Vegetarian advice please

tessasmum

Wow - that is a great list, Catkins - thank you very much! I don't think she will starve with the help you have all given me - I knew this was the right place to start!

Caterina

I have just come across this article that you might like:

http://www.getthegloss.com/article/10-vegetarian-dinner-ideas

It has a few fancy ingredients but i am sure the recipes can be adapted to make them more OS.

determined_new_ms

I'm a fan of minimalist cooking! These are some of the meat free dishes I do that are quick, tasty & filling

aubergine bake is simple and delicious & very filling
potato, chickpea & spinach curry
veg lasagna/chilli
courgette, cream cheese & pasta

agree agirlcalledjack has lots of vegie recipes that are good and frugal

tessasmum

Just coming back to say thanks, and that we are eating well! This week has seen the menu include a butternut squash/potato/spinach curry, which they loved, and the rest of the butternut squash is going in to a butternut and chickpea stew tonight which I found on the Sainsbury's Homemade by You website. We have also had a cheesy pasta and broccoli bake which went down very well. I am making some use of Quorn mince, and no one is complaining about the food at the moment! Thank you for all your help x

Out,_Vile_Jelly

I've found the River Cottage Veg Every Day book to be very good (I got it for a fiver off Amazon).

I've been veggie for 25 years and have rarely bought the meat substitute products; perhaps they're for those who miss meat (I hated it since I was a baby!).

Anne_Marie_2

There are a few alternatives to Quorn mince which you may find a bit cheaper. I know that Asda do their own veggie mince in the freezer section, so other supermarkets may do the same. (I don't live in the UK any more so not up to date on this).

I'm not a great fan of meat substitutes, but find that veggie mince is rather good, especially when feeding a mixture of vegetarian and meat eaters.

Another alternative is dried soya mince which I know that you can buy from Holland and Barrett, although possibly available in supermarkets too.
http://www.hollandandbarrett.com/shop/product/neal-s-yard-wholefoods-natural-soya-protein-mince-60082699
There is a savoury variety too.

I buy this in the UK to bring back home with me, as I can't get veggie mince of any kind where I live, it's easy to transport and has a long shelf life.
It's not quite as chunky as Quorn mince, but it goes a lot further being dried, so ends up being much cheaper. It bulks up to about 4 times the dried weight, so 100g of soya mince would equal 400g of mince, or in old money terms 4oz would make 1lb of mince. Use it in almost any recipe that you would use for normal meat mince. Don't think it will work for burger/meatball recipes due to the high water content, but happy to be proved wrong.

Some recipes that I use with soya mince....

Spaghetti bolognese
Chilli con carne
Lasagne
Savoury mince & potato pie
Veggie Shepherd's pie
Moussaka (using either aubergines/courgettes or potatoes)
Layered tortilla bake topped with cheese
Stuffed pasta such as cannelloni