Easy, cheap Vegetarian recipes?

hilstep2000

I like veggie things. A really quick and filling thing is Grill one huge flat mushroom, gill side down, turn over. Slice some brie (or any other cheese) and cherry tomatoes. Place on the mushroom on top of the gills. Grill again till the cheese melts. If you want it even more filling serve on a piece of toast. Takes about five minutes and is gorgeous!

ska_lover

Lentil and stuffing burgers.

Boil lentils till soft, and prepare stuffing as per packet. Leave both to cool. create patty shapes and fry. yummy.

zippychick

Ive merged this with our veggie cheap meals thread.

If you check out our veggie index it has links to heaps of threads

Good luck

Zip

thestevenone

I'm new here and not sure if there's already a post like this, but I was just wondering if anyone could help us.

We are a couple and were looking to make healthy vegetarian meals that are as cheap as possible.

We have breakfast and dinner and a bigger tea.

Any recipes would help and we appreciate it so much.

sleepybookworm7

Hi, not a recipe as such, but my Cherub loves carrot soup for tea so I bung a load of chopped carrots, fried onion and some vegetable stock into the slow cooker. When it's done I blend it and grate cheese on the top. Quick, easy and healthy!

sleepybookworm7

Also, we make a large pot of quorn bolognaise sauce: onion, stock, quorn mince, garlic, tomatoes (plus whatever veggies we've got to hand). We then freeze it in batches to have with spaghetti or add kidney beans and spices to turn into a chilli. Also nice on jackets.

vickiem30

Hi

Here is an adaptation of a meal plan I have a go at for the feed two for £7. I've amended it to take out the fish.

week one
1 onion 21p
3 carrots 24p
500g split peas 49p
pasta sauce 39p
value spaghetti 49p
2 tins beans 52p
2 tins tomatoes 62p
12 everyday rolls 35p
2 pints milk 89p (water down if necessary)
400 grams Chick peas 69p
stork 69p (must last 3 weeks, ouch!)
veg stock cubes 10p
kilo mixed veg 75p
cornflakes 31p

17p over

meals

breakfast: cornflakes and milk
Dinner: split pea soup, with some veg and with a roll
veg soup (use half of bag + half onion + two carrots with a tin of beans, with a roll

Tea: pasta with chick peas and pasta sauce
pasta with split peas, tomatoes and remaining veg.
beans on toast

Week two
2 carrots 16p
3 tins kidney beans (some for next week) 36p
value gravy granules 20p (they are meat free, I've checked!)
4 tins mushy peas (16p)
one tin veg soup (24p)
2 packs value spaghetti (48p)
2 tin beans (52p)
2 tins chopped toms (62p)
everyday rolls (35p)
a jar pasta sauce (39p)
kilo rice ( 40p) (to last two weeks)
curry powder (52p)
one tin chick peas (59p)
oats (75p) save some if poss for bulking meals next week
frozen veg one kilo (75p)
500 grams split peas (49p)

3p over + 17p last week 20p carry over

Breakfast: porridge with water (grim, but only one week)
Dinner: split pea soup use some mushy peas to make it go further, (with a roll)veg soup (use half of bag + two carrots with a tin of beans and tinned soup as base, with a roll
Tea: Chilli with split peas, tin of toms, carrot, curry powder, kidney beans, some oats to stretch it, and rice
chick pea pasta, with tin of toms, chick peas, pasta sauce
beans on toast


week three
cornflakes 31p
Milk 89p (water down if necessary)
500 grams split peas 49p
kilo veg 75p
value spaghetti x2 48p
2 tins beans 52p
2 tins tomatoes 62p
12 everyday rolls 35p
tin chick peas
pasta sauce 39p
value herbs 19p
small potatoes one kilo (69p)
4 tins mushy peas (16p)
tin value veg soup 24p

17p carry over from full three weeks

Breakfast :
Cornflakes and milk
Dinner:
pea soup with mushy peas, some veg, stock cube , (with a roll)
veg soup (use half of bag with a tin of beans and tinned soup as base, with a roll

Tea: shepherds pie with potatoes, split peas, veg, gravy granules
Chilli with split peas, tin of toms, carrot, curry powder, kidney beans from last week, some oats to stretch it, and rice
sardine pasta, with tin of toms, tuna, pasta sauce
beans on toast


It's not the most inspiring menu, but it might give you a start. I've avoided quorn because I've gone for the cheapest possible option.

Other recipes I like are:
bean and tomato soup, blend a tin of toms and tin of beans, add seasoning and heat through!
chick pea curry, chick peas, curry powder and spices available, stock cube, and any veg you have, with rice.
cheese bake, alternate cheese onions and slices of potatoes and bake.

I'm sure you'll get lots of ideas from other MSErs, I've learnt loads from this site.

sophlowe45

Dahl and rice is very cheap. Buying big packs of rice and lentils works out to be much cheaper than buying small packets.

FatVonD

My contribution is going to sound really extravagant after some of the others!

We like noodles cooked in half a can of coconut milk (2 for £1 at Mr T) topped up to a pint with stock. Fry an onion with a spoonful of curry paste, pour on the liquid, bring to boil, break about 200g of noodles into the liquid, cover and stir occasionally until all the liquid is absorbed.

You can freeze the other half of the can in a sandwich box or bag for another time

Gigervamp

Check out Cheap Family Recipes. (Click here) There's a vegetarian meal planner with lots of recipes.