What's your favourite very simple veggie meal?

[muser]

The meal I'm most prone to making is rice, with butter, kidney beans and lentils. Guramasala and chilli powder are added to the lentils whilst cooking. Another good receipe is mashed potatoes covered in butter and brocolli - now thats magic.

 

[sojourner]

welsh eggs (serves 3-4)

gently cook about four or five leeks in a knob of butter in a saucepan for a couple of minutes

add half a pint of veggie stock and simmer for ten minutes or so until the leeks have softened

put three tablespoons of plain flour, two of dried milk power and three or four of water in a cup and mix together until it forms a paste. add this to the leek mixture, season well, bring to the boil and cook for a few more minutes.

while all this is going on boil and shell four eggs, cut them in half and put on top of slices of wholemeal toast.

pour the leek mixture on top when ready

That sounds really nice....apart from the milk powder and the wholemeal toast

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Pasta, fresh crushed garlic, chopped fresh parsley, butter or olive oil and a touch of dried chilli flakes.....I'm a carnivore but this is the dish that can wake me up with a craving.....

 

[softybabe]

Pan-browned couscous with roasted vegetables yum yum!

 

[sunflower]

veggie sausage, mash and red wine & onion gravy - yum!!!

My favourite too for in the colder months

Also for a quick supper I get some vegeburgers and stack them in toasted sesame buns with onion, lettuce, tomato, cheese slices and loads of tomato ketchup and mustard. Even my carnivourous boyfriend loves them.

 

[blues]

For a simple dish, can't beat veggie chilli imo.

 

[cesare]

Take one casserole dish

layer of chopped onion (and garlic if wanted)
then one chopped courgette
layer of dried gnocchi (the vacpac ones you can get)
layer of chopped fresh tomato (with skin)
season with cayenne pepper
empty tin of chopped tomatoes over top and grind black pepper all over it

Put casserole lid on and bake til the gnocchis are soft

Remove lid and add a layer of cheese

Bake again until cheese bubbles and browns

Serve with salad

Food of the gods In the oven right now

 

[pembrokestephen]

I'm talking about something that uses maybe two or three ingredients, five at the most, and takes very little effort to cook. For example, roasted pumpkin with some sort of sauce or something. Grilled/roasted courgettes, peppers and red onions. Roasted/grilled corn on the cob with green beans. Roast root veg with garlic and rosemary. Grilled tomatoes on toast with olive oil and basil, that sort of thing.

Just ate kebabs, with halloumi cheese marinaded in olive oil and lemon juice, with lemon thyme. Stuck on the kebab with green peppers, courgette, and onion. Lush. Ta, Ms Pembrokestephen.

Alternatively, cauiliflower cheese and skinny mashed spuds. Yum.

Or curry.

 

[pembrokestephen]

They don't have an English name.

My arrabiata recipe (for 4):

arrabiata means devil in italian I think

Nah, that'd be "diavolo" (or similar).

All'arrabiata means "in the Arab style"

 

[pembrokestephen]

Bugger.. that made me think of celery, which is horrible on its own... but I forgot to put it in my casserole/stew the other night

What do I do with loads of celery now?

Celery soup. End of.

 

[cesare]

Nah, that'd be "diavolo" (or similar).

All'arrabiata means "in the Arab style"

I think it means 'angry' in the very angry/hot/rabid sense ...

 

[Maggot]

Take one casserole dish

layer of chopped onion (and garlic if wanted)
then one chopped courgette
layer of dried gnocchi (the vacpac ones you can get)
layer of chopped fresh tomato (with skin)
season with cayenne pepper
empty tin of chopped tomatoes over top and grind black pepper all over it

Put casserole lid on and bake til the gnocchis are soft

Remove lid and add a layer of cheese

Bake again until cheese bubbles and browns

Serve with salad

Food of the gods In the oven right now

I've got all those ingredients apart from gnocchi. Would it work with pasta instead?

 

[Maggot]

I made the above recipe with pasta shells instead of gnocchi. I added some olive oil and some extra water for the pasta. Turned out great, a bit like ratatouille.

 

[cesare]

Great idea - I'll have to try that Maggot - cheers

 

[Maggot]

Necessity is the mother of invention!

 

[gentlegreen]

Stir-fried cabbage and onion, can of chick peas, soy sauce, tahini, chutney ... plus of course anything else you happen to have lying around. Every kitchen should have a sprouter :-

 

[Maggot]

Stir-fried cabbage and onion, can of chick peas, soy sauce, tahini, chutney ... plus of course anything else you happen to have lying around.

Sounds like a right mess!

 

[gentlegreen]

Sounds like a right mess!

Heston Blumenthal I am not

 

[cesare]

Necessity is the mother of invention!

I worked out that it cost me about £3 and I got three big meals from it. Course, it would have been even cheaper if I'd made the gnocchi myself but too much effort