Vegetarian Daily 'What's for dinner?' thread

[Florene]

I am a rubbish vegetarian. Not in the respect of not eating meat or fish, that I am very good at. But cooking interesting, and more importantly, nutritious dinners each night, not so much.

So I mainly eat toast. Or sandwiches. Particularly as I work a variety of shifts each week, and it's just easy. But I am low on energy and damn it, I want better meals.

So I am hoping that having started this thread, I can sit back and watch it grow, with daily updates from the more grown up organised amongst you, which will inspire me to join in.

Anything able to be cooked ahead then frozen is especially welcomed, but not essential.

I'll start us off.

Tonight I will be mainly eating.... mushroom pate on toast

Our week looks like this:
Mon - ratatouille with some cheese on top under the grill and fresh crusty bread + glamorgan sausages

Tues - quesilladas with chickpea/sweetpotato/pepper filling

Weds - rest of ratouille made up into either a lentil based spag bol or poss a lasagne

Thurs - spinach and feta flan + tomato salad

Fri - nut cutlet burgers/flafel burgers (hm or shop bought depending on how hectic I am) in brown rolls and sweet potato fries

Sat - lazy treat meal of kimchi dumplings + endamame peas and some noodles and veg

Sun - (late quick tea after swimming) jacket potatoes with some veggi chilli slopped on top (have a small portion in freezer) and cheese

Tonight we're having homemade flatbreads, griddled halloumi with harrisa dressing, homemade tabouleh, hummus and tzatziki, pickled chillies and a big plate of crudites.

Tomorrow, leek and potato soup, homemade sourdough, a couple of really good cheeses and a green salad.

Quick and easy tonight...paneer curry (jar of sauce) with naan, veg samosas and rice.

Burrito

Brown rice, onions, mushrooms, mixed beans, cheese, guacamole, sour cream, tomato salsa, lettuce all in a wrap

Was delicious

Ohh, I love a burrito Salane.

Tonight is Linda McCartney mozzarella burgers in brioche buns , with coleslaw, pickles, corn on the cob, salad and chips.

Linda McCartney mozzarella burgers here too with rolls, coleslaw and wedges.

A quick meal here as well - quorn sausages with a jacket potato, and stir fried courgette, mushroom, beetroot and spinach with lemon juice. Surprisingly tasty.

Hello! May I join. DH has decided he'd like to eat vegetarian meals at home. We had aubergine and pea curry this evening. With rice. Dd3 shouted no sauce no sauce (curry) so just had rice yoghurt and cucumber. I liked it though. Thanks meera sodha for fresh india.

I had pizza out for lunch, so a cup of tea and some highland shorties for tea.

It's such standard veggie stuff, I'm almost embarrassed to say that I had mushroom risotto tonight!

Soup and bread today. Butternut and sweet potato.

join maybe standard but delicious

Pearl barley Buddha bowl thingie.
Now I am starving.

Over the course of the week we have veggie fajitas, pasta with pesto and tomato salad, jacket spuds and spanakopita

Plan to make butternut soup if the baby lets me!

This is a list of a few of the vegetarian meals I cook:

Falafel, with pittas, salad, salsa and guacamole.
Moroccan chickpea soup
creamy mushroom tagliatelli
Moroccan eggs
Mushroom stroganoff
Spaghetti with cherry tomatoes and black olive sauce
charred veg cous cous
Satay noodles
Broccoli omelette bake
Squash, Cauliflower and roasted garlic gratin
Spicy thai soup
Creamy rice stuffed peppers
Spinach and Gnocci with ricotta
Sweet potato curry

Tonight I'm having spicy veg rice with a fried egg and chilli sauce. I'm replicating a dish I ate in 'giraffe' lastvweek.

Port salut sandwich.

Oh that giraffe spicy rice is yum

Music how do you make your satay noodles? Would love any tips/a recipe.

There are some lovely ideas on here. I wish my teens weren't so fussy.

Here's my recipe Captain
Ingredients:
2 tbsp. of crunchy peanut butter.
1 tbsp. soy sauce.
100ml Coconut milk.
1 tbsp. vegetable oil.
1 red pepper deseeded and thinly sliced.
100g of sugar snap peas
Pack of fresh egg noodles (normally about 265g)
2 heads of Pak choi, shredded
1/2 a cucumber peeled into ribbons or thinly sliced into sticks.
30g of unsalted peanuts, chopped
2 spring onions finely sliced.

Make the satay sauce by putting the peanut butter, soy sauce and coconut milk in a pan and gently heat for 2 mins until it's well mixed, then set aside.

Heat the oil in a non stick frying pan or wok and fry the peas and pepper for 2 mins.

Add the in the noodles, pak choi and cucumber, mix and cook for another 2-3 mins, then stir through the satay sauce

Serve instantly and scatter with the chopped peanuts and spring onions.
It is tasty.

The challenge we have is:
No pasta (as dd eats so much of it during the week at school)
No rice (or only as an optional side) as neither dd nor I really like it
No (or not much) cheese as neither dd nor I really like it.

I tend to rely on:
Veggie fajitas
Veggie chilli (with rice for dp and with bread or couscous for dd/I)
Veggie stir fry with noodles
Fritatta with roast potatoes and green veg
Veggie/chick pea curry with bread
Baked tomatoes/sweet potato/chick peas/feta with couscous

I've an aversion to making mashed potato so veggie shepherds pie etc is out.
Luckily we eat fish to add a bit of variety as we're all bored of the above!

dame Here are some fish ones I do.
Chickpea mash fish pie
Tandoori fish with spicy cous cous
Pak choi prawns
Lime and coriander cod
Soy, honey and garlic salmon
Spinach, Avocado and prawn salad.