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If you are NOT a vegetarian...

53 replies

Andtheresaw · 02/10/2018 17:05

what's your favourite mid-week meal that happens to be meat free?

Just being nosey really.

I love a baked potato with hot red onions in a little balsamic (like a fresh chutney) and goats cheese.
Or poached eggs on toast
or a cheese and mushroom omelette
or huevos rancheros

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Ironfloor269 · 02/10/2018 17:37

Chili, not chill.

BellMcEnd · 02/10/2018 18:11

We love halloumi, salad and tzatziki wraps with sweet potato lattices. Having them on Friday, can’t wait!

Leeds2 · 02/10/2018 18:14

Omelette with mixed peppers and mushroom.
Veggie lasagna.

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Fstar · 02/10/2018 18:16

Soft tacos with veg and smokey fajita sauce, rice and bit of salad too.

Second fav is baked potato with butter and cheese, salad and little pasta in sauce on side. Carbfest

Trampire · 02/10/2018 18:19

Cauliflower cheese with leeks with fresh crusty bread Smile

MinaPaws · 02/10/2018 18:23

Pasta all'arrabiata
frittata
macaroni cheese with grilled tomatoes
potato and spinach curry with garlic and lemon dahl
coconut and peanut veg curry with rice
humous, falafel, flatbreads and salad

I love veggie food. I'd happily be vegetarian.

CadyHeron · 02/10/2018 18:29

Sag aloo or dhal curries with rice,love them!
Also vegetable burritos.

NotCitrus · 02/10/2018 18:30

Probably mushroom or four cheeses tortellini, with tomato pasta sauce and a pile of veg. Though often I'd put a bit of ham or salami in it too.

cheesemongery · 02/10/2018 18:43

Macaroni cheese - although that's a treat to scoff alone.

I LOVE a tomato soup with crusty bread, I'll happily have a roast dinner with loads of veggies, yorkshire pud, cauli cheese or leeks in cheese sauce instead of meat.

Vegetable Rogan Josh for a takeaway, onion bhajis, poppadom, chutney etc

Although I was vegetarian for 15 years - started aged 13 so 30 years ago Shock Quorn wasn't invented then, so everything was vegetable or soy based. Soy burgers, just mix the powder with water... Hmmm ... Linda McCartney lasagne - lush!

Tonight I have made a chow mein - onions, peppers, mushroom, garlic, chillies and bean sprouts. Fry it all up whilst the noodles are soaking, add soy sauce to taste - whack in the noodles, stir and serve. Lovely.

JellySlice · 02/10/2018 18:46

We eat loads of vegetarian meals, despite being meat-eaters. Veggie meals are more likely to be quick 'n' easy.

Jacket potatoes, of course, with butter/cheese/beans/coleslaw/hummus/Sacla sauces.
Pasta instead of potatoes.
Eggs any way - scrambled being the fave.
Savoury eggy bread.
Quesadillas.
Quiche.
Pizza.
Falafel.
Everything Salad. That's salad chopped small, with everything in it: veg, fruit, seeds, nuts, herbs...
Leek and potato soup with lentils.

Floaty2018 · 02/10/2018 18:50

Spinach and mozzarella gnocchi bake. Divine!

JellySlice · 02/10/2018 18:52

I forgot Shakshouka!

(I'm not keen on chilli so I use freshly ground black pepper instead, and often add other veg, too, so it has a hint of ratatouille about it.)

Harleypuppy · 02/10/2018 18:57

Macaroni cheese
Lentil soup

CherryPavlova · 02/10/2018 18:57

My home alone guilty secret is beans on toast.
For the family it was macaroni cheese, homemade pizza, pasta bake,
Carrot curry soup, fajitas, cauliflower cheese with crusty bread.

carrie74 · 02/10/2018 18:57

Veg lasagne (spinach and ricotta, then at least one other veg layer: sliced mushrooms, aubergines or courgettes).

Jamie's spinach, feta and pine nut filo pie. It's so delicious, but there's no way my kids would let a mouthful pass their lips, so I never make it.

Frittata

Risotto - mushroom and something else, maybe asparagus if it was season.

Stir fries with tofu and tonnes of veg (would probs skip the tofu as I don't keep it in)

Smashed avo on toast with grated and melted cheese then 2 poached eggs on top (more a lunchtime thing)

Basically all the food my kids would reject.

missmouse101 · 02/10/2018 18:58

Roasted vegetables on tagliatelle with basil, yum!

Singlenotsingle · 02/10/2018 19:00

Cheese and mushroom omelette with baked beans, or a baked potato with butter, cheese, mushrooms and baked beans

BellMcEnd · 02/10/2018 19:33

@MinaPaws do you have a recipe for the coconut and peanut curry, please? Sounds amazing!

DragonScales · 02/10/2018 22:18

Mushroom risotto

Lentil, potato and vegetable whatever I have lurking in the back of the fridge curry

Thai red curry

Stormwhale · 02/10/2018 22:19

Mine is wholewheat spaghetti, sauteed onion, peppers and courgettes, green pesto and extra cheese on top.

thismeansnothing · 02/10/2018 22:20

Beans on toast with a poached egg

BillywigSting · 02/10/2018 22:22

Veggie curry (of almost any description) and mini garlic naan breads here, sometimes with a bit of mint yoghurt dip on the side

PetuliaBlavatsky · 02/10/2018 22:23

We had mushroom risotto tonight with crispy kale. Dhal is a huge favourite, I love lentils in anything. Mexican, either a beany chilli or refried bean and sweet corn quesadillas or something along those lines.
I'm not veggie but DH is and I eat meat-free meals probably 4 out of 7 evenings.

PickAChew · 02/10/2018 22:29

Just about anything spicy. I love a chickpea based curry. The best chilli variation I did was with butternut squash and black beans and a ton of lime. I had it with a ton of cheese, at the time but it doesn't agree with me any more so I can't repeat the combination, these days.

GoodbyeSummer · 02/10/2018 23:02

Mushroom risotto
Gregg's vegetable slice from Iceland
Cheese and tomato pizza
Roast Mediterranean veg on a flatbread with cheese and baked eggs
Tomato pasta bake
Cauliflower and broccoli cheese bake

We eat quite a lot of meatfree food.