What can I cook for my veggie friend?

AnnieH

My (veggie) friend and her (meat-eating) children are comng to tea next week, and I'd love to cook a meal that we would all love. I don't have a clue about veggie cooking, and I need your OS help, please.

Any ideas/recipes would be fab. Thank you in advance

Gingham_Ribbon

Try this meal planner for ideas.

abaxas

Why not do mexican wrap thingies?

The only difference is you do the chicken seperate to the veggies

kunekune

We've started eating vegetarian 2 times a week. Last night I made a chilli with aubergine and black beans, which was delicious (and there are two more meals worth of it in the freezer). Tomorrow I'm doing a vegetable stew with cheesy dumplings. Or maybe a broccoli and cheese tart. Other yummy meals we've had recently include a curry with mushrooms and potatoes, served with rice & lentils cooked together, and a kedgeree made with lentils instead of fish and boiled eggs (we have a lot of pulses to use up). None of these even need a meat-eater's option, they are delicious as they are.

InDebted2U_2

kunekune wrote: »

We've started eating vegetarian 2 times a week. Last night I made a chilli with aubergine and black beans, which was delicious (and there are two more meals worth of it in the freezer). Tomorrow I'm doing a vegetable stew with cheesy dumplings. Or maybe a broccoli and cheese tart. Other yummy meals we've had recently include a curry with mushrooms and potatoes, served with rice & lentils cooked together, and a kedgeree made with lentils instead of fish and boiled eggs (we have a lot of pulses to use up). None of these even need a meat-eater's option, they are delicious as they are.

They all sound yummy. Any chance you could let me have your aubergine and black bean chilli recipe? Sounds like a good variation on one of our favourites.

pajama

How about a vegetable Lasagne or a creamy mushroom Lasagne served with salad and garlic bread. Lasagne is always popular with kids.

Berni888

One of my RSS Feeds is to Jeenas Kitchen, I can highly recommend the site to browse, gives step by step pictures for the recipes and includes recipes that are Gluten free or eggless for example. Had a quick look and saw this one for Veggie Kebabs

http://jeenaskitchen.blogspot.com/2007/12/vegetarian-kebab-recipe.html

Also on this forum there was a post which gave a meal plan which had the recipe for spicy bean and sweet potato stew

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1391775

Hope you have a lovely meal together

belfastgirl23

3 bean chilli in wraps with salad, guacamole and sour cream. For the chilli just chop an onion or two, fry gently for a bit, add garlic and chilli powder, then add in several tins of beans and a tin or two of tomatos depending on quantity. for beans I usually use red kidney and cannellini. A tip I got from here is to also used washed off baked beans, cheapest possible, these mush up and thicken the chilli. Simple and very tasty

kunekune

Mine was based on something by Simon Rimmer, but it's not exactly the same.

Chop up one or two aubergines, into 1 inch cubes. Fry until golden in veg oil - no need for fancy oil with this one. Take out and put to one side. Add chopped onions to the pan, I also included courgettes (they were in the veg box too!!!). Season with cumin, coriander, cinnamon, salt and LOTS of chilli powder or paste. Add tinned tomatoes, 1 or 2 depending on how much you have made. Once it's bubbling nicely, add in some garlic paste (I use the stuff in tubes, if you don't, put it in earlier) and double check for chilli-ness. Put the aubergines back in. Cook for about 15 mins, then add in 2 tins worth of drained and rinsed tinned black bean. Cook for another 5 mins, check seasoning again and then serve with rice/bread/cornbread or whatever you like.