So bored of everything we eat. Please inspire me!

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I'm veggie, dp and dds are now meat eaters but since I do most of the shopping (online), meal planning and cooking (though dp is v good at doing prep etc) we eat veggie 99% of the time at home.

I tend to do lots of curries, chillis etc but we're all getting a bit bored of them tbh. It's also hard because dd1 won't eat anything in a creamy/cheesy sauce and I won't eat anything with tinned tomatoes, so that rules out a lot of pasta dishes for example.

Please inspire me!

Any good recipes with tofu maybe? Or something Thai-esqu? Or something with sweet potatoes which isn't a curry or a chilli? Or an exciting pie of some sort?

I haven't tried it, so thanks for that. The dds won't eat mushrooms but dp and I could try it.

Vv easy is tofu and sweet potato Japanese curry with sticky rice. I get the tesco's jar of concentrate to make the curry sauce, it's very good.

You could also use chicken, or breadcrumb and fry the components for Katsu curry.

Homemade falafel (make in advance if pushed for time) with beetroot, watercress and halloumi in a wrap with chilli sauce and yoghurt.

Will have a think of some more... Am having similar food boredom issues!

Yes to falafel. Yes to katsu curry too. I don't shop in Tesco but will see if Sainsbo's do the sauce.

It's my own fault really for insisting on family meals!

we traditionally eat it with mushroom gravy but once you try it you can find another flavour to complement it
I like it then with sweet pickled cucumbers - just to balance mildness of it

Our local Sainsbury's do a Wagamama version of the Katsu sauce. It was yummy.

what about soups? do you like them?
for instance tuscan cannellini soup

We do like soup, but mostly in winter. Will google that though.

You lot are brilliant - my Pinterest food board is filling up nicely!

most certainly summer soup for my taste
I prefer it without pasta though

These are very quick and kids love them. I vary the recipe using the bean base but different flavours e.g finely chopped fried mushrooms.
www.waitrose.com/home/recipes/recipe_directory/c/cannellini_bean_and_red_pesto_burgers.html

I use lentils a lot. Delia has great puy lentil loaf and shepherds pie recipes.

Sweet potatoes fritters: boil chunks of sweet potato. Drain. Stir in sweet corn, flour and egg to bind, whatever chopped herbs and spices you fancy. Shallow fry spoonfuls in light olive oil until crispy. Serve with spiced Greek yogurt or sweet chili sauce and a salad.

Tempura vegetables, deep fried tofu with spring onions, chillli and peanut satay sauce.

Chinese turnip cake or Law Bok Gow is delicious, and not really a cake at all.

Chinese vegetable or gyoza dumplings. Really easy to make yourself, just buy the dumpling wrappers from any Oriental supermarket and serve with a soy dipping sauce.

Fritters and burgers = fantastic. Thank you.

Never heard of turnip cake - will google immediately! Do you make your own satay sauce or buy it?

We've got a couple of good Chinese supermarkets in Brum, but I must admit that they scare me a bit!

Righto, have been poking around my blog and bookmarks for ideas for you, and will give some links.
paneer tikka
Leek, cannelini bean and thyme casserole I served this with roast cherry tomatoes and green olive and tallegio scones.
Savoury cheesecake I subbed the beetroot for spring onions.
Lentil, mushroom and cheese plait You could easily leave out the mushrooms.
Veg curry selection
Red pepper soup with chilli cheese cornbread

Thanks Netto.

I do paneer and curries a lot, and the dds are getting bored of them in any combination. :(

DD1 won't eat the cheesecake or the leek and bean thing.

Soup and cornbread is a good idea and I like the sound of the lentil plait too.

How the heck are you, btw? :)

Can anybody suggest a really easy pie for meateaters? I do one where I fry up leeks and onion then mix them with feta, chopped soinach and an egg and whack into puff pastry folded over. It's lovely but dd1 won't eat it. Could I do something similar, perhaps with bacon? It's the leeks and the melty cheese she objects to.

The sweet potato bites look lovely btw.

Very late reply
Gumbo isn't okra though you can put okra in it. Gumbo is a Cajun stew. It's usually with seafood but green gumbo is made with a combo of green veggies (kale, cabbage) and herbs.

I'm good, thanks for asking.
Loving my new house and living in the middle of town, but have got out of the habit of blogging, still cooking loads though.

Thanks, Ginger.

Netto - I didn't know you'd moved. Glad you're all settled in. I thought I hadn't seen you for a while - not since I 'dissed' One Direction in fact! :)

Hhahah, I still love the Wandies, I have tickets for them for next year

Weirdo

Easy pie: mix shredded cooked chicken - you could buy one ready cooked? -with sliced mushrooms (if accepted!) tub of cream cheese and a bit of double cream ( sorry for vague quantities!)

Layer 5 sheets of filo on a springform tin with butter brushed between. Put filling in then a 6th sheet of filo on top, tuck in as if making a bed and brush with butter. Bake in a medium oven, 30 mins in tin then another 30 with sides removed. It's yummy.

Other ideas:
Butternut squash cubed and roasted with chilli flakes and whole garlic. Half way through cooking add cubes halloumi. Toss through with cooked penne.

Butternut squash roasted, served with gnocchi and some garlic and sage lightly cooked in butter.

There's a roasted carrot feta and puy lentil salad on BBC good food that's amazing.

Also we often have roast veg mixed with a tin of puy lentils with feta crumbled on top and some posh bread on the side.

Roast veg can be surprisingly versatile. Vary the veg, use different spice mixes, add cooked chickpeas, beans, lentils and/or haloumi or paneer (or tofu, I guess). Mix through some sort of carbs (giant cous cous, pasta, bulgar wheat, quinoa, rice, anything frankly). Or stuff in to bread/spread on puff pastry, make filo pastry parcels/baskets, use to top a homemade 'pizza'. The result is lots of things that look like very different meals, but are all very easy.

Tofu in black bean sauce is really good.

Chiruashi sushi is very easy to make (because it doesn't require any complex assembly) and can be topped with all sorts of veggie toppings (including tofu). There are load of recipes online ([[http://kitchenlivingwithcoryanne.com/chirashi-sushi-a-vegetarian-delight/ e.g.).

Japanese style noodle soups can be made vegetarian (usually vegan) and they're lovely. This looks very filling, and pretty healthy.

Positive -

Easy pie sounds good but dd1 won't eat it because of the cheese. Neither of them will touch mushrooms.

Butternut squash pasta - do this a lot but hadn't thought of adding haloumi (not that dd1 would eat that either!)

Butternut squash roasted, served with gnocchi and some garlic and sage lightly cooked in butter - excellent

Do your dc happily eat the feta? Mine won't, but they do like puy lentils.