Easy, cheap Vegetarian recipes?

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Is there nothing wrong with beans on toast or a jacket potato?



Another one is using pickles to make changes - beetroot, cabbage, gherkins, for example - as they make a difference to salads and side dishes.


Otherwise, any fresh vegetable boiled and then whizzed up in a blender with some stock - beetroot is great for that (add a bit of the vinegar from pickled beetroot and that makes it nicer), plus a small bit of sour cream, parsnips with a little cumin, potato and leek, carrot and some ground coriander, that kind of thing. Add some small noodles (or mix flour and egg yolk together to make a dough, then pinch into little bits/balls - if no eggs, use water and squish it through a clean tin where you've drilled a few holes into the soup - instant spatzle. )

Or make dumplings - half as much vegetable suet to plain flour, a bit of salt and pepper. Add mustard powder if you have it, a little thyme leaves, drop them into the broth.

Try heartier breads - rye bread, pumpernickel (very good with cheese and tomato).

Porridge made with water is supercheap. Measure it out and leave it in the pan overnight to soak, heat it up in moments in the morning (stir with a wooden spoon as you go).



Stay clear of processed veggie alternatives as much as possible. They're horrible, expensive and fatty. Except for spicy beanburgers - they're very nice.

zippychick

We have easy cheap vegetarian recipes which should definitely help

The complete vegetarian collection is a huge resource of veggie threads,so happy reading

Ill merge this later

Zip

WantToBeSE

Does anyone know the cheapest place to buy lentils/beans?
I cant bulk buy, as i don't have the room (i live in a TINY terraced, 2 up-2 down house), and don't have any asian shops around here.

Thanks for this great thread, i have noted down some great recipes!

boredjellybean

Hi there
I did a search but I can't find a thread about vegetarian recipes & I'm sure there must be one, can someone help me out please?
Sarah x

cornishchick

Hi .
If you go to this link, near the end is a collection of vegetarian recipes and links.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=8736367#post8736367

Hope that's a Start
X Cc

boredjellybean

thanks that's great for some ideas
goodness I had hoped there would be an entire massive thread dedicated to vegetarian recipes

Soworried

I love vegetarian meals, this is one of our favourites that I made yesterday.

Lentil meatloaf
2 cups of precooked rice
1 1/2 cup of red lentils
3 1/2 cups of stock
2 diced onions
2 minced garliccloves
olive oil
salt to taste
dash of bbq sauce, I just use basics brown
pinch of mixed herbs

Boil the lentils in the stock while you fry off the onion and garlic. Once the lentils are cooked stir everything together and pack in to a loaf tin. Bake for 40 minutes.

We love this sliced with gravy and lots of veg or just sliced with a fried egg on top with chips Leftovers can be used as a burger also, just add a cheese slice.

Soworried

Lentil bites
1 1/2 cups of lentils
3 1/2 cups of stock
pinch of chiili powder
pinch of onion salt
1 grated onion

Cook the lentils in the stock then mash in with the rest of the ingredients.
Take small balls of the mixture and deep fry. This goes great with lots of different dips. Raita is our favourite with it.

WantToBeSE

This is where i look for my vegetarian ideas :

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=907357

The Ginghams threads are AMAZING too, they are in the 2nd post in that link.

boredjellybean

thanks ever so much for finding this thread for me !!! will be subscribing now