Tons of vegetables to use quickly!! Help please!

mackidee

This is my Leek & Potato recipe:- this quantity makes about 10 portions.

750g leeks
1.25k potatoes
400g grated carrot
50g vegetable bouillon (or a couple of stock cubes)
3.5L water
fresh (or dried) parsley

Sweat all the veg over a low heat for 5 minutes, add the water,bouillon and seasoning to taste,bring to the boil then turn down and simmer for 45 minutes.
Skim,add the parsley and thats it.
Turns out nice every time,and freezes well.

In_for_a_Bargain

You could always do a bubble and squeak for a change from soup.

billieboy_2

piefacerecords wrote: »

Ah fab, thank you I forgot that I could make nice smooth soups now as we got a blender the other week. Hooray!

I guess I could do tomato and basil or something similar as well then, as I have about 300 tins in the cupboard. Hmmm... bye bye weekend!

Any ideas what I could do with the broccoli? I love it but never know what to put it in. Usually have it raw in salads or fried in olive oil and garlic with other stuff.

Make a broccoli and cheese soup (doesn't have to be stilton though that's nice). I did it the other day with philadelphia low fat cheese - made it really creamy.

mackidee

And if you want to use up some broccoli and are in the mood to make lots of soup!.......

Cream of Cauliflower and Broccoli

50g veg bouillon
3L water
200g marg
200g plain flour
800ml semi skimmed milk
675g cauliflower florets
675g broccoli florets

Boil veg in the water,drain and reserve the cooking water
Melt the marg,add the flour and slowly add in the cooking water to make a roux
Add the bouillon,bring to boil,and simmer for 30 minutes.
Add the cooked veg and blend the soup.
Add the milk before serving and reheat.

Another yummy soup,and again this is a generous quantity for freezing.

billieboy_2

I often put broccoli in with a macaroni cauliflower cheese recipe (which I'm cooking tonight as it happens!).

Lindylou54

I often steam broccolli and cauliflower, put it on a bed of cooked tagliatelle then cover with cheese sauce, sprinle some cheese on the top and bake in the oven. Delish

Penelope_Penguin

Hi there :beer: We have a recent thread on how to use up a fridge full of vegetables. I'll add this one to it so that ou can see all the other suggestions

Penny. x

tootiefrooties

All great ideas... does it still count as MSE if i rush out to buy more veg to make them all...?

The reason I'm doing loads of soup is that I don't make it very often, and tinned/packet stuff is crap, so it'd be good to have a load of it in the freezer for when I can't be bothered to cook, or it's just me eating at lunchtime or whatever.

Thanks for all the suggestions

Lil2002

piefacerecords wrote: »

2- Any other suggestions on what I could make except soup? I have leeks, broccoli, mushrooms, onions, corn on the cob, potatoes (not many) and carrots.

How about a vegetable pie? Chop whichever vegetables you have, and mix with two beaten eggs, some cheese (I've used Parmesan, cheddar and feta, what ever you have in), salt & pepper. You can either have the pastry in a pie dish, or if you are feeling rustic, just crimp up the edges to seal the mixture in.

200 C for about 40 minutes should do it.

And if you want to impress, the Italians call it a Torta d'erbe.

paddy's_mum

As my family's revered Queen of the Soups, here's a little tip for the soup makers among you. I keep a close eye on the New Covent Garden Food Co packaged soups. Their excellent soups are very much linked to what is in season. The one I bought today (steady OS'ers - it was heavily reduced to only 50 pence a carton!) is called Summer Vegetable soup.

A quick glance at the list of ingredients (which by law has to be in order of weight or bulk) gives what is included - potatoes, onions, broccoli, broad beans, courgettes, peas, spinach, mint, garlic, thyme, black pepper.

An easy way to get a new recipe and you don't even have to buy the pack to get it. Hope that may give someone some new ideas.