Meat and 3 veg without the meat?

Curry_Queen

If you like cheese, how about haloumi? You can slice it and grill or pan-fry it without it melting or changing texture and is great served with roast veggies

1sttimer_2

This is a good thread - OH has also been a veggi for 19 years and I find it sometimes difficult to know what to give him when we are having meat (not processed that is). He is very easy to please and if I've forgotten to put in a pie or something, he will quite happily eat all the veg + more (if poss). More often that not we have veggie meals that we eat together and meat/fish as a 'special'.

DD1 is also a veggie and she has loads of quickie meals (from her student days) which are ok. Pasta with Cheese and Peanut Butter (a bit sickly for me but ok). Cheesy beans on toast, toasties - usually has cheese involved. I often make sosmix scotch eggs which are a fav. with all the family. Can't keep them long tho :rolleyes:

Gingham_Ribbon

Curry_Queen wrote:

If you like cheese, how about haloumi? You can slice it and grill or pan-fry it without it melting or changing texture and is great served with roast veggies

This made me laugh, Curry Queen, because as we were eating the meal, we had a conversation about fried cheese! It was one of the highlights of our trip to Greece. (Second only to swimming with the fishies! ) That and stuffed vine leaves was pretty much all I ate for a week.

Fried cheese... mmm!

tr3mor

I had a caramelised onion tart, with puff pastry at a veggie friend's house once, that was so yummy!

Gingham_Ribbon

Actually, so did I and it was delicious. She put feta on it too. I suppose that's a good one if I buy ready made puff pastry, which I think is probably quite a good ready food to get. Anyone know if you can freeze puff pastry after it's cooked? (I could make them and stick them in the freezer.)

She told me how to make them too. She just rolled out the pastry and cut it into rough squares, then put some caramelised onion on and sprinkled some cheese on top. Apart from waiting for the onions to caramelise, it only took 5 minutes. And about 10 in the oven.

astep70uk

Puff pastry is a great item to keep in the fridge/freezer. I make homemade pasties with mine and they are delicious (either cheese n onion, or corned beef/onion).
I also made an open plum tart with real homemade custard last weekend and it was lovely!!

elona

We are not vegetarian but the whole family love Homity pie - recipe from Cranks.

Shortcrust pastry in large pie tin or small bun type tin- chop and boil potatoes - fry chopped onions and garlic - combine the ingredients - fill pastry and sprinkle with grated cheese.

Bake for 20 mins for small pies - about 35 or more for large ones.

Curry_Queen

Before going out and buying packs of puff pastry, you might want to take a look at the Bero website for instructions on how to make it

I'll admit myself to having bought it ready made for years, and I don't think I'd actually made any by hand since leaving school :eek: so had forgotten just how easy it is to make, even easier than shortcrust pastry really as there's no rubbing in involved

It's just a case of chopping the fat into small pieces, stirring it into the flour, then adding sufficient water to make a dough! Roll out the dough into a long rectangle, fold a third of it over, then do the same at the other end so you end up with a square with 3 layers (much easier to see what I mean from the diagrams) then turn it a quarter and roll out again as before and repeat the folding. Do this 2-3 times then leave it in the fridge to rest for half an hour (or freeze it).

I tried it, following my Bero book, when I made the steak & kidney pie the other week, and it came out lovely, even better than the frozen stuff we buy

Give it a go! - much cheaper and easy to do

Yoga_Girl

How about home-made bean burgers? Very easy to make using tinned beans ie kidney beans.

Spicy Bean Burgers

1 onion, chopped
1 carrot, grated
1 green pepper, chopped
clove garlic, crushed
1/2 tsp ground coriander, 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
2 x 400g tin beans (eg kidney, haricot, flageolet, chickpeas)
1 tbsp tomato puree
1 egg beaten
2 oz breadcrumbs
2 oz cheese grated

Heat some oil and fry onion til soft. Add carrot, green pepper, garlic & spices and cook for a fruther 5 mins then remove from heat.

In a bowl mash the beans and tomato puree then mix in the onion mixture, egg, breadcrumbs, cheese and any seasoning to taste (salt & pepper). Divide into golf-ball sized portions and shape into burgers.

Bake in oven, 200 C or 400 F, til crisp, usually 20 mins.

Can be frozen as well.

AnnaV

I remember at school when we had a roast the only option for the veggies was always nut roast. It was always really overcooked and dry.

How about courgette pie? Really tasty!

4 cups courgettes - peeled and sliced
1 1/4 cups white sugar
2 tablespoons plain flour
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 1/2 tablespoons cream of tartar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 tablespoon butter, diced
Pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie

DIRECTIONS:
Boil courgettes until tender. Drain and let stand in cold water for about 5 minutes, then drain.
Add sugar, flour, cinnamon, cream of tartar, lemon juice, salt, and nutmeg. Mix well. Put into the pie crust. Dot with butter. Put top crust on.
Bake at 205 degrees for 40 to 50 minutes