Food suggestions for a bored veggie?

[Natalie123]

Hi All,

I love food but am out of ideas and getting bored. With my health issues I have gained weight, BMI of 25.4 (not too bad) and don't want to gain any more. I love cheese and I know I eat way too much but without finding something else that I love just as much I can't cut down on the cheese (it is the only vice I have left). I was thinking back to my childhood and I used to love pies, stews and casseroles. Does anyone have recipes for "traditional" English food with lots of yummy veg in it?

 

[Copepod]

Stews / casseroles are lower calorie than pies with pastry. Can't really help with recipes, as we just cook whatever we have in the garden or cupboard under the stairs - we'll be eating onions every evening meal for some time yet...

 

[David H]

He's some places to look.

http://www.easyvegetarianmeals.info/


http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/10/cheap-easy-vegetarian-meals-recipes.php


http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/vegetarian-recipes


http://ecosalon.com/10-easy-and-tasty-vegetarian-and-vegan-recipes/

 

[Natalie123]

Cheers Copepod and David, I think I will go for a stew first, healthier than pies and my favourite from weekends with my grandparents as a child 🙂

 

[daisymoo84]

Ooh thanks for the recipe links David!

I'm a veggie too and trying to eat less processed foods and start experimenting with some proper recipes! My fav so far is roasted pepper stuffed with lentils, mushrooms, celerey, onion and garlic with lots of veg on the side. I'm finding lentils and butterbeans are great for bulking up casseroles or making a veggie sheperds pie!

Please let me know how you get on with the recipe links 🙂

 

[Andrew]

5 bean chilli - hot pot - lasagni - bolognaise

Hi

I put this in a post a few weeks a ago as a base you can make a range of dishes from it.

you will have to sort quantities to suit yourself.

1 large onion chopped

herbs and spices of choice

a selection of beans sainsbury seem to do offers on beans 3 can for ?1.00
select a mix

or use dried beans and plim tham up

chopped tomatoes fresh or canned

fry onion (if chilli add 4 fresh chillies at this time)- add herbs and spices - add beans - cook for 5 minutes - add tomatos then cook untill baes are tender.

you can allways cook a batch of the base and divide it up but the chilli option works best when the chilli is added at the start

Hi All,

I love food but am out of ideas and getting bored. With my health issues I have gained weight, BMI of 25.4 (not too bad) and don't want to gain any more. I love cheese and I know I eat way too much but without finding something else that I love just as much I can't cut down on the cheese (it is the only vice I have left). I was thinking back to my childhood and I used to love pies, stews and casseroles. Does anyone have recipes for "traditional" English food with lots of yummy veg in it?

 

[Andrew]

Glamorgan sausages - burgers

Glamorgan sausages
The recipe I used this evening. it combines elements of 3 recipes,
A point to watch I found - granary bread crumbs make the sausages look brown before they are as cooked as I wanted.

Glamorgan sausages
Ingredients
? 8oz fresh granary breadcrumbs
? 6oz Caerphilly cheese grated (I use cheddar)
? half a leek or 6 spring onions finely chopped
? 1 tbsp grated ginger
? half tsp mixed herbs
? black pepper
? 2 eggs beaten
? ? to 1 tsp mustard powder
? 2-3 tbsp milk
? 3 tbsp melted butter

Some milk to use as a wash and a few bread crumbs to coat the sausages with

Method

Mix together 6oz of the breadcrumbs with the cheese, the spring onion or leek, and all other dry ingredients

Beat the eggs, butter and mustard together.
Stir the egg mixture into the breadcrumb mixture. If this is dry add a little milk
Divide the mixture into 6 or 8 portions. Shape in to sausage or burger shapes
Cook

 

[daisymoo84]

Thanks for the recipes Andrew! The sausage one sounds really nice- think I'll give it a go at the weekend!