To steal your favourite vegetarian dinners recipes?

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Hit me with your favourite vegetarian meals (suitable for kids too!)

One of mine is probably cheesy risotto. Risotto rice cooked in the pressure cooker with veg stock, loads of garlic, peas. Then stir in a large handful of grated mature cheddar and some parsley or chives to finish.

Thanks in advance for inspiration!

Lentil cottage pie, macaroni cheese, aubergine parmigiana, paneer curry.

Veggie chilli with sweet potatoes. Or fajitas with peppers and black beans and homemade salsa/guacamole.

Caponata or pasta alla Norma 🍆

In the October freebie Tesco magazine they had a lentil ragu which has very quickly become a favourite.

Lentil lasagne
Frittata/ omelette
Veg soup
Lentil shepherds pie

• All using the leftovers in the fridge

Jacket spud Veg sausage and mash Veggie bolognaise Veggie toad in the hole

garlic-potato-cheese pan fried. recipe from nigel slater

Fried Gnocchi with butternut squash and blue cheese sauce

www.gousto.co.uk/cookbook/vegetarian-recipes/roasted-rainbow-veg-with-feta-couscous

This is one of my favourites, I had it once in a Gousto box and now cook it all the time.

I love butternut squash, blue cheese and sage risotto! Those flavours together are insane!

Red Thai curry with Quorn pieces.

And

Blue cheese & mushroom risotto.

www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/mushroom-and-blue-cheese-risotto/

Omg that sounds friggin delicious!!!! 😋🤤

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/burnt-aubergine-veggie-chilli

black eye bean shepherds pie,

cookingonabootstrap.com/2013/03/20/gigantes-plaki-17p/

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/butternut-squash-sage-macaroni-cheese

Kosheri (this recipe uses chicken stock but it's fine with water or veg stock cubes)
inspiredbyirene.com/2019/10/18/yotam-ottolenghis-kosheri/
Chestnut and mushroom shepherds pie with crunchy hazelnut mash

Veggie curry (i like a combo of sweet potato, broccoli, Bell peppers, chickpeas)

Fried rice with egg, corn, green peas, carrot and whatever else is on hand

Homemade hummus

Minestrone soup

Caprese salad

Pasta:
pasta e ceci (cheap, great for leftover lunches too)
linguine cacio e pepe (if you can get pecorino with vegetarian rennet)
linguine aglio e olio - quick, cheap
gnocci sardi alla norma (I like the Ottolenghi recipe from Simple, he roasts the aubergine for ages)
spinach and ricotta ravioli in sage butter (time consuming, not a weekday meal)
lasagne made with puy lentil and mushroom ragu (again, this is a weekend one)
Tiktok pasta! (roasted feta and cherry tomatoes stirred through whatever pasta you want)
Roasted tomato orzo

Noodles/rice
Peanut ramen with veg and crispy tofu
Egg fried rice with fridge drawer veg
Katsu curry (I make it with some combo of panko tofu, aubergine, cauliflower and/or mushroom) - bit of a faff with all the breading
Persian noodle soup
Mushroom risotto

Curries/dals
Chana dal
Palak dal (made with spinach, cumin and lots of garlic)
Dal makhani
Paneer butter masala
Mushroom and coriander curry
Aloo methi
Those are all great on their own with just plain or spiced rice or flatbreads and a chutney or two, but if you want to make a big feast

Paneer and pea butter curry. I cheat and use a paste. Yummy combo that you can spice up or down depending on how much heat you like.

...then having two or three together with some pakora or samosa and a raita and/or fresh coriander chutney is lovely

I stole this from a gusto box. It's the easiest recipe and totally lush

Use ceramic oven proof shallow dish and lightly oil it Pop in a whole Boursin cheese and a load of ripe good quality tomatoes chopped. Peel and thinly slice a garlic clove

Drizzle a little more oil. Lots of salt and pepper and plenty of basil.

Bake uncovered medium heat for about 25 mins until the tomatoes have cooked down

Whilst cooking boil some pasta. We love fusilli which works well.

Take out the cheese and tomatoes and roughy mash together with a fork. Pour gooey unctuous sauce over pasta with fresh basil. Totally yummy.

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A quick meal that I make to use up random vegetables is:

• Chop any kind of veg into chunks (carotts, butternut squash, leeks, onions, potato, sweet potato etc).
• Add some more from the freezer broccolii, cauliflower, peas etc).
• Pile into individual oven dishes.
• Cover in a thick homemade cheese sauce.
• Bake for 20 mins.

@hosyyy ha, thanks! I love cooking, which is just as well because I really love eating.