Reverse Meal Planning

Pyxis

Wraithlady said:

Having received a veg box on Thursday (which I forgot I'd ordered), I have a lot of veg to use.
Along with the leftover chicken thighs which have been marinading for a day or two, I intend to do chicken stir-fry tonight. Lunch was salad with halloumi, the last of the cherry tomatoes, herbs from the garden ,half the lettuce and croutons from the stale remains of a loaf. Rather nice, if I say so myself.
Carrot cake for pud tonight (we now have a load of carrots, and it's not really soup weather). 
Does anyone know what to do with celariac?

Siebrie said:

Celeriac: cut finely and cry. It Will go sweet. Or cube and use insoup.
Or peel and cut in 1cm slices, boil for à bit, pat dry, rub with garlic (optional), fry one side, turn over, melt cheese on the top. 

I tend to chop it up and add it to stir-fries or to a veggie pasta sauce.
You can roast it as well, like potatoes, or boil and mash it.

joedenise

Celeriac remoulade is lovely.  We have it quite often when we're on holiday in France.  Found a BBC recipe for it:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/celeriacremoulade_77607

ToastLady

I made a cauli and potato bake yesterday which was really tasty, and enough for 3 meals for me, had some last night, same again tonight, and one portion in freezer. I put the details on https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3571159/vegan-store-cupboard-challenge/p42 
I am vegetarian, not vegan, but many of my meals turn out to be vegan. Even more so now, as using sunflower oil a lot, rather than butter, to save what butter I have for important things, such as toast and on sandwiches, when nothing else will do.
Posted some other recipes on that thread for Scottish oatcakes and a lemon loaf, both using sunflower oil (other vegetable oils are fine too, just using what I had) rather than butter

-taff

I use celeriac in things that require a lot of potato too, so I make massaman curry with half potato, half celeriac.

Brambling

I add celeriac to Boulangere potatoes - slice thin and layer with potatoes, onions or leeks.  I season and add thyme between the layers.  Then add stock and bake.  You can add any root vegetable you have available 

rtandon27

We make this pie whenever we have a surplus of leeks!  Makes 4 servings which does the two of us for two meals with some steamed beans or carrots.

Suffolk_lass

rtandon27 said:

We make this pie whenever we have a surplus of leeks!  Makes 4 servings which does the two of us for two meals with some steamed beans or carrots.

That looks lovely - DH loves a good pie. I will need to adapt it as I can't have mushrooms (make me ill and give me blisters - I've always said I am allergic but apparently the definition used by the allergy registrar says not - whole other story) - I have always made a similar pie with frozen peas and sweetcorn, and some condensed chicken soup, with homemade shortcrust pastry and cooked chicken. It's so easy to just make the same thing without looking for variations. I shall definitely make a chicken and leek dish of some sort this week!

rtandon27

No mushrooms?!?😱  Poor you that they elicit that kind of reaction - food allergies are not a pleasant thing! I have an Auntie who has exactly the same reaction to them & always adjusts recipes accordingly.

I have a legume allergy (and am chronically anemic) - so actually going veggie would never happen 😒 much as I love the ethics of it!

Using a tin of soup as a sauce makes me think of my GMa - I remember her collecting Campb3ll's soup labels as they always had recipes on the back - such a great cheat for lazy day cooking!

suki1964

Suffolk_lass said:

rtandon27 said:

We make this pie whenever we have a surplus of leeks!  Makes 4 servings which does the two of us for two meals with some steamed beans or carrots.

That looks lovely - DH loves a good pie. I will need to adapt it as I can't have mushrooms (make me ill and give me blisters - I've always said I am allergic but apparently the definition used by the allergy registrar says not - whole other story) - I have always made a similar pie with frozen peas and sweetcorn, and some condensed chicken soup, with homemade shortcrust pastry and cooked chicken. It's so easy to just make the same thing without looking for variations. I shall definitely make a chicken and leek dish of some sort this week!

Sorry for yet another Jamie recipe but this is my go to pie

turkey-and-sweet-leek-pie

I only follow the full recipe at Christmas, the rest of the year its turkey or ham, whatever I have, I forget about chestnuts, and if I don't have any bacon that gets omitted as well. The secret is its LEEK AND - you use a lot of leeks, very little meat

Suffolk_lass

Thanks suki1964, I certainly have a lot of leeks - half of one of those great big garden trugs - and that is after taking about 8 to each of several neighbours. I need to prep and freeze some too.

We had a jacket potato with leeks in cheese sauce last night. It was so sweet and delicious. I might use pork to add to a pie as I have some shoulder left from our Saturday Roast (apparently several of us cooked it on Saturday. No confusion here but at least two households got their days confused haha