Vegi alternative to beef stew

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I'm doing a slow cooker beef stew today to be served with mash and veg later
DS has a vegi partner and I wanted to make a nice stew alongside for her but also can use leftovers for lunch this week
Any ideas as my vegi repertoire is limited

Mushroom stroganoff is simple and tasty

Would that serve ok with mash and veg?

As a vegi I would do a quorn piece casserole here.

Mushroom stroganoff with mash and veg is delicious. I make it often.

puy lentils and mushrooms plus the same veg as a stew, add tomato puree, garlic and herbs to liven it up

Mushroom and red wine casserole, or butterbean Ratatouille.

If your budget can stretch to it Juicy Marbles vegan steak makes a fab 'beef' casserole

Chick pea stew is good. Made it yesterday, from BBC good food.

This is nice www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/mushroom_bourguignon_36900

As you are making up gravy/stock chopping veg etc can you make a lentil cottage pie using the mash, that’s always a winner on a rainy day.

Mushroom goulash, mushrooms cooked with onions, garlic, tinned tomatoes and red wine, with paprika. I use a mix of sweet and smoked paprika.

Many Veggies don't like Quorn and some people are allergic to it as well.
Root veg stew is good

Anything with mash and veg is wonderful :)

I make a really simple vegetable stew with onions, carrot, swede, celery/ celeriac, parsnip, beetroot, kale or cabbage and a tin of tomatoes. Also plenty of good vegetable stock (I use Marigold) and a glug of red wine. Ingredients vary slightly depending on what's in. Dumplings on top made with veggie suet always go down well.

I serve with cheese to grate on top and home-made bread.

I am a veggie and would be happy with any veggie other than fake meat. People are always serving me fake meat.
I try to hint that I will literally eat any vegetable. Mushroom would be lovely. So would root veg

Completely, we're all different, was just a valid suggestion as is everyone else's :) I'm veggie and would be perfectly happy with a quorn casserole, some veggies would prefer this to other alternatives. Like I say, just a suggestion!

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/nov/28/root-mash-braised-shallots-recipe-ottoleghi

This is delicious, though it's probably a complete meal in itself with some veg on the side.

Think I may go down the route of the veg not quern this weekend as I often use quorn for her so maybe mix it up

That recepie looks lush

Some big nice mushrooms instead of beef?

I’m veggie as is Dd1 I love halloumi in stews as the texture is completely different (I cut in in chunks, seal it like you would beef or chicken then chuck it in with the rest of the veg in slow cooker) Dd prefers a meat substitute like oomph or This isn’t. Both of us however would be perfectly happy with root veg slow cooked them come cauli and broccoli chucked in near the end instead and served over mash. I
have a couple of friends not massively fond of mushrooms though and they tend to be in almost every veggie dish.

I’m not vegan or veggie but I really like the Richmond vegan sausages in a casserole with beans , veg and smoked paprika

I used to make a chestnut and mushroom stew that was gorgeously savoury and worked well in the place of a beef stew.

No recipe because I made it up, but basically:

Onions, garlic, carrot
Fresh chestnuts
Closed cap mushrooms but not as small as button mushrooms
bay leaf
thyme or mixed herbs
tin of tomatoes
tomato puree
dark brown sugar
something umami but tangy like Worcestershire sauce (not strictly veggie as contains fish), Henderson's sauce, marmite, or soy sauce and tamarind
red wine
salt and pepper

Prep the chestnuts by either roasting and peeling or microwaving and peeling. If you haven't done this before google for how. A lot of them will break but that's fine because the broken bits break down to thicken the sauce.

(Peeling chestnuts takes forever so put a good show on and peel while you watch.)

Soften onion in olive oil or butter
Add garlic and carrots and soften a bit more
Add cooked peeled chestnuts and halved mushrooms
Sautee for a minute or two then add tomatoes and tomato puree, water, bay leaf, mixed herbs or thyme and a little dark brown sugar
Simmer about twenty minutes then add red wine and the something tangy and umami
Simmer down til the stew has a satisfying mouth feel and flavour, probably another twenty minutes or so, adding seasoning as needed.

Peeling the chestnuts is a faff I know, but tastes so much better than vacuum packed. I think the taste is totally different.

I use Richmond veggie sausages in a separate dish with the same sauce as the meat casserole.