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[mcmurphy79]

G and I are going to have a meat free week.

I did used to be a veggie when we met and have been a vegan (for 6 months!) in the past but would love suggestions for things that we could eat during this week.  We don't eat meat every day (I don't think it's good for you to eat meat all the time) and I'm sure I could cobble stuff together but if anyone knows any really tasty receipies please let me know. When I say meat free I also mean know fish.

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[fenjer.livejournal.com]

ooh good idea!

I'm useless at veggie type recipes tho, small person is too fussy.

[myhappyending.livejournal.com]

i dont know any recipes but farm fords and iceland do quorn for £1 and some of it isnt to bad! :) x

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Howzabout my veggie lasagne then?

You'll need:

A courgette cut into long strips lengthways
A carrot, ditto
A small aubergine also ditto
A small red onion finely sliced
A clove of garlic chopped

Lasagne sheets
Cream cheese (this can be a low fat one if you wish)
A little grated parmigianno (parmesan)
A veggie stock cube
Italian mixed herbs (what I know as 'erbe piccante'- they contain a little chilli flake and are quite spicy)
A small tin of chopped tomatoes
Black pepper

Steam the three kinds of vegetable strips until softened but not too squishy.

Fry the onion and garlic to get a little colour add the stock and tomatoes and continue to cook then add a dollop of cream cheese and cook down so you get a nice thick sauce- add the Italian herb mix and pepper at the end.

Meanwhile, partly cook the lasange sheets- again don't make them too squishy- they'll finish cooking in the oven.

In an ovenproof dish (square or rectangular works best if you have it) place a layer of the sauce, then a layer of lasagane then a layer of veggie strips and keep going until you've used all the goodies- finish with a layer of lasgane and the grated cheese.

Pop in the preheated oven about 180c and cook until the cheesy topping turns golden brown then serve up with a rocket salad or similar. Any green leaf salad works, but rocket it nice and peppery!

If you want more, let me know :o)

Enjoy!

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Oh and I'm doing my mushroom and walnut rissoto tonight- that's so simple that I don't need to give you a recipe, but it is soooo yummy served with a little garlic bread on the side! :o)

[lucybutler.livejournal.com]

Ooooooh I'm thinking about making a stilton & walnut risotto tomorrow night, now!

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Nice- blue cheese works so well in risotti- but being of Italian extaction this is one where I tend towards gorgonzola- I keep the stilton for baked taties :o)

Try doing a blue cheese risotto with pears and walnuts some time- unbelievably good! The trick is to add the chopped pears right at the end of cooking so they just warm through in the rice.

[lucybutler.livejournal.com]

I'd a different blue cheese, but I have loads of Stilton to use up from Christmas (also walnuts) :-)

The pears sound like a yummy addition!

Another thing we have in common, here; my mother-in-law is Venetian! :-)

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Aha! Some of my ancestors came from Umbria- little place called Castelnuovo :o)

[lucybutler.livejournal.com]

Not Newcastle then? ;-)

I'm so hungry now!!!

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Sounds better in Italian, dunnit? My granny came from Sunderland just up the road from that Newcastle though :o)

[lucybutler.livejournal.com]

AGREED! :-)

[tispity.livejournal.com]

Barry and I veggie meals three or four times a week usually - it's cheaper as well as being healthy.

My faves are probably veggie chilli (mixed beans instead of mince) and this from Delia Online.

[sugar-spun.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine runs CFR and they have a meal plan for a month of meat free food for £100. Just making the evening meals is also doable and very cheap, not to mention nutritionally balanced and extremely tasty.

[zvezda.livejournal.com]

Good luck with it. I think you should have luck. I have not been cooking as much as I have in the past, and I need to get up on that. I need some more good vegetarian recipes.

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

This is my favourite meal EVER
Gypsy eggs (huevos flamenco)

Heat oven

you will need
1 can chopped tomatoes
basil
garlic-chopped
mushrooms-sliced
onion-chopped
spinich - cooked and chopped
rice
eggs

optional extras: olives or capers, chilli flakes, cheese

mix tomatoes, basil, garlic, mushrooms, onions and spinich (olives or capers and chilli flakes if used) and place in a shallow oven proof dish. Make wells in the mixture and break the eggs into the. Bake in the oven
boil the rice, the eggs should be cooked about the same time the rice is ready. Spread the rice over the baked mixture. Top with cheese if you are having it.

This is absolutely my favourite meal in the world. I would choose it for my last meal if I was condemned

[mcmurphy79.livejournal.com]

This sounds lush!

[audamy.livejournal.com]

I'm not a big veggie eater (because I have weird food texture issues) but one of my favorite meat free meals is chile relleno with spicy black bean sauce (the sauce is also really good mixed into brown rice with shredded cheese on top). It's not everyone's favorite because it can be quite spicy but I can share the recipe if you like.