Need some new ideas for veggie meals

Chollita

I feel like I'm cooking the same old things all the time, please come up with some new ideas!

There aren't many veggie products available here (and what there is is expensive), so I'm cooking from scratch most of the time. Pulses are easily available, and you can buy huge bags quite cheap, so I'm thinking of batch cooking things like chickpeas. Just don't know what to do with them ...

We do eat eggs and dairy. You can get soya chunks and mince, but I'm not so keen on the chunks.

I would particularly love a good recipe for sausages if anyone has one.

God I miss Quorn ...

Ishtar

How about a roasted vegetable lasagne? Roast a load of peppers, aubergines, courgettes, etc, then use in place of the meat sauce in lasagne. Yummy!

LydiaSophia

Do a veggie sausage casserole. Chuck loads of veggies with tinned toms and stock into a big saucepan with browned sausgaes and cook. So so easy.

Also why not use the BBC recipe finder pages - they are great

daisyroots_2

How abut a Cassoulet ? That's cannelini beans with (veggie, obviously)sausages, either chopped in one inch peices, or whole. Other ingredients are tomato puree, garlic, onion, carrot, whatever you fancy. Long slow cook, etc.

Do you ever make lentil pate to spread on bread ? You don't have to prepare the lentils or pulses separately, but if you had a cup or two of - say - cassoulet left over, just mash it into a paté, add some olive oil or marmite perhaps, to make it tasty.

Roasted onions. Peel onions and cut into quarters, spread oil on a baking sheet, arrange onions on it, pop into the top of a hot oven for an hour or so. While you've got the oven on, pop some raw peanuts in a tray underneath, much nicer than those oily, commercially roasted peanuts.

Penelope_Penguin

Try searching for Gingham Ribbon's Vegetarian menu planners. She's done 3 so far, each based on seasonal ingredients.

Hoping for an Autumn one to be along soon!

Penny. x

Pink.

Hi Chollita,

These threads should give you some inspiration:

Gingham's Vegetarian Meal Planner

Gingham's vegetarian meal planner - SUMMER

Gingham's vegetarian menu planner SPRING

Husband gone Vegetarian... I need Ideas?!?!

A vegetarian meal planner, please

Vegetarian OSers

Cooking for the freezer - vegetarian

There are lots more but too many to list here. If you do a search titles only for vegetarian you should find them.

Pink

Penelope_Penguin

I knew that if I waited, there'd be someone along with the links :rolleyes:

Thanks, Pink :beer:

Chollita

Oooh thanks, there's some great ideas there.

vixtress

gingham ribbon is the veggie goddess, if she cant help you, no-one can!!

rockie4

Veggie Sausage and Sweet Potato Stew

Ingredients
1 medium sweet potato
3 'Cauldron Foods' Cumberland Veggie Sausages
300g tin canellinni beans
1 onion
Stick celery
2 carrots
Handful chopped fresh parsley
tsp paprika
tsp tomato puree
tsp balsamic vinegar
tbsp cornflour
1 veg oxo
garlic powder (or fresh garlic)
Procedure
Finely dice the onion and celery and fry gently in a spot of oil/frylite for 5 mins.
Add diced carrot, sweet potato and sausages (cut into 4 pieces) and brown sausage.
Add the canellinni beans and cover with water.
Add veg oxo, and the rest of the ingrediets (apart from the cornflour)
Simmer until the veg are cooked, then mix the cornflour with a little cold water and add to the pan to thicken (if necessary)
Bring gently to the boil. Adjust the amount of cornflour according to the thickness required.
This gives two enormous servings. You could also make it 3 servings for 3.5 points each.

Serve with green veg, or some crusty bread.

A really warming winter meal.
Serving Information

• Serves: 2

Lentil sausages

1 onion finely chopped
1 celery stalk finely chopped
1 red pepper finely chopped
175g red lentils
300ml veg stock – may need a bit more
1tbsp tomato puree
½ tsp marmite
75g fresh breadcrumbs
50g chopped nuts

Fry onion and celery in frylite for 3 mins, add pepper and lentils and cook for another minute. Add stock, puree and marmite, cover and cook for 20 until most of the liquid has been absorbed. Transfer to a bowl and add breadcrumbs and nuts, stir until well combined, season then leave to cool. Shape into sausages – makes about 12.
Spray with oil and either grill or fry for 8mins or bake for 20mins at 1800C

Variations:
Hot chilli – add 1 red and 1 green chilli with the lentils and ¼ tsp Tabasco with the puree.
Herb and garlic – add 2 crushed garlic cloves and 2tbsp chopped herbs with the lentils.
Spinach and pinenut – add 100g chopped frozen spinach instead of the red pepper and replace the chopped nuts with pinenuts.
Mushroom – add 100g finely chopped mushrooms instead of the red pepper.

I've got loads of veggie recipes if you want some more! :T

Perez

ROASTED VEGETABLE FARFALLE

1 Red Onion, cut into chunks

2 Plum or Beef Tomatoes, cut into chunks
3 Courgettes, sliced
2 cloves Garlic
5 tablespoons good Olive Oil
2oz Pine Kernels
Salt and freshly ground Black Pepper
12 oz Farfalle (bows)
Few sprigs Basil, torn
8oz Mozzarella Cheese, diced
2oz grated Parmesan

1. Preheat oven to 230’C, 450’F, Gas Mark 8. Place onions, tomatoes and courgettes in a large roasting tin.

1. Crush garlic over vegetables and drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with pinenuts. Season.

1. Roast in the hottest part of the oven, for 30 minutes, toss half way.

1. Meanwhile cook pasta as instructed on pack.

1. Drain pasta. Toss with vegetables, basic and mozzarella. Top with parmesan cheese.