recipe ideas?

MILLYMOLLY
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Hi my 16 yr old son has got to make a vegetable dish in cooking tomorrow and the recipe he's brought is for stir fry and includes mangetout, baby sweetcorn etc, all quite expensive ingredients and I wondered if anyone had any alternative suggestions. It doesn't have to be stir fry
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Starting to save £2 coins again, but it is a struggle:rotfl:Not doing very well keep spending them
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pasta nd HM sauce maybe
HM quiche with cheese and onion
vegetable bake
or simply egg and chips lol only joking0 -
Maybe you could substitute the baby corn with frozen sweetcorn and the mangetout with frozen green beans?0
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Any vegetable can be used in a stir-fry (although I wouldn't fancy potatoes) but the real skill for a 16 year-old would be in cutting and shredding them finely enough to cook quickly0
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How about a vegetable risotto
A soup
veggie curry
veggie lasagne
pea and potato samosas
Stirfry using red cabbage, red onions, peas, or whatever you have to hand
a cheesecake made with crushed cream crackers for the base some philli cheese (I use sainsbugs own at 25p a tub) mixed with a little cream or plain yoghurt with veggies added to the mix - chill and serve with a garnish of fresh parsleyBlessed are the cracked for they are the ones that let in the light
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Substitute tinned sweetcorn for baby sweetcorn
carrots cut into matchsticks for beansprouts
green beans for mangetout (or use frozen peas) etc. etc. Just use your imagination.
I suspect the more expensive versions have been chosen because they require less preparation - just throw in and stir round. Could you cheat and help prepare things a little; or at least show him how its done the cooking skills taught in D and T these days are laughable and a whole vegetable like an onion or carrot is probably unknown territory!0 -
What about something with chick peas? We often cook a chick pea stew type thing with rice. Would be cheap, you can throw anything in - just use tomatoes as a base. Would recommend using some herbs and spices, paprika works well.
Also stuffed veg - peppers and mushrooms are fab
What about a bake of some sort? Tempura veg? Beanburgers? Onion tart? lentil shepherds pie? butternut squash soup?
I did a vegetarian meal for home ec, cant remember what I did now
Im sure you will find something. The vegetarian society have a great website with loads of recipes.0 -
we do some cooking at home, he also has dyspaxia so fine cutting isn't one of his strengths. thinking of minestrone soup or veg chilli/curryStarting to save £2 coins again, but it is a struggle:rotfl:Not doing very well keep spending them
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Pasta and broccoli bake? (In a cheese sauce, baked off til golden on top)
Boulangerie potatoes (as a side dish, rather than a whole meal, though we often have this as a meal on its own)
Veggie chilli?
Tuscan bean stew (if you search there's a few recipes on here)
Hope you find something suitable!
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oooh I had a recipe for brocolli, leek and pea cobbler which is to die for. It involves next to no chopping. Basically make a white sauce and pour over softened veg and add you add dumplings whilst cooking. Its from my student cookbook so must be easy ;-)0
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