Vegetarian comfort food

[BelligerentGhoul]

It is September so I can now think about Autumn clothes and Autumnal food without being boo-ed down with talk of summer! My opaques are ready and waiting and so are my boots.

SO - what lovely veggie Autumn main courses can I be thinking of?

So far I have -

veggie sausages, mash and savoy cabbage;
veggie sausage casserole;
macaroni cheese;
veggie goulash and baked potatoes.

Any more ideas for lovely warming things that aren't too much faff to cook after work?

Mmm, rice, peas, sweetcorn and veggie frankfurters in a big bowl with gravy mixed in - always a winner with carnivorous DS as well.

Or morrocanish lentil soup - blacken a coarse-chopped big white onion in olive oil with some garlic, add in 1 cup red lentils, stir, and add in 4 cups stock, teaspoon each ground cumin, ground coriander, and dried thyme. Lots of black pepper, bring to boil and simmer till soft, whizz with a stick blender and eat with hot buttered toast. I sometimes make this for DH when he's playing sunday football and he says it makes a real difference to his stamina on the pitch.

And ratatouille with everything.

I'm going to get even fatter aren't I...

My fave comfort snack is houmous and pitta.

Comfort lunch today will be pasta and pesto.

Vegggie moroccan tagine.
Gratin dauphinoise
Cauliflower cheese, veggie sausages and jacket potato. Yum.

Maybe not the quickest things to make in the world though...

some kind of combination of squash, garlic and melted cheese.

I love thisrecipe. It does need some extra veg added though I think.

littleomar we do that too...take the lid off a pumpkin, remove refer put garlic, cream, cheese and seasoning in. Bake. Scoop the soft flesh and goo out on to crusty bread. Oh yes...mmm
Cauli cheese here too, but with broccoli and leeks in too.

Huge jacket spuds stuffed with onion and good smoked cheese.

Aubergine parmegan...or variations there of...

Chunks of spud and onion baked in a dish with lumps of cheese lobbed in towards the end.

Sprouts stirfried then finished with cream and mustard.

A roast without the roast, but with yorkshires and a chunky home made stuffing.

Mushrooms on toast.

Crumpets or muffins toasted on the fire.

A big bowl of lightly cooked cabbage with lots of butter, rock salt and black pepper...

Home made baked beans.

Tbc

belligerantghoul...what is involved in a goulash?

Ooh these are all brilliant, thank you.

Homemade stuffing? Have never done that but my dds love sage and onion Paxo!! Any recipes?

Goulash -

I have no idea how authentic this is but it does taste nice!

Fry up onions and garlic and then add lots of smoked paprika and some red chilli flakes plus a teaspoon of honey and a teaspoon of grain msutard. Add a tub of passata and some water then add sliced carrots, halved new potatoes, maybe some cauliflower florets, plus s&p. Whack it in the oven for an hour or so, checking it doesn't dry out. Add chopped up veggie frankfurters and warm them through. Eat with baked potatoes with sour cream and chives. You can add a tin of cannelini or haricot or butter beans too to bulk it out.

Yes to leek and potato soup - we sometimes have soup with bread and cheese as a main meal and then have a 'proper' pudding afterwards. Ideal comfort food!

PerAdua I do a v similar soup to that but I put coconut milk in mine too. Not so good calorie-wise but makes it taste lovely!

Badger I love cauliflower cheese but my evil dds won't eat it.

The pumpkin/squash thing sounds great. The dds love bns.

Risotto

tomato soup

roast medeterrian veg with feta.

Veggie chilli/curry with...couscous. Much more stodgy than rice. And you can make massive batches.

Risotto good. I do a baked one - must try a bns risotto.

Mmmm feta....

I made a brilliant no-fuss supper the other night: chop up some squash, courgettes, peppers, red onion and scrubbed potatoes, then chuck them in a roasting pan with some olive oil and a good handful of coriander seeds. Toss them about so they're all coated, then roast in the oven for a bit, shaking the tin every so often. After a while, chuck in a tin of tomatoes and a tin of pulses (I used cannellini beans as they were all I had in, but would have preferred chickpeas) - should also put in roughly chopped garlic at this point but I forgot - and stir. Return to oven until everything is cooked through, crispy and gooey, then scoff.

Sweet potato chilli is great - can do in the slow cooker so it's ready when you get home, or it's a chuck it in a big pan and leave it sort of dish.

I use this recipe, but substitute chunks of sweet potato in place of the mince, and add any other random veg I have left over rather than specifically using carrots and celery. The sweet potato goes just soft and tastes amaing. I also tend to add a couple of squares of very dark chocolate instead of the balsamic vinegar (only because I don't really have balsamic in the house and at least the chocolate gets eaten ).

It's pretty mild so good for children, if you prefer it spicy then at least double the chilli and cumin, and/or consider using fresh chillis. The greek yoghurt is fantastic for cooling it down if e.g. adults like it hot but children don't. I usually serve with a pot of greek yoghurt and bottle of tabasco at the table so everyone can adjust to their own taste.

Ooh yes - we love sweet potatoes and haven't had them for a while.

Cyteen - I bet that would be good with mozerella going all melty on top too!

My favourite is lentils and rice on a bed of crunchy green leaves topped with grated cheese and some little piquante peppers.

Lentil soup and warm bread

potato and cabbage one pot thing spiced with curry powder

roasted carrots, onions and potatoes with grated cheese on at the end

cauli cheese

broccoli and mushroom rice

green beans, potatoes and onions in cheese sauce

lentil loaf with veg, potatoes and gravy

sprouts, shredded and braised in double cream and lemon

potato bake with cabbage and carrots

cheese and tomato rice

toasted cheese with hm sweetcorn relish

wedges with home pickled cucumbers

tofu finger sandwiches

Haha Ghoul, I almost chucked a load of mozzarella on but managed to restrain myself at the last minute

Thanks for this thread btw - I am an ex-veggie now but still love my veggie food and there are loads of delicious ideas on here for me to try.

Yum - not had Homity Pie for years!

HEMum Do you have a good lentil loaf recipe? And how do you do the tofu sandwiches? We all like tofu but I usually just stick it in stir fries.

goulash sounds good, we do some stuff quite like that already. I love a good garlicky tomatoey beany soup stew thing. Lots of chilli and smoked paprika. Cooked with the old parmesan rinds in and then served with chunks of fried halloumi on top. They stay nice and chewy in the warmth of the soup.

Mousaka made with lentils is lush.

BG, For stuffing i fry onion and garlic. Mix it into rough fresh bread crumbs. Stick herbs in. We like sage too. Add cooked chopped chestnuts, or some nuts. Bind with an egg and possibly a little touch of flour if needed, though a slightly sloppy mixture makes better stuffing ime. Manhandle into golf ball size lumps and bake till crisp on the outside, should be still moist within. For christmas i put some dried cranberries in and have that as my main event.

You could try this lentil loaf recipe BG...I haven't tried it yet but keep meaning to.

CARROT AND RED LENTIL LOAF

3 tbsp Olive Oil Filling:
2 Onions, finely chopped
2 Carrots, finely grated 100g Cheddar, grated
225g Red Lentils 75g fresh White Breadcrumbs
14 fl oz Vegetable Stock 1 Lemon - grated rind and juice
2 tbsp Mango Chutney 3 tbsp chopped Parsley
2 tbsp Tomato Puree
175g Hazelnuts, finely chopped
1 Egg, lightly beaten

1 Heat oil in large pan, cook onions til softened, add carrots, cook 3 mins then add lentils (rinsed) and stock. Simmer about 25 mins, stirring occasionally, til all liquid absorbed. Cool.

2 Stir in the rest of the ingredients. Line tin with foil/baking paper and put in just over half of mixture.

3 Mix together all filling ingredients, spoon over the mixture in tin then cover with remainder of mixture.

4 Cover with foil. Cook at about 180 C, 350 F. Takes about 1 hr - 1hr 15, but I usually check after 50 mins.

Thanks both.

I love a recipe that calls for manhandling!

There are few things in life that can't be improved by a quick manhandle

Pasta or risotto with roast squash, coarsely grated parmesan, and frizzled sage.