New vegetarian and meal ideas

[nancybotwinbloom]

Happy New Year.

I've been vegetarian for seven days now and I am loving it.

I would be interested in what other people are cooking for some ideas and I will share mine.

I was hoping to start a thread with pictures of our meals as for me pictures inspire me to want to try new ideas and in the past I've had so many good recipes when I have asked.

Tonight I am going to cook courgetti spaghetti with petit poi's, spring onions and asparagus with some low fat halloumi on top. I'm going to cook it in garlic and then at the end add a tiny bit of truffle oil and stir through.

I will post a pic but it won't be till about 9 as I'm eating late tonight.

Monday - Chickpea burgers www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/chickpea-coriander-burgers
Tuesday - Spicy tofu with egg fried rice www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/chillifriedtofuwithe_93035
Yesterday - Tuscan bean stew www.easypeasyfoodie.com/tuscan-bean-stew/
Tonight - Jamie’s veggie enchiladas
Tomorrow - butterbean and vegetable crumble thehappyfoodkitchen.com/herby-bean-crumble/
Saturday - chickpea tagine

Ooh lovely!! We are having super veggie fried rice from deliciously ella's quick and easy book - one of my favourite dinner at the moment!! Highly rate the whole book to be fair, everything we've made has been extremely tasty!!

That tofu with fried rice looks lovely.

I've never tried tofu. What does it taste like? What is the texture like?

It tastes like nothing—absolutely nothing. But the super bland initial taste is exactly what makes it so great; it easily absorbs whatever flavour you’re cooking it with.

Veggie fajitas
Butternut and green bean curry
Roast cauliflower and butternut curry
(We love butternut squash especially pre-prepped in frozen chunks it’s so easy)

pasta and a veggie sauce
Chickpea/butter bean etc korma and rice
Stir fry and noodles

Following as need inspiration.

On a recent thread about meal planning someone put down Cyanide as their Friday night dinner. I think that’s veggie 😂

Not a recipe but more of a tip, Paneer cheese is a good substitute for chicken if you are making a curry... cube it and chuck it into a homemade surry sauce. Lots of supermarkets sell it, or if you live in an area with Asian (indian, pakistani) food shops they usually sell it.

Paneer masala
Also chana
Dhal
Aubergine biryani
Pad Thai
Spicy cheese enchiladas
Quesadillas with guacamole and sour cream
Chilli tofu
Kung pao cauliflower
Mac and cheese
Baked potatoes and beans
Mash and cauldron sausages
Penne arrabiata
Veggie burgers
Kale and cherry tomato spaghetti
Mushroom bao buns
Katsu curry with aubergine or fake chicken
Bean and sweet potato chilli with guac and sour cream
Spaghetti bol with Quorn mince or lentils

Basically I cook a lot of Asian and Indian food, some Mexican, and pasta!

We had a really nice potato, mushroom and chestnut traybake tonight with sherry and Parmesan. It was from a book called the home cookery year which is not all veggie but lots are, or use meat only as a flavouring.

I’m not veggie but eat a lot of veggie dishes
Some of my recent favourites
Pasta arabiata
Cauliflower and BNS curry
Baked beetroot falafel
Warm salad of baked, spiced, carrots and chickpeas with nigella seeds on spinach and red onions.
Shakshuka
Root vegetable casserole

It was nice!