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

--LOS-- · 01-07-2011 5:51pm

do Hell still do all you can eat for a tenner on mondays? dont see it on their site anymore

Duddy · 01-07-2011 6:32pm

Eddies Veggie burger and chips;)

Weyhey · 03-07-2011 10:18pm

Veggie Sausage and Apple casserole. Yum. Made it with sweet potatoes instead of ordinary potatoes and like most casseroles it tastes better the next day.
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/6329/veggie-sausage-casserole

bythewoods · 04-07-2011 2:25am

I made roast sweet potato and carrot soup earlier, it was lovely! I got the idea from Come Dine With Me and it was a giant success.

Omnom.

Also, so many of us have been sweet-potato'ing it lately! Special offers in Aldi much? I still have a pile of them to get rid of, so I'm going to steal your ideas.

sweet-rasmus · 04-07-2011 4:33pm

Weyhey wrote: »

Veggie Sausage and Apple casserole. Yum. Made it with sweet potatoes instead of ordinary potatoes and like most casseroles it tastes better the next day.
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/6329/veggie-sausage-casserole

I've never heard of apple in a casserole! It's great to get new ideas

If you have any photos of the dish do share, I'd love to see

ItsAWindUp · 05-07-2011 11:39pm

Chana Massala with Special Pilau Rice and some poppadoms, lovely stuff!

fillefatale · 10-07-2011 11:22am

--LOS-- wrote: »

I definitely wouldnt blame that on either place, do you have any idea what might have caused it? could it be a dairy allergy?
It is gona be on the pricey side as it's a restaurant, with a load of awards, no pricier than any other nice quality restaurant in Dublin and you have to take into account that you don't get starters, sides etc as it's a load of food served altogether. It is a nice rare treat and you need special occasions for the excuse. Sorry that you had such a bad experience

I think i have some sort of allergy, I don't know how to remedy it, the doctor suggested a food diary. I'm trying to cut out dairy as much as possible, but I'm in the middle of a dissertation at the moment so its not progressing far.

I'm sorry if I was reflecting badly on the restaurant, I would definitely recommend it. Its in a great location and the interior is gorgeous. It'd be a rare treat.

fillefatale · 10-07-2011 11:47am

bythewoods wrote: »

I made roast sweet potato and carrot soup earlier, it was lovely! I got the idea from Come Dine With Me and it was a giant success.

Omnom.

Also, so many of us have been sweet-potato'ing it lately! Special offers in Aldi much? I still have a pile of them to get rid of, so I'm going to steal your ideas.

http://www.waitrose.com/home/recipes/recipe_directory/s/sweet_potato_dauphinoise.html

http://www.waitrose.com/content/waitrose/en/home/recipes/recipe_directory/s/sweet_potato_rosti_with_goat_s_cheese.A5.html

modify dairy as needed. waitrose have some great ideas, but i always lol the way the have all their branded products as ingredients, necessary i guess!

Shenshen · 11-07-2011 1:04pm

Canelloni filled with mushrooms, courgettes and black olives, covered in tomato sauce and cheese and baked in the oven.
No leftovers for lunch today, unfortunately.

cosmic · 19-07-2011 12:11pm

I made ratatouille and brown rice and had them in wraps with cheese and natural yoghurt. It was delicious!

perfectisthe · 19-07-2011 10:05pm

A wrap consisting of mixed leaves, radish, beetroot, hummus, salsa, and falafel. It was pretty damn good.

fillefatale · 19-07-2011 10:18pm

I had the vegan 'kind veggie' bagel in itsabagel today. Really impressed with it, so filling!

Gauge · 20-07-2011 1:06pm

I'm currently in Columbus, Ohio for work and this place is a veggie paradise!

I had my first hot dog in 9 years the other night. Normally not a fan of fake meats but those Tofurkey dogs are SO GOOD I could have eaten 10

it was smothered in refried beans and cheddar cheese. Gorgeous!

There's a place not far from my hotel that does amazing bean dishes and Buddha bowls (definitely something I'm going to make at home- tofu, veggies and grain in a bowl, sounds boring but they season it so well!)

And even the fast food type places have plenty of options with tofu and substitutes. I want to stay here and eat forever!

bythewoods · 25-07-2011 8:02pm

I made delicious Greek stuffed tomatoes tonight to use up a big glut of tomatoes from our Greenhouse and they were really yummy! My friends are half Greek and I got the recipe off their Mam. Amazingggggg.

I scooped the middle out of about 20 big tomatoes and salted them, blended the scooped-out bit and cooked some rice in it, along with sauted onion, garlic and coutgette and loads of seasoning, including (especially!) Greek mint. I stuffed the rice in and stuck 'em in the oven. So delicious. One of my favourite dinners ever ever EVER! My brothers even had some each and enjoyed it, and they usually refuse to touch anything I cook (or if they're brave enough to sample, they usually hate anything not completely meat-y!) And there are loads left over, so I'll have delicious lunches or dinners for the next few days. Ommmmnom!

CWone · 25-07-2011 8:22pm

Just new to boards.ie. Have really enjoyed reading what other veggies are cooking and eating. But all this is making me really huuuungry:pac: just going to head into the kitchen and make some quorn mince pasta mmmmmmm:)

--LOS-- · 25-07-2011 11:36pm

bythewoods wrote: »

I made delicious Greek stuffed tomatoes tonight to use up a big glut of tomatoes from our Greenhouse and they were really yummy! My friends are half Greek and I got the recipe off their Mam. Amazingggggg.

I scooped the middle out of about 20 big tomatoes and salted them, blended the scooped-out bit and cooked some rice in it, along with sauted onion, garlic and coutgette and loads of seasoning, including (especially!) Greek mint. I stuffed the rice in and stuck 'em in the oven. So delicious. One of my favourite dinners ever ever EVER! My brothers even had some each and enjoyed it, and they usually refuse to touch anything I cook (or if they're brave enough to sample, they usually hate anything not completely meat-y!) And there are loads left over, so I'll have delicious lunches or dinners for the next few days. Ommmmnom!

I'd say I'd love this!

you cooked the rice in the blended up tomato bit? what seasoning did you use besides greek mint?
I love tomatoes, not sure where you'd buy big enough tomatoes to do this though.

Tar.Aldarion · 25-07-2011 11:59pm

I saw pretty big ones in lidl today! In fact at the time I was thinking 'thems pretty big tomatoes, biggest I've seen'

--LOS-- · 26-07-2011 12:01am

did you indeed!

if only someone would make this for me
/sigh

Tar.Aldarion · 26-07-2011 12:07am

But who would hate tomatoes enough to gut 20 of them ?! the handsome devil.

On another note does anybody have good soup recipes?
Tonight I had a lovely broccoli and carrot soup, with basil, dill, some of those flaxseed/goji berry mixes and oxo veg stock. Looking for something a bit more exciting with butternut squash and maybe sweet potato. I am using dill and basil too much to make my soup 'samey'

Namaste1 · 26-07-2011 3:39pm

Ooh, sauté some cashew nuts with coriander and cumin and add to butternut squash and carrot soup and blitz it. The nuts are soft but still a bit chunky (few millimiters, so nuts are not decimated but not huge and lumpy either) and add a spoon of cream/soy cream before serving...nom! Makes a nice hearty soup

Also worth roasting the butternut squash beforehand (peel, chop into chunks, give it about 40 mins in an oven at 180) - takes longer but gives deeper flavours.

Tar.Aldarion · 26-07-2011 8:02pm

thanks! I generally steam everything before making soup, so adding something to the oven should be easy to do to. sounds lovely

bythewoods · 27-07-2011 10:07am

--LOS-- wrote: »

I'd say I'd love this!

you cooked the rice in the blended up tomato bit? what seasoning did you use besides greek mint?
I love tomatoes, not sure where you'd buy big enough tomatoes to do this though.

Yes! I topped the rice up with water when I was cooking it because I was a wee bit short, but there was almost enough blitzed tomato-bits They're incredibly yummy! The tomatoes don't have to be that big really, although the bigger they are the easier I suppose. Big huge beef tomatoes would probably work.

I added in a bit of oregano, thyme, mixed Herbs de Provence, pepper, salt and a load'a greek mint. Also, I sautéed the onion, garlic and courgette and added it to the rice as it was cooking, so that gave it a fun flavour.

After you gut the tomatoes, you have to salt the inside of them, so you don't need too much salt in the rice. Also, protip: sit them down on their nubbin bit so they don't fall over in the oven, and cut off a wee lid, but keep it to put back on them after you've filled them with rice as that looks amazing and, in my head at least, keeps the flavour.

Shenshen · 29-07-2011 1:20pm

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

But who would hate tomatoes enough to gut 20 of them ?! the handsome devil.

On another note does anybody have good soup recipes?
Tonight I had a lovely broccoli and carrot soup, with basil, dill, some of those flaxseed/goji berry mixes and oxo veg stock. Looking for something a bit more exciting with butternut squash and maybe sweet potato. I am using dill and basil too much to make my soup 'samey'

Nothing with butternut squash or sweet potatoes, but my all-time favourite (and currently sort of seasonal) soup is asparagus and peas.
Cooked with 1 big chopped up potatoe, then blitzed and sprinkled with chives and a spoonful of cream stirred in...

cosmic · 29-07-2011 2:22pm

I made a spinach and chickpea curry with brown rice for dinner. it was SO good! I can't wait to get home and finish off the leftovers for dinner!

--LOS-- · 30-07-2011 9:41pm

bythewoods wrote: »

Yes! I topped the rice up with water when I was cooking it because I was a wee bit short, but there was almost enough blitzed tomato-bits They're incredibly yummy! The tomatoes don't have to be that big really, although the bigger they are the easier I suppose. Big huge beef tomatoes would probably work.

I added in a bit of oregano, thyme, mixed Herbs de Provence, pepper, salt and a load'a greek mint. Also, I sautéed the onion, garlic and courgette and added it to the rice as it was cooking, so that gave it a fun flavour.

After you gut the tomatoes, you have to salt the inside of them, so you don't need too much salt in the rice. Also, protip: sit them down on their nubbin bit so they don't fall over in the oven, and cut off a wee lid, but keep it to put back on them after you've filled them with rice as that looks amazing and, in my head at least, keeps the flavour.

I made them today! Was AMAZIN! even the rice alone was so nice cooked like that. One of them did fall over a bit, hard to avoid, maybe you could cook them in tinfoil? I'll be making these again for sure!

chucken1 · 15-08-2011 5:26pm

Just made this..yummy

Recipie made loads so enough for tomorrow for us too.

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/681678/aubergine-and-chickpea-curry

Aubergine and chickpea curry.

Ingredients

2 aubergines
2 tbsp sunflower oil , plus extra to serve, if you like
1 tbsp brown or black mustard seeds
10-12 curry leaves , plus extra to serve, if you like
2 onions , finely chopped
2 dried chillies , chopped
4 tsp garam masala
2 tsp ground coriander
2 tsp turmeric
400ml can coconut milk
6 tomatoes , quartered
400g can chickpeas , rinsed and drained

Halve the aubergines, then cut each half into wedges. Heat ½ tbsp oil in a large pan, preferably non-stick, and brown half the aubergines for 2-3 mins on each side until golden brown and crisp all over. Scoop onto a plate, repeat with more oil and the remaining aubergines, then set everything aside.
Add the remaining oil to the pan with the mustard seeds and curry leaves and fry for 30 secs until fragrant. Stir in the onions and continue cooking until they are softened and beginning to brown. Add the dried chillies and spices with a spoonful of the thick coconut milk from the top of the can, then fry for 1 min more. Add the remaining coconut milk, tomatoes and half a can of water. Simmer for 25-30 mins until thick and saucy.
Stir in the chickpeas and aubergines. Continue simmering for 5 mins or so, until everything is hot and the aubergines are tender. Serve with rice or warm naan bread, scattered with a few extra curry leaves sizzled in a splash of oil, if you like.

TO SERVE
I grated some cheese on naans and sprinkled a few chopped chillis on top before popping them in the oven

--LOS-- · 16-08-2011 5:55pm

--LOS-- wrote: »

I made them today! Was AMAZIN! even the rice alone was so nice cooked like that. One of them did fall over a bit, hard to avoid, maybe you could cook them in tinfoil? I'll be making these again for sure!

made this again today for my mother! :cool: Tinfoil worked a charm!

first time I had those cheese and brocolli quorn thingys too, very nice but a little cheesy for me, don't think I'll be buying again.

D'mother was proper impressed though, cheers bythewoods

Mary-Ellen · 17-08-2011 10:21am

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

But who would hate tomatoes enough to gut 20 of them ?! the handsome devil.

On another note does anybody have good soup recipes?
Tonight I had a lovely broccoli and carrot soup, with basil, dill, some of those flaxseed/goji berry mixes and oxo veg stock. Looking for something a bit more exciting with butternut squash and maybe sweet potato. I am using dill and basil too much to make my soup 'samey'

I like pretty colored soup

I make these two all the time:
Broccoli and blue cheese soup:
http://www.unislim.com/food-a-recipe...ue-cheese-soup
I use frozen broccoli

Butternut squash soup:
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/v...e-best-parmesa

More on topic I had greek salad (iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, sundried tomatoes, olives, feta & cucumber) with rosemany baby potaoes fried in butter... yummy

I keep meaning to make tomato soup if anyone has a nice recipe?
Think I would be great with garlic and herb cream cheese or pesto stirred through :pac:

carleigh · 20-08-2011 6:46pm

I made some yum curry broccoli soup for my lunch today and had a red pepper/mushroom/onion curry with basmati rice for dinner. I find it very hard to vary my food, as I have a nut allergy and I am also allergic to eggs, so some days its hard being a veggie! Today was a particularly easy going one though

Feu · 21-08-2011 5:02pm

carleigh wrote: »

I made some yum curry broccoli soup for my lunch today and had a red pepper/mushroom/onion curry with basmati rice for dinner. I find it very hard to vary my food, as I have a nut allergy and I am also allergic to eggs, so some days its hard being a veggie! Today was a particularly easy going one though

both sound lovely, any particular recipes?

carleigh · 22-08-2011 11:40am

For the soup, I usually chop an onion and add to a bit of olive oil in a large saucepan just til it starts to colour, and them I add in some fresh or frozen broccoli, whichever I have (today I made it with cauliflower and broccoli) and give it a quick stir, and then fill the pot up with boiling water from the kettle. Then I add 2 vegetable stock cubes and a cap full of Tesco Medium Curry powder, stir and simmer for about 20 minutes before I blitz it. If you like a thicker soup, you could add some choppen potato at the simmering stage. And if someone doesnt like curry, omit it and at the end stir in some grated parmesan.

For the curry I use the cheats version! I fry the veg, then add a tin of chopped tomatoes, 1/2 a tin of water and about 4 tablespoons of curry powder, depending on how spicy I fancy it. Simmer for around 15 minutes. If I have the time I would make it frem scratch(ish)!

Feu · 22-08-2011 9:00pm

ssounds delish, i am definitely gonna try both!

has anyone had the Pieminister heidi pie http://www.pieminister.co.uk/pies/pm-originals/ Only available in superquinn

i am addicted

Tar.Aldarion · 23-08-2011 10:19pm

we made egg fried rice and homemade springrolls with sweet chilli sauce. Inside them was bean sprouts, carrots, tofu, onion and mushrooms. Soy sauce etc mmm

Duddy · 26-08-2011 1:28am

Quorn Fillets marinated and cooked in a soysauce/honey/cumin/garam-masala sauce, served with chili rice:) Om nom nom.

Gauge · 28-08-2011 8:13pm

I hit up the Asian Supermarket and stocked up on tofu and other things, so dinner was miso-curry roasted veg and tofu, from this recipe- NOM!

Finding vegetarian thai curry paste was a chore. They ALL had shrimp paste. Think I'll just make my own in future.

Also picked up some halloumi, can't wait to have it

bythewoods · 29-08-2011 1:34am

Gauge wrote: »

Finding vegetarian thai curry paste was a chore. They ALL had shrimp paste. Think I'll just make my own in future.

The Tesco own-brand ones are veggie! At least the red Thai curry paste is. I bought it the other day and it was lovely! Quite sure the green one is too.

omah · 29-08-2011 9:51pm

thanks for recipe of miso curry roasted veg and tofu!

Gauge · 31-08-2011 10:15am

Trying to use up my fresh veg/lemons/herbs before they go off! Last night I'd cauliflower/broccoli mash with a little bit of garlic and coriander ghee, a bit of lemony quinoa with coriander, and grilled halloumi. I love halloumi

--LOS-- · 02-09-2011 10:04pm

pizza from mona lisa bistro which had mascarpone cheese, roasted peppers, roasted garlic, cherry tomatoes topped with rocket and balsamic dressing.

it was 2 for 1 so we also got a californian pizza which was supposed to have goats cheese, sun-blushed tomatoes, parmesan and pesto. Had to ask for it without parmesan and pesto but they wouldnt let us add alternatives, bit lame since it's marked as a veggie pizza on the menu

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 03-09-2011 8:15pm

Okay so it was breakfast and not dinner but it was YUM! Chopped banana and melon with an Alpro chocolate dessert thing (only €1.75 for four little pots in my tesco anyway) and some chopped hazelnuts. Not a big fan of sweet things in the morning usually but that was lovely, so very much more than the sum of its parts.

sweet-rasmus · 05-09-2011 1:08am

--LOS-- wrote: »

pizza from mona lisa bistro which had mascarpone cheese, roasted peppers, roasted garlic, cherry tomatoes topped with rocket and balsamic dressing.

I had that recently without the mascarpone - very nice! The lady taking orders was great when I said the whole 'no cheese / vegan pizza' thing. It was a pleasure to eat there!

It's a pity about the parmesan on the veggie pizza though. I hadn't seen that

When will these places ever learn?!

Raqndomer · 06-09-2011 7:33pm

Not a vegetarian but I do endevour to be meat free whenever possible

Tonight I had a Spinach and mushroom Frittata with grated cheddar on top with roast potatos rocket and peas

Got some lovely meat free dinner ideas from this thread!

cosmic · 07-09-2011 10:11am

Interesting, i just came on here to say I had veggie coddle for dinner last night and I see another thread talking about people making coddle! Great minds and all that, I guess

Mine had vegetable stock, rooster potatoes, carrots, onion and garlic (fried a bit before being put into the mix), loads of fresh parsley from my garden, Vegedeli Lincolnshire Sausages (browned a little first) and one Quorn rasher (also browned a bit first). It was so delicious

Bring on winter, I say!

--LOS-- · 12-09-2011 12:03am

Korma made with meridian vegan korma sauce. I had about 1/20 of that :P

--LOS-- · 16-09-2011 2:29pm

Yamamoris yesterday thanks to everyone ranting on about it! ^_^

Tofu Steak.....

I got some set thing for 9.50 which included a pineapple, ginger and apple juice, a salad with crispy tofu and pumpkin korokes and steamed rice...

Was lovely but my favourite part was the juice coz it was just so amazin

Don't know how anyone likes that miso soup though

16-09-2011 3:17pm

What did ye make of the steak? Ye went to the one on the keys?

I got that pumpkin thing the last time. Wasn't impressed at all at all. But the juice was gorgeous.

cosmic · 16-09-2011 3:22pm

--LOS-- wrote: »

Yamamoris

Vegetarian futomaki ftw!

ToniTuddle · 16-09-2011 5:22pm

Well managed to get the Mother out of the kitchen so I had peace to attempt cooking a new recipe I aint tried before! Was missing one or two ingredients so had to improvise :pac:

It's a Cheesy Broccoli+Pasta Bake. Ya have to boil the pasta and fry the onions and then the whole lot for brief few minutes then turn into ovenproof dish. Throw the beaten eggs with seasoning stuff all over it and mix it up. Throw on cheese and stick in oven!

Half regular and half wholewheat Fusilli pasta with loads of broccoli, cherry tomatoes, red onion and some shallots. 3 eggs mixed with crushed garlic cloves and granules, fresh black pepper+salt, dried parsley and vegetable Bouillion. Lashings of cheddar cheese on top. When it was all cooked added freshly chopped parsley and scallions on top.

Feicing YUMMY! \o/

(You are supposed to have that cottage cheese with onions and chives mixed in it, but there was none in shop so was bit too "dry" for me Mother but I thought it was grand as it was!)

Tar.Aldarion · 17-09-2011 11:42am

Moonbaby wrote: »

What did ye make of the steak? Ye went to the one on the keys?

I got that pumpkin thing the last time. Wasn't impressed at all at all. But the juice was gorgeous.

went to georges st one. it was nice enough, a lot of tofu, too soft for my liking, was the same as any aul tofu, wish they had done something more with it!
still, was nice enough! needed more types of veg roasted too!

17-09-2011 12:03pm

If you ever stop in Longford. There is a restaurant, the Chinese Gourmet. They do the nicest tofu ever. Bean curd hotpot.

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

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