The vegged up 'Here's what I had for dinner last night' thread

davidjtaylor

Lentil dahl with cauliflower, plus rice. A recipe grabbed at random off the internet, quick and easy to make. Uses home-made stock. All organic except the salt.

Tip: dry-roast the cauli first, it makes a serious difference.

auspicious

I love red lentil dahl and rice. LOVE IT!

What's your veg. stock recipe?

davidjtaylor

I save all the odds and ends from certain veggies - not a wide range. Onion skins, garlic bits and pieces, carrot bits, leak scrags, celery leaves, pepper stalks and seeds, squash, pea pods, woody bits of tomatoes, not a lot else, bits left of chillis maybe.

Just throw it in a freezer bag till there's, I dunno, 3/4 cupsful? Then in a big pan of boiling water and simmer for a couple of hours. Sieve and store. It makes wonderful soup.

auspicious

Sounds interesting. I'll give it a go.

davidjtaylor

I usually add some fresh onion and carrot to the simmering stock, I think I read that somewhere.

The sieved remains, we end up eating again, a year or so after they've gone on a heap somewhere.

davidjtaylor

Black and kidney bean chilli, another swift internet recipe. Very rich with an added spoonful of cocoa and some lime juice.

Served with broccoli-mashed spuds.

Tar.Aldarion

Looks delicious, nice one!

davidjtaylor

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davidjtaylor

Roast purple sweet potatoes, roast beetroot, roast rosemary spuds, home-made mushy peas and window-ledge alfalfa sprouts, served with 2 of Dee's seaweed and ginger bangers.

igCorcaigh

Got these vegeburgers from Aldi.



They were quite OK, but tasted a bit fast foodish.
But they seemed to fall apart before I rescued them from the oven. The cheese was very orange and gloopy, as you can see.

Maybe would be better with chips after a few beers.



My curried quinoa and veg mix doesn't look the best, but was tasty.

igCorcaigh

Had the best vegan nachos from My Goodness in the English Market for lunch.

No pics but they were yum. Definitely recommend.

auspicious

Vegan Bolognese with whole wheat spaghetti.

Iceland's No Bull mince.

Worztron

auspicious wrote: »

Vegan Bolognese with whole wheat spaghetti.

Iceland's No Bull mince.

Hi auspicious. Is that nooch sprinkled on it?

auspicious

Worztron wrote: »

Hi auspicious. Is that nooch sprinkled on it?

How's things?
That is turmeric. I was going to use nooch but I actually forgot.
Veg. I've included are 2/3 onions, 3/4 carrots, 2 peppers, 250g mushrooms, 1 leek, 4/5 garlic cloves and 250g tomato passata.
Herbs/spices are veg. cube, cumin seeds, ginger, smokey paprika, chili powder, chilli flakes, fenugreek seeds, rosemary, thyme, ground coriander - 2tsp of each. and 4tbsp soy sauce.
- pressure cooker.

Worztron

auspicious wrote: »

How's things?
That is turmeric. I was going to use nooch but I actually forgot.
Veg. I've included are 2/3 onions, 3/4 carrots, 2 peppers, 250g mushrooms, 1 leek, 4/5 garlic cloves and 250g tomato passata.
Herbs/spices are veg. cube, cumin seeds, ginger, smokey paprika, chili powder, chilli flakes, fenugreek seeds, rosemary, thyme, ground coriander - 2tsp of each. and 4tbsp soy sauce.
- pressure cooker.

Thanks for the recipe. I've yet to try nooch - where's the best places to get it? Any supermarket?

Tar.Aldarion

health food stores mostly, H&B, nourish, down to earth etc.

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Aldi do it from time to time as well

auspicious

HB - Holland and Barrett for me € 3.50

(There's also a few cups of water in that recipe too.)

auspicious

Yellow split pea chili with kidney beans and tofu and rice, at work.

auspicious

Goodalls Vegan stonebaked pizza with Tesco free from cheese and breaded garlic mushrooms.

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Sure it's the weekend!

Worztron

auspicious wrote: »

Goodalls Vegan stonebaked pizza with Tesco free from cheese and breaded garlic mushrooms.

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Sure it's the weekend!

Hi auspicious. Did you mean 'Goodfella's'?

auspicious

Worztron wrote: »

Hi auspicious. Did you mean 'Goodfella's'?

Yes actually. It was in the freezer for over a week. And after a few drinks it wanted to join the party.
Never go shopping on an empty stomach. ><

auspicious

Mushroom and leek strogonoff as per The Happy Pear ( I added kidney beans and some coconut milk) with No Bull Meatballs as per Iceland.
- packed lunch.

Worztron

auspicious wrote: »

Mushroom and leek strogonoff as per The Happy Pear ( I added kidney beans and some coconut milk) with No Bull Meatballs as per Iceland.
- packed lunch.

If you rearranged things a bit, you'd have the Irish tricolor.

auspicious

Just made a batch of seitan.
130g of red lentils and 200g vital wheat gluten + flavourings.

More protein than beef!

Worztron

auspicious wrote: »

Just made a batch of seitan.
130g of red lentils and 200g vital wheat gluten + flavourings.

More protein than beef!

Seitan is one of the popular vegan foods that I've yet to try.

auspicious

Worztron wrote: »

Seitan is one of the popular vegan foods that I've yet to try.

I get the v.w.g. from Nourish.ie.
Here's the recipe I used https://itdoesnttastelikechicken.com/vegan-seitan-steak/#wprm-recipe-container-14806
though my marinade included barbeque sauce and sesame oil.

adelcrowsmel

auspicious wrote: »

I get the v.w.g. from Nourish.ie.
Here's the recipe I used https://itdoesnttastelikechicken.com/vegan-seitan-steak/#wprm-recipe-container-14806
though my marinade included barbeque sauce and sesame oil.

Wouldn't mind trying this - where would I get liquid smoke?!

auspicious

adelcrowsmel wrote: »

Wouldn't mind trying this - where would I get liquid smoke?!

I use smoked paprika instead - 2 to 3 teaspoons.
Most supermarkets should supply it.

( The longer you knead the dough the denser it becomes after steaming. )

auspicious

Working lunch.