?!?!?

dormy

nic82 wrote:

Thank you - you're a star.

Why didn't I discover this site whilst I was at uni?!?!?

Better late than never!

Bet you can't guess what I've decided to do for tea tonight :rolleyes:

squeaky

Beans on toast?

dormy

squeaky wrote:

Beans on toast?

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Jay-Jay_4

Hi nic :wave:

I don't like the texture of onions either, but enjoy the flavour of them... and used to spend a good 10-15 minutes picking them out of meals. Now I blend them in my mini chopper and add them to practically everything. I found a lot of foods were really bland without onion and things are a lot more tasty now.

I got a stick blender with an extra attachment like this I use it all the time now. While I'm blending the onions I put my garlic in too (if recipe calls for it) as it saves on washing up and faffing about

nic82

dormy wrote:

Bet you can't guess what I've decided to do for tea tonight :rolleyes:

Hmmm, I wonder!!! :rotfl:

nic82

Jay-Jay wrote:

I don't like the texture of onions either, but enjoy the flavour of them... and used to spend a good 10-15 minutes picking them out of meals.

I know you mean. After about 15mins, I get fed up of it and then can't be bothered to eat my meal.

Jay-Jay wrote:

I got a stick blender with an extra attachment like this I use it all the time now. While I'm blending the onions I put my garlic in too (if recipe calls for it) as it saves on washing up and faffing about

I think I've got something similar from a Pampered Chef party that I went too. I can't remembered exactly what it is, as I haven't moved into my new place yet, so am everything is packed away so that I don't use it and then everything's new when I move in. I'm just going to look online and see if I can find out what it is. I'll be back......

nic82

nic82 wrote:

I think I've got something similar from a Pampered Chef party that I went too. I can't remembered exactly what it is, as I haven't moved into my new place yet, so am everything is packed away so that I don't use it and then everything's new when I move in. I'm just going to look online and see if I can find out what it is. I'll be back......

This is what I've got. I was wrong, it's not very similar to what you've got at all. It's just a chopper. :doh:

Definitely worth buying myself a blender me thinks.

Jay-Jay_4

nic82 wrote:

This is what I've got. I was wrong, it's not very similar to what you've got at all. It's just a chopper. :doh:

Definitely worth buying myself a blender me thinks.

It 'might' chop things fine enough for you to get away with it :think:

I use my stick blender for making yorkshire pud batter and used it for both my babies when they were being weaned. I also make soup and blend it (don't like lumpy soup ). I've had it for 6 years and I've used it for all kinds of things, it doesn't take up much room either.