Cooking with vegetables!

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We're moving to our new home soon and there's a farmer's market a couple of hundred yards up the road, which sells vegetables I forgot even exist. For our roasts I usually do the regulars, but now that I've got access to all these lovely delectable veggies, I wanna broaden my horizons a bit.

Post up your favourite veggie recipes please :D
 
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Look into traditional veg curries, you'll struggle to find a tastier way to eat veg.

Veg soups and veggie burgers are good also. I'll dig out a broccoli and cheese burger recipe when I get a chance.
 
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Sorry, couldn't help it.

I'll try and make up for it though by attempting to add something constructive.

So, when you say regular, you mean like carrots potatoes, and what sort of things do they sell at this market that isn't in that category?

And are these things you can do with veg as like sides, rather than just vegetarian meals?


Vegetable kebabs are good actually, get a skewer, then large chunks of chopped aubergine, onion, peppers, mushrooms and tomato. I cover in a bit of oil, salt pepper and paprika and grill them. Those are pretty good, you could have that with rice or couscous or bulgar with some chopped olives etc in and that makes a good vegetarian meal.

Or a risotto made with grilled or roasted tomatoes is good, that is quite simple as well, you could add a few mushrooms or whatever in.
 
BUDFORCE said:
So, when you say regular, you mean like carrots potatoes, and what sort of things do they sell at this market that isn't in that category?

And are these things you can do with veg as like sides, rather than just vegetarian meals?
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Anything to go with my phat meat really.

On roast day I usually do cauli cheese, mashed carrots, sprouts, 'tatoes and occasionally butternut & sweet potato.

I love a cream spinach and I make a killer creamed spinach.

As for what types, anything really, just looking for some inspiration. They sell some lovely squashes at this market so ideally I'd like a go with those.
 
We’ve made this Jamie Oliver super squash lasagne a number of times and really perfected it. It’s great with a crispy side salad, and if like me you’ve just done 5 Christmas parties in 4 nights it’s a nice weekend cook that feels super healthy. I can’t find an official recipe page, but this will do the job; https://thequirkandthecool.com/2016/05/08/jamie-olivers-super-squash-lasagne/

My tips would be to cook the squash on a high heat to get some nice colour (200c+), and make sure your tomato sauce reduces - oh and don’t add any more than a splash of water otherwise it’ll be a runny mess. The squash etc doesn’t soak up any liquid in the bake so you want it to be as liquidy as you want it to come out. In other words, not much.
 
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We’ve made this Jamie Oliver super squash lasagne a number of times and really perfected it. It’s great with a crispy side salad, and if like me you’ve just done 5 Christmas parties in 4 nights it’s a nice weekend cook that feels super healthy. I can’t find an official recipe page, but this will do the job; https://thequirkandthecool.com/2016/05/08/jamie-olivers-super-squash-lasagne/

My tips would be to cook the squash on a high heat to get some nice colour (200c+), and make sure your tomato sauce reduces - oh and don’t add any more than a splash of water otherwise it’ll be a runny mess. The squash etc doesn’t soak up any liquid in the bake so you want it to be as liquidy as you want it to come out. In other words, not much.
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Ooooh that looks proper tasty, I'll give it a go, cheers!
 
main thing is steaming vegetables (potatoes too) - just use an inset inside a regular saucepan

can't beat a bit of butternut just roasted with drizzle of that goddam expensive olive oil + salt&pepper
 
indeed - eating up the last of the savoy's from Aldi this evening (with diy corned beef hash - doubt you can buy that in any kind of pre-packed meal though)

in comparison the poor quality of these stack em high cheap sprouts at 19p in Aldi&Js is lamentable -
they've been harvested months ago and held in suspended animation for months.
 
Vichy carrots - slice the carrots lengthways, works well with little carrots, cook with butter and sugar and much less water than you'd usually use (like it doesn't actually cover the carrots completely) and that's about it... add a sprinkle of herbs and dash of lemon to them if you're feeling poncy.

You could follow a recipe for some exact quantities but as with most things, the secret to making it taste better is just to add even more butter and even more sugar (that's what the restaurants do basically). :D

Garlic spinach - fry some garlic in a saucepan with some olive oil or butter or whatever you fancy for like up to half a minute, throw in the spinach then just fry for a couple of minutes, add some salt and pepper and you're done.
 
I eat loads of green leafy veg like spinach and kale. A lot of people underestimate just how good it is for you, and it’s delicious. I’m particularly fond of savoy cabbage with lots of white pepper and a dash of vinegar.
 
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Ever tried making a type of stew the Welsh call Cawl.

It is basically just a stew with beef or lamb and huge load of veg.

You add water or stock, i cant remember but you make enough to last two or three days and it thickens every time you re-heat it.

Then get some high quality cheese and bread / rolls / french stick to eat it with.

In my house it tends to be made with sprouts, swede, leek, potato, onion, beef and carrots mainly.
 
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