Calling all cooks...

[Vermilion]

Do you have any good Veggie recipes for two inveterate meat-eaters? We can;t afford to keep eating as much meat as we have been, and the onyl recipes I know that we like are pizza (with no meat toppings) and mushroom risotto...

We love the taste and texture and full-feeling of meat, so any veggie food that you think would satisfy these sorts of appetites I'd really love to know...

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[oldangrey]

Hi Vermillion you might get some ideas from this site
http://www.downsizer.net/option,com_rapidrecipe/Itemid,93/

 

[OhMissScarlett]

You might want to try some of the recipes here: http://www.molliekatzen.com/archives.php

 

[impressive]

*sigh* I totally read the thread title differently.

Sorry, I'm NO help on the vegetarian recipes.

 

[neonlyte]

Vegetable Lasagne is pretty good, use courgettes and mushrooms instead of meat. You can make the Bechamel Sauce with Soya Milk if lactose is a problem.

Similarly, Peppers stuffed with rice and vegetables.

Vegetable Tarte Tatin is excellent hot and cold. Lightly fry your assorted vegetables, in olive oil - onions, peppers, tomato, mushrooms, garlic, herds and spices. Place in a pizza dish, spread pastry circle over the top tucking down the inside edge of the tin, egg glaze - bake at 170C for about 35 mins. Leave to cool for a few minutes and turn out onto a large plate so the pastry is underneath, pizza style.

Endless permutations for risotto - courgette, mushroom, pea and cubed ham. Use a good vegetable stock, try a couple of strands of saffron for a more exotic taste.

Baking potatoes, large floury ones. Par boil, halve and scoop out centre, mash and mix with part cooked veggies of choice. Place back in a backing tray with filling piled into halves, pour over cheese or bechemal sauce, bake.

 

[impressive]

Vegetable Lasagne is pretty good, use courgettes and mushrooms instead of meat. You can make the Bechamel Sauce with Soya Milk if lactose is a problem.

Similarly, Peppers stuffed with rice and vegetables.

Vegetable Tarte Tatin is excellent hot and cold. Lightly fry your assorted vegetables, in olive oil - onions, peppers, tomato, mushrooms, garlic, herds and spices. Place in a pizza dish, spread pastry circle over the top tucking down the inside edge of the tin, egg glaze - bake at 170C for about 35 mins. Leave to cool for a few minutes and turn out onto a large plate so the pastry is underneath, pizza style.

Endless permutations for risotto - courgette, mushroom, pea and cubed ham. Use a good vegetable stock, try a couple of strands of saffron for a more exotic taste.

Baking potatoes, large floury ones. Par boil, halve and scoop out centre, mash and mix with part cooked veggies of choice. Place back in a backing tray with filling piled into halves, pour over cheese or bechemal sauce, bake.

What is bechemal sauce?

 

[carsonshepherd]

We don't each much meat at all, a lot of the reason being we can't afford it. I was also raised by a vegetarian who cooked us meat, but not very well, so I'm not a big meat eater. We eat a lot of beans. Chili and pasta with beans are two favorites of ours. Tex-Mex cheese enchiladas and quesadilla... bean soup... there are a lot of options. You just have to be willing to try new things.

 

[carsonshepherd]

Vegetable Lasagne is pretty good, use courgettes and mushrooms instead of meat. You can make the Bechamel Sauce with Soya Milk if lactose is a problem.

Similarly, Peppers stuffed with rice and vegetables.

Vegetable Tarte Tatin is excellent hot and cold. Lightly fry your assorted vegetables, in olive oil - onions, peppers, tomato, mushrooms, garlic, herds and spices. Place in a pizza dish, spread pastry circle over the top tucking down the inside edge of the tin, egg glaze - bake at 170C for about 35 mins. Leave to cool for a few minutes and turn out onto a large plate so the pastry is underneath, pizza style.

Endless permutations for risotto - courgette, mushroom, pea and cubed ham. Use a good vegetable stock, try a couple of strands of saffron for a more exotic taste.

Baking potatoes, large floury ones. Par boil, halve and scoop out centre, mash and mix with part cooked veggies of choice. Place back in a backing tray with filling piled into halves, pour over cheese or bechemal sauce, bake.

Mmmmmmm

 

[neonlyte]

What is bechemal sauce?

It is a 'roux' made from equal amounts of butter and flour, cooked over a low heat, stirring furiously to stop it from burning. Then add heated milk (or soya milk) to make a thick sauce, of custard consistency. Usually 'flavored' with bay leaf, few pepper corns and salt to taste. Can be made into a cheese sauce by adding grated cheese.

1 heaped tablespoon flour + same of butter
approx 1 pint milk.

 

[feeeriek]

What is bechemal sauce?

it is basically a white sauce

 

[Vermilion]

What is bechemal sauce?

A white sauce, usually with nutmeg in it.

Oops, just saw the multitude of replies answering this

Thanks for the suggestions everyone - will have to buy some ingredients for them in the next shop

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V

ps- Imp - nah, i got more than enough of that already ta

 

[Mark_Ilaan]

Béchamel Sauce
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 cups milk
• 1 small onion studded with 2 Or 3 cloves, optional
• 1 small bay leaf
• dash dried leaf thyme, crumbled
• salt and white pepper to taste
• nutmeg, to taste
In a medium heavy saucepan, melt butter over low heat. When butter starts to foam, add the flour all at once, mixing well with a wooden spoon. Cook over low heat 3 to 4 minutes, stirring constantly to incorporate and cook flour. Remove pan from heat and let stand, up to 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, scald milk (heating it until just below boiling point).

Return saucepan with roux to medium-low heat. Add all of the scalded milk at once (to avoid the formation of lumps). Simmer, stirring gently with a wire whisk or wooden spoon. Add studded onion, bay leaf and thyme sprig. Cook, stirring, over low heat, 15 to 20 minutes, until smooth and thickened. Strain sauce through fine-mesh strainer. Add salt, white pepper and nutmeg to taste. Makes about 2 cups.

Great in lasagna

 

[Emerald_Dragon]

HI,

One trick to streach the budget is to only add 1/2 to a 1/4 of the meat you normally would. Take a pound of hamberger and only use half of it in spagetti sauce instead of the whole thing, you can streach it into several meals that way instead of one.

 

[Mark_Ilaan]

3 tablespoons olive oil
5 chopped garlic cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
pepper to taste
1 large eggplant (unpeeled), diced
2 red or yellow bell peppers, diced
2 large tomatoes, chopped
1 onion, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 large zucchini, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
1 lemon, juiced
4 ounces diced parmasean (optional)

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Mix oil, salt, pepper and garlic. Spread eggplant, peppers, zucchini and onion in the bottom of large baking dish. Add oil mixture and toss. Sprinkle with parsley. Roast in oven for 20 – 30 minutes, stirring at the half-way point. Add lemon juice and tomatoes, toss again and return to oven for another 10 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese, if desired. Bake until heated through, about 20 minutes.

This is especially good in the summer, when the veggies are best, but works well in the winter too. I sometimes substitute yellow squash for the eggplant.

Makes a great main dish with pasta or fried polenta. Enjoy.

 

[Anna_Malia75]

3 tablespoons olive oil
5 chopped garlic cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
pepper to taste
1 large eggplant (unpeeled), diced
2 red or yellow bell peppers, diced
2 large tomatoes, chopped
1 onion, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 large zucchini, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
1 lemon, juiced
4 ounces diced parmasean (optional)

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Mix oil, salt, pepper and garlic. Spread eggplant, peppers, zucchini and onion in the bottom of large baking dish. Add oil mixture and toss. Sprinkle with parsley. Roast in oven for 20 – 30 minutes, stirring at the half-way point. Add lemon juice and tomatoes, toss again and return to oven for another 10 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese, if desired. Bake until heated through, about 20 minutes.

This is especially good in the summer, when the veggies are best, but works well in the winter too. I sometimes substitute yellow squash for the eggplant.

Makes a great main dish with pasta or fried polenta. Enjoy.

Nice to find a man with so many recipes so close to hand. Do you follow them closely or do you like to improvise?

 

[Mark_Ilaan]

Nice to find a man with so many recipes so close to hand. Do you follow them closely or do you like to improvise?

Hi, beautiful. I improvise a lot. You never know where the mood takes you.

All men should learn to cook. Chicks dig that.

 

[Vermilion]

Hi, beautiful. I improvise a lot. You never know where the mood takes you.

All men should learn to cook. Chicks dig that.

too right! Especially when they wash up afterwards
x
V

 

[carsonshepherd]

All men should learn to cook. Chicks dig that.

Boys dig it too.

 

[Anna_Malia75]

Boys dig it too.

I found him first.

 

[Mark_Ilaan]

Boys dig it too.

Sorry, man. I can't help you with that.

too right! Especially when they wash up afterwards
x
V

Yep. I do that too. Nothing like the smile on the face of a woman after you do all that for her. There's nothing she won't do for ya.

Love the shoes, gorgeous.

 

[Mark_Ilaan]

I found him first.

I'd cook all night long for you, Anna.

 

[Anna_Malia75]

I'd cook all night long for you, Anna.

You'd need to learn some non-veggie recipes, hon. I'm eating a lot of raw meat these days.

 

[KompressoR24]

veggie stir fry is very healthy and easy to make....as someone else mentioned, stuffed peppers, most pasta i make has no meat in it!

 

[Anna_Malia75]

Seriously, though. Go to molliekatzen.com. She has some wonderful recipes; she's the author of a brilliant cookbook called the Moosewood Cookbook. Excellent vegetarian food.

 

[Mark_Ilaan]

Seriously, though. Go to molliekatzen.com. She has some wonderful recipes; she's the author of a brilliant cookbook called the Moosewood Cookbook. Excellent vegetarian food.

Ah, sweetie, I don't think vegetarian is actually what they want here. They just want a way to stretch the budget.