Vegetarians and Vegans: Barbeque time

[cyberfairy]

Moose's sound nice though
Tabboulei (?) is very nice-bulgar wheat chopped with lemon juice, mint and cucumber as is stuffed mushrooms and peppers, baked sweet potato and a nice selection of interesting breads and cheeses. Actually why am I saying this?I live off supernoodles and cheesey chips-if i have a barbie, my flatmate will cook quorn sausages whilst I drink a bottle of merlot, chainsmoke, pick at some potato salad and pass out at 9pm.

 

[moose]

I like beanburgers

Am I the worlds worst veggie here or something?

Yes - get thee straight to beanburger hell

 

[cyberfairy]

Yes - get thee straight to beanburger hell

That sounds like the best ever anarcho punk band song ever

 

[WouldBe]

I like beanburgers

Am I the worlds worst veggie here or something?

If you like beanburgers what's it matter if no-one else does.

Eat what you like.

 

[cyberfairy]

If you like beanburgers what's it matter if no-one else does.

Eat what you like.

Well said! I have a phobia of them after eating them constantly at wetherspoons as were three quid including a pint and chips when I was seventeen,skint and couldn't/wouldn't cook int the foul wosethan the worst of squats kitchen where I lived.Can still taste the kidneybean and Stella burps

 

[Derian]

Moose's sound nice though
Tabboulei (?) is very nice-bulgar wheat chopped with lemon juice, mint and cucumber as is stuffed mushrooms and peppers, baked sweet potato and a nice selection of interesting breads and cheeses. Actually why am I saying this?I live off supernoodles and cheesey chips-if i have a barbie, my flatmate will cook quorn sausages whilst I drink a bottle of merlot, chainsmoke, pick at some potato salad and pass out at 9pm.

*hearts cyberfairy*

 

[Derian]

2 bananas, one pear and a bar of cadbury's milk for tea


<slaps self>

 

[cyberfairy]

2 bananas, one pear and a bar of cadbury's milk for tea


<slaps self>

I had supernoodles for breakfast, a fried egg and cheese baguette for lunch and a bottle of wine, pringles, feta cheese and a baked potato for dinner.
*clutches heart*

*baked potatoes are healthy though

 

[Derian]

I had supernoodles for breakfast, a fried egg and cheese baguette for lunch and a bottle of wine, pringles, feta cheese and a baked potato for dinner.
*clutches heart*

*baked potatoes are healthy though

In addition to above, lunchtime was two slices of toast with jarlsberg (strongest cheese I can hack) laid on top mmmmmmmmmmm. And some wine this evening

*glances at abel & cole delivery and puts off til the morrow*

 

[gaijingirl]

[smug]I had home made pommes dauphinoise - Abel and Cole spuds, nut roast and Savoy cabbage - Abel and Cole - for dinner![/smug]

[not so smug but well fed]God I need to lose some weight.... [/not so smug but well fed]

 

[cyberfairy]

In addition to above, lunchtime was two slices of toast with jarlsberg (strongest cheese I can hack) laid on top mmmmmmmmmmm. And some wine this evening

*glances at abel & cole delivery and puts off til the morrow*

Put abel and cole delivery in deep fat fryer and top with cheese
ooops, thread derailing
To make up for it, I can make tzaiki which is lush for both meat and veggie eaters at bbqs-plain yogurt, mint, cucumber, blend and serve

 

[gaijingirl]

Put abel and cole delivery in deep fat fryer and top with cheese

or slice thinly and put in oven with garlic and cream and butter.......

 

[cyberfairy]

or slice thinly and put in oven with garlic and cream and butter.......

I'm too dispraxic to slice thinly

 

[gaijingirl]

I'm too dispraxic to slice thinly

I'm not dispraxic but I can only thinly slice using my food processor....

I'm too lazy....

 

[mr steev]

I too have had my fill of spicy bean burgers over the years... they're not too good on bbqs anyway are they? I guess they'd fall apart.

Not any good for vegans, but if you stick some garlic and rosemary into a box of camembert, and put the box (a wooden one, not plastic!) in the embers until the box starts to char and the cheese is melted... eat with fresh bread mmmmm

 

[aqua]

I find vodka and coke makes a swell hamburger substitute.

I do like yoU

 

[XerxesVargas]

This is a nice burger recipe - just make sure it well oiled before putting on the bbq


makes about 10 burgers

400g Lancashire cheese, grated
200g mozzarella cheese, grated
200g fresh breadcrumbs
6 Spring onions, finely chopped
1 tbsp each finely chopped Coriander, mint and parsley
1 red chilli, finely chopped
3 eggs
3 egg yolks
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
about 50ml Milk, to bind

 

[tarannau]

I too have had my fill of spicy bean burgers over the years...

It's nut roast for me. I'm not even a vegetarian, but too many years cooking 'roast meat alternatives' and organising festive meals have had me sample enough of those things to last a lifetime.

No more than once or twice a year at a push. No more...

 

[aqua]

am I the only meat eater who thinks apart from steak, BBQs are a bit dull?

I mean the salad stuff is good, and the bread is good, but - nah

 

[zenie]

I like beanburgers

Am I the worlds worst veggie here or something?

I like bean burgers

am I the only meat eater who thinks apart from steak, BBQs are a bit dull?

Yes!!

 

[tarannau]

You haven't got a good enough BBQ chef I reckon Aqua. If you've got a proper charcoal BBQ you can achieve all sorts of flavours not possible in a domestic kitchen. Well not without a whopping oven and an extractor fan the size of the titanic that is.

I get bored with the sausages, burgers and dried up chicken that you get a too many BBQ's, but with a bit of planning an outdoor cook-up they can be great. Try things like:

Piri-Piri/Jerk chicken, skin properly blackened and crispy.
Lamp Chops - herb coated and only briefly flamed to crispness. Worth it just for chewing the tasty nuggets of meat by the bone
Tiger Prawns, generally just a bit of lime, salt and paprike, on BBQ for a few mins only.
Sardines - go beautifully crispy, as does snapper.
Rundown chicken
Sate chicken skewers.
Chops and chicken with plenty of herbs and lemon from the garden. (eg: lemon, mint., saffron, chilli or tarragon/thyme and lemon)
Home made kofte kebabs
Ribs, par cooked and smoked on the BBQ for added flavour
All the above veggie/vegan specialities

I could go on. but I'm making myself salivate...

 

[rennie]

I was gonna have a BBQ this weekend. but the weather's shite.

 

[AnMarie]

Just to be random

The best veggie burger I ever had was from...
The Sunflower Centre, Fairlie, South Island, NZ

Man I should have asked for the recipe!

 

[zenie]

I was gonna have a BBQ this weekend. but the weather's shite.

Have one anyway under a brolly.

It'll be a laugh!!

Shit I'm meant to be going to one too

 

["Pete"]

I love bean burgers!

 

[zenie]

I love bean burgers!

Good

Nice name BTW

 

[Idaho]

Vegetarian and barbeque just don't really go together. The vegetable/cheese kebabs are ok, but other than that you are resorting to things that don't really cook well on the medium.

Barbeques are about eating the equivalent of two meals worth of meat and bread products.

 

[mr steev]

Vegetarian and barbeque just don't really go together.

Barbeques are about eating the equivalent of two meals worth of meat and bread products.

Bread's hardly a BBQ dish.
BBQ's are about cooking over coals and eating outside. It doesn't have to be just charred flesh

 

[tarannau]

Without trying to cause a stir though, a lot of veggie food doesn't work well on the BBQ - it's the point I touched on earlier on the thread. The very high heats and charcoal flavour really can transform some meats and cheese. However, it's not an advantage for cooking many other dishes, even some of the veggie options given on this thread - I suspect you could cook many of them better inside.

That's true of more than a few meat-toting dishes too, but there remain some real advantages on other cuts.

Either way and it's not going to make a big difference if all you want to do is eat some cheaps sausages and burgers (veggie or 'normal') outside.

 

[craigxcraig]

Take an aubergine and place it onto the coals and let the facker burn (till at least the skin is all cracked and blackened.) The remove from the BBQ and scoop out the flesh and add some extra virgin olive oil and mix together till it forms a whitish consistency - then add cucumber, smoked garlic & whatever else takes your fancy....

Is truely a delicious dipping dish!!!!