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

…and last night I did a stir-fry.

Kicked off with heated dilute lemon juice in a wok, then in it I 'fried':

chopped onions
grated ginger
crushed garlic
salt
chopped fresh chillis
chopped red pepper
chopped mushrooms
pine kernels

for five minutes, then added lightly steamed:

chopped purple and red carrot
purple sweet potato
sweetcorn kernels
peas
broccoli
mung bean sprouts
sesame seeds

and it was pretty damned powerful, plus very low fat (no oil involved).

anewme wrote: »

Where can you buy the Haggis? Looks lovely!

It really is good. Some 'health' or wholefood shops would stock them, in the freezer and this page gives some supermarket sources. They also do a Moroccan spiced veggie haggis which I'd love to try.

davidjtaylor wrote: »

Brussels sprouts! This time of year? I love the brussels sprouts season, eat tons. Don't tell me they were frozen? Are they really any good once defrosted? I like by brussels just lightly steamed (and grated raw) and have horrific memories of liquid veggies.

auspicious wrote: »

Yep. Frozen. Don't hate on me. Love them.
Wouldn't chance them in smoothies though.

No hating on you auspicious: feel the lurve. So what's the texture of your brussels like? Freezing technologies have improved over the years - maybe I ought to try them again.

All you can do is try david.

My second dinner today.
Spuds, sweet spuds, lentils done with carrots and carrot greens, green beans, plant burger and delicious gravy.
In dother lunchbox.

davidjtaylor wrote: »

Looks great, good gravy by the look of it.

What is the gravy auspicious, out of interest?

Ben Done wrote: »

What is the gravy auspicious, out of interest?

Bisto original gravy powder.
I'm too lazy to make my own.

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

This is actually my breakfast now, but it's a dinner really! Naturli vegan mince from Dunnes (so good), asparagus, mushroom pasta sauce with a lot of extra mushrooms, babycorns, wholewheat pasta. Takes just a few minutes, would have added some red wine if I remembered my half empty bottle! As it is it's healthier though

Beautiful. Very arty shot TA!

Here's last night's, one of my favourite (easy to make, very quick), a beany cauliflower curry with windowsill lentil sprouts.

Beans used were Peruvian organic black-eyed beans.

Steamed spuds, then dry roasted with salt. Steamed purple carrots with peas. An onion gravy with arame and mushrooms. Half a Clive's cassoulet pie.

The spuds were savage.

No oil used, everything except the salt and arame organic.

Vexorg wrote: »

Do you have a recipe for that bean and cauliflower curry?

Yes, it's very much like Happy Pear's five minute curry (I like it cooked longer and it's even better after a it's been sitting for a day). It's really simple to make though.

I have the ingredients prepared in four sections:

½ onion
1 tsp cumin seeds
2 tablespoons olive oil (or use water with a tablespoon of lemon juice)
1 clove of garlic, crushed
½ inch of ginger, grated
½ a red chilli, chopped finely

1 tbsp curry powder (hot)
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp ground paprika
1 tsp turmeric

1 tin chopped tomatoes
1 tin coconut milk (light for preference)
1 tin of chickpeas (drained and rinsed) other beans could be used but chickpeas are 'classic'
1 tsp salt
½ tsp ground black pepper

small bunch of fresh coriander
zest of 1 lime
juice of 1 lime

INSTRUCTIONS
Get any veggies you want steaming (cauliflower is brilliant in this curry)
Heat the oil
Add the onion, cumin seeds and garlic and fry for a few minutes
Add ginger & chilli, cook and stir for 30 seconds
Add spices, cook and stir for 30 seconds
Add the tomatoes, coconut milk, chickpeas, steamed veg., salt and pepper
Let that bubble for a while

Off the heat
Chop the coriander (leaves and stems) and add to the pan along with the lime zest, juice, season to taste

Serve with a grain, rice or chapati/paratha

For me the magic ingredient is the lime. It adds great depth and I don’t care to do this recipe if I don’t have one.

Snacking on Mae's Kitchen No sausage rolls Aldi.
Very tasty.

Have they palm oil?

anewme wrote: »

Have they palm oil?

This is their answer

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