Vegetarian Recipes?

[Mik3]

I eat meat twice a day seven days a week, by the end of next month I would like to cut that down to once a day. The problem is I don't like many vegetables, in fact I only like Potatoes, onions, peppers and tomatoes, what I can think of, I cant stand the rabbit food, lettuce cucumbers etc. I do like rice and pasta. I have no experience of cooking vegetarian dishes, if I tried they would probably end up very bland and tasteless. So could anyone offer some tasty vegetarian recipes I could try?

 

[Ben M]

Get a fresh pasta stuffed with cheese and have that with a pepper and tomato sauce.

 

["andy"]

out of interest if you like meat then why try to cut it down ?

 

[Mik3]

out of interest if you like meat then why try to cut it down ?

Trying to cut down my carbon foot print. Mother Earth and all that.

 

["andy"]

pffft just think of all that diesel used to power vegetable harvesting farm machinery compared to a bullet !


but anyway another vote for pasta here. just try a load of sauces and find one you love. oh and beans, vegetable currys etc

 

[Glaucus]

rubbish, you don't like rabbit food. Because you haven't eaten anything well prepared or tasty.

Give all vegetables another chance but in some decent dishes.

Aubergine Bake
Pasta
1 can chopped tomatoes
1 Onion
A few basil leaves
1tsp garlic
1tsp Chopped chilli or flakes
1 stock cube
1 aubergine
Cheese

Method
1) put the pasta on to cook.
2) Dice and fry the onion, garlic and chilli in a pan until translucent.
3) pour in the can of chopped tomatoes, the stock cube and some Oregano bring to the boil for 5 minutes and turn off.
4) Meanwhile slice the aubergine thinish(I leave the skin on, it's down to prefrence).
5) Pre heat the frill to a medium heat. Take the aubergine Slices and lightly brush with olive oil (spraying is better if you have a bottle lying around). Grill on both sides till dark brown.
6) Mix the sauce and cooked pasta together, place half this mix in an oven proof dish, Layer half the aubergine slices ontop and grate some cheese, then layer the rest of the pasta and top with aubergine slices and more cheese(mix cheddar and mozerlla).
7) bake in the oven at 160 for around 20-30mins or until cheese is golden brown.
8) Deep fry the basil leaves for a few seconds drain and use to decorate. Greta flavour

Aubergine spaghetti
1 x aubergine
1 X Onion
1 x can of tomatoes
1 x stock cube
1 teaspoon oregano
Spaghetti

Method:
1) Peel and dice the onion, add to a saucepan with a little olive oil and fry over a low heat until translucent
2) peel and cube the aubergine, 3/4-1cm cubes and throw in with the onions, increase the heat to medium and fry for a few mins.
3) add the rest of the ingredients and boil for about 20 mins until reduced to spag bol consistency.
4) meanwhile cook the spaghetti in slated water.
5) serve

Spinach gnocchi with mushroom and wine sauce
Ingredients
For the gnocchi
600g 5oz floury potatoes (such Russets), unpeeled
600g of Baby spinach
1 large free-range egg
salt and freshly ground black pepper
450g plain flour
For the sauce
300g mushrooms
200g ****aki mushrooms
1 medium finely chopped
1 garlic clove, finely chopped (or one teaspoon of lazy garlic)
200ml white wine
200ml cream
Finley chopped parsley to serve

Method: Gnocchi *makes about 10-12 starters*
1) Boil the potatoes for about 40 minutes(skins on), until tender. Remove from the heat, drain and leave to cool. Once cooled, skin and mash well in a bowl.
2) Boil a large saucepan of salted water. Wash and pick through the spinach, discarding any withered leaves and removing any large, stringy stems.
3) Blanch the spinach in batches for about 30 seconds, refreshing each batch in ice cold water. Drain and gently squeeze any remaining liquid from the spinach. You need to remove as much water as possible, so make into a thin layer and sandwich between loads of kitchen paper.
4) Finely chop the spinach
5) Mix the spinach into the mashed potato.
6) Add the flour and mix well to form a dough. Knead the dough for 3-4 minutes, until it becomes dry to the touch. This is the hard bit, it really needs to be reasonably dry. As it has spinach in your are unlikely to need a whole egg, so you need to add it as you go, If you don't want to waste eggs, melted butter will also work fine.
7) season with slat and pepper
8) leave in fridge till you ready to use, can be made 24hours in advance if needed, just make sure it's covered so it doesn't dry out.
9) Divide the dough into three pieces. On a clean, well-floured surface, roll out the dough into 1in diameter lengths, then cut into pieces at 1in intervals.
10) Place these gnocchi pieces into boiling water and cook for 2-3 minutes. When they rise to the top they are cooked. Scoop out with a slotted spoon
b]Method:[/b] Sauce
1) Add a tablespoon of olive oil to a pan on a low heat. Add the Onion and cook for 1-2 minutes. Add the garlic when the onions have turned translucent. Cook until the garlic has taken on a little colour.
2) Add the mushrooms and fry for a few minutes, season with salt and freshly ground black pepper and stir again. Raise the heat and pour in the white wine.
3) When the wine has reduced by two-thirds, reduce the heat, add the cream.
4) toss the cooked gnocchi in the sauce and serve with a sprinkle of parsley on top.

 

[Mik3]

rubbish, you don't like rabbit food. Because you haven't eaten anything well prepared or tasty.

Give all vegetables another chance but in some decent dishes.

Give us some recipes then.

As I said I'm lost when it comes to vegetables.

 

[Glaucus]

See above.

You can do puff pastry parcels.
Stick some chesse in then some vegatbles or a mix of vegtables, mushrooms, tomatoes, aubergine, aspraguse, onions.

Things like mushroom and cheese loaf are amazing.

Things like pasta bake.
White sauce, fried onions, can of sweetcorn, mushrooms or what ever else you fancy with a bread crumb or crisp topping with cheese.

Paneer cheese is a great replacement for meat. Can make kebabs out of them. Put it in salads, currys etc

 

[Mik3]

Cheers pal
Got my sister and brother in-law round tonight, I'm going to try cooking that Aubergine bake for them.

 

[Glaucus]

get a large aubergine or a 2 small ones.

 

[jolie77]

Tuna melt on toast ? can you eat fish ? lol

 

[craptakular]

tin of baked beans or cheese or toast. God being a veggie must be boring.... I would always feel cheated out of meat with those veggie meals.

 

[craptakular]

Trying to cut down my carbon foot print. Mother Earth and all that.

lol, u do realise where things like banana's come from? you can buy local pork, beef etc from a farm shop. i.e. no food miles.

 

[Mik3]

tin of baked beans or cheese or toast. God being a veggie must be boring.... I would always feel cheated out of meat with those veggie meals.

Yeah they do seem boring, I think that's more lack of effort though.

If you look at some of the recipes Acidhell posted, they are far from boring.