Veggie snacks

LittleTinker

Imp wrote: »

Scotch eggs, but made with sage and onion stuffing instead of the sausage meat.

This is a good idea for a snack but if a vegetarian were to eat them I would wonder what was wrong......if they are a vegetarian of conscience of course.

The absolute worst cruelty out of all the animals we have for food/meat is the cruelty given to battery hens.

Please please if you are to have scotch eggs, would you buy them made with free ranged eggs at least??

Proc

Do them a nice steak.

Mrs_Imp

LittleTinker wrote: »

This is a good idea for a snack but if a vegetarian were to eat them I would wonder what was wrong......if they are a vegetarian of conscience of course.

The absolute worst cruelty out of all the animals we have for food/meat is the cruelty given to battery hens.

Please please if you are to have scotch eggs, would you buy them made with free ranged eggs at least??

We would never even dream of getting anything other than proper free-range eggs, either from our friends, who have chickens, or from an approved farm. So I canot see anything wrong with a vegetarian eating veggie scotch eggs, after all eggs are not baby chickens until they've been fertilised.

Mrs_Imp

mummy_Jay wrote: »

or rabbit in the hole, just like toad in the hole but I fry up some sous mix to replace the meat sauages (they taste so much nicer than quorn sausages I find).

We do this with chunky cut mushrooms, onions etc instead of/as well as sausages. Very tasty.

Imp

LittleTinker wrote: »

This is a good idea for a snack but if a vegetarian were to eat them I would wonder what was wrong......if they are a vegetarian of conscience of course.

The absolute worst cruelty out of all the animals we have for food/meat is the cruelty given to battery hens.

Please please if you are to have scotch eggs, would you buy them made with free ranged eggs at least??

You can't actually buy vegetarian Scotch eggs (to the best of my knowledge), so if you wanted to use my suggestion, you would have to make them yourself, in which case you can choose any type of egg you want.

clw1

If they are arriving late then I'd check if they will have had dinner first before serving up a huge spread. But for a snack how about Tortilla's which are lovely either hot or cold
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2007/feta-and-pepper-tortilla

Or you could do pizza or pitta breads toasted & crudites with dips.

As for other meals there are loads of lovely veggie pasta dishes or you could do a veggie risotto (BBC good food has loads of ideas).

hngrymummy

Imp wrote: »

You can't actually buy vegetarian Scotch eggs (to the best of my knowledge), so if you wanted to use my suggestion, you would have to make them yourself, in which case you can choose any type of egg you want.

They are available, just not everywhere, mostly larger supermarkets.

Clw1 - now you've made me hungry. Off to the kitchen for a snack. yummy.

evespikey

Coming from a veggie myself whose mother-in-law cooks very traditionally, I wouldn't recommend being too obsessive about this and buying quorn/linda mcartney substitutes. If you don't usually cook with quorn, don't worry about it now.

DO think simple!

Light lunch/ snack:
-Jacket potatoes, beans, cheese, coleslaw
-Go mad with dips! carrot, cucumber and celery sticks, with crisps or nuts
-Don't forget salads (you can make these fancy with things like olives and shop dressing)

Main cooked meals:
-Vegetable lasagne (basic veg instead of meat i.e. carrot, aubergine)
-Quiche (Such useful dish! mushroom, tomato, cheese+ onion. Serve with new potatoes/ oven chips/ boiled veg)
-Pasta (sauces: cheese+mushroom, tomato+basil with salads)
-Risotto
-Noodles+stir fry veg with nuts

Hope all that helps.