A Veggie and Vegan thread

[geeks]

Gandahar you need a safe space or something?

[RC1807]

A few things from this weekend

BEYOND MEAT burgers
Local supermarket in our little town sells them, 2 for €4.99
Bloody hell, they're good!
My veggie daughter felt almost guilty eating hers as it was so much like meat, texture wise. How they've worked the protein structure is truly incredible.


Last night I cooked a vegan curry - chickpeas, broccoli and spinach, which turned out very well (BBC Food recipe), then made it a veggie dish overall by making coriander flatbreads from Greek yoghurt and flour.
Everyone scoffed it up!

[petemurphy]

went to giggling squid today which does great vegan food but what really annoys is that the menu says "vegan menu available on demand" ffs its 2020 its not a secret cult

[yellowbentines]

Has anyone got a tried and tested vegan lasagne recipe that's close to meat lasagne?

We've got all of the usual cookbooks - Bosh, Gaz Oakley etc so a few in mind, but unsure which one will satisfy my craving for lasagne, it's one meat-based dish I really miss!

[Output Flange]

yellowbentines said:

Has anyone got a tried and tested vegan lasagne recipe that's close to meat lasagne?

We've got all of the usual cookbooks - Bosh, Gaz Oakley etc so a few in mind, but unsure which one will satisfy my craving for lasagne, it's one meat-based dish I really miss!

From memory, there are two recipes for lasagne in the Bosh book. I forget what they call them both, but the one nearer the front of the book is the best lasagne I've ever had, bar none. And I went pretty full-on experimenting with different meat lasagnes!

[anonymous-user]

Bosh! Thai No-Fish Cakes. Pretty good - subtle Thai flavour but lacking the fish taste - adding the optional Nori (the green sushi seaweed sheets) may have sorted it, had it been in the cupboard...

Bit of a faff though - not really a get-back-from-work one.

Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 18th February 13:26

[Gandahar]

geeks said:

Gandahar you need a safe space or something?

Well not the shed as I have a 6 litre deep fat fryer in there.

[petemurphy]

had the best vegan burger ive ever had to at boston tea party restaurant today - perfect burger cheese and would be hard pressed to tell the difference from a cheeseburger - crap photo as i ate it so quickly

[condor]

petemurphy said:

anyone got any good cauliflower steak recipes - keep buying cauli's meaning to do them but never do

I've just started doing cauliflower steaks. approx 1 inch thick centre cross section for the steak- use the remainder for cauliflower cheese the next day. If needing 2 steaks, then 3/4 inch either side of half way would be OK .
Olive oil, sprinkled paprika, garlic granules, ground coriander/ cumin and ground tumeric on each side - then bake on baking tray ( I do it in a tin foil parcel) at 180c for 40 mins. You can experiment with any ground spices to see what you like/have in the kitchen

I have it as a side dish and bake in the oven with other stuff. The cauliflower steaks, if some leftover, can be reheated the next day in the microwave with another meal.

[Gandahar]

Gandahar said:

geeks said:

Gandahar you need a safe space or something?

Well not the shed as I have a 6 litre deep fat fryer in there.

Talking of which, I am experimenting with onion rings today, done 3 ways

1. Just in plain flour
2. In plain flour batter.
3. Double dipped in batter than flour again to get more coating

Results are here.






The last one, in batter and then flour far the best as crunchy and no greasy taste. The onion has enough taste not to be lost amongst that coating.


I'd recommend any vegetable done in batter done that way.

dunked in thin batter and then dunked in more flour afterwards. A "wash" is probably not thick enough though would be better than nothing.

Edited by Gandahar on Friday 21st February 16:00

[geeks]

Gandahar said:

Gandahar said:

geeks said:

Gandahar you need a safe space or something?

Well not the shed as I have a 6 litre deep fat fryer in there.

Talking of which, I am experimenting with onion rings today, done 3 ways

1. Just in plain flour
2. In plain flour batter.
3. Double dipped in batter than flour again to get more coating

Results are here.






The last one, in batter and then flour far the best as crunchy and no greasy taste. The onion has enough taste not to be lost amongst that coating.


I'd recommend any vegetable done in batter done that way.

dunked in thin batter and then dunked in more flour afterwards. A "wash" is probably not thick enough though would be better than nothing.

Edited by Gandahar on Friday 21st February 16:00

[Chester35]

Crisps a la man ....







I've been doing them for years now and still can't get it right ...


Still only 5 out of 10 ..... it's a potato crisp walkers can do on a mass scale and I can't get a hand batch done correctly. What is going on?

They have a bitter taste. Is my oil too old?

[22s]

Mobile Chicane said:

I make this berbere spiced stew a lot. A big pot will do me for lunches all week.

I don't mind eating the same thing every day when it's this good:

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/jan/06/thoma...

Made today - delicious. Thanks for sharing.

[Mobile Chicane]

22s said:

Mobile Chicane said:

I make this berbere spiced stew a lot. A big pot will do me for lunches all week.

I don't mind eating the same thing every day when it's this good:

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/jan/06/thoma...

Made today - delicious. Thanks for sharing.

No worries - happy to help.

Try the recipe with nettle tops in place of the spinach. They have a 'herbiness' which really works in the dish.

Some wild garlic would be a good shout too. I have noticed this popping up locally.

[Gandahar]

shot glass of frozen peas ... that will do nicely ...

[Gandahar]

found a couple of half time substitutes





Guess what? Put too much ginger in it, just like Megan M... Nooooooooooooooooooooooo

I'm doing a large yorkshire pudding "pizza" in Technocolor Panavision this weekend ... stay tuned ....

[Chester35]

Me "We are doing vegetarian tonight"

Wife "Sounds healthy"

Me "It's Friday night babe "

Wife " Ok, bring it on.






And the air fryer did a good 2 min reheat job half way through ... is there anything that thing cannot do? Don't say bread !

[geeks]

Chester35 said:

Me "We are doing vegetarian tonight"

Wife "Sounds healthy"

Me "It's Friday night babe "

Wife " Ok, bring it on.






And the air fryer did a good 2 min reheat job half way through ... is there anything that thing cannot do? Don't say bread !

Air fryer? AIR FRYER? ARE YOU QUITE MAD MAN?

However that looks good and I am hungry, this may not end well lol!

[EarlOfHazard]

Chester35 said:

Me "We are doing vegetarian tonight"

Wife "Sounds healthy"

Me "It's Friday night babe "

Wife " Ok, bring it on.






And the air fryer did a good 2 min reheat job half way through ... is there anything that thing cannot do? Don't say bread !

not sure if you've tried Masala fries? awesome investion...some curry houses do them

[anonymous-user]

Mobile Chicane said:

I make this berbere spiced stew a lot. A big pot will do me for lunches all week.

I don't mind eating the same thing every day when it's this good:

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/jan/06/thoma...

Tried this 'soup' (stew) last night. Berbere spice is interesting - a bit like a perfumed chilli powder. Looking at the comments in the Guardian I decided to add carrot, but I reckon once you've got the base sorted (onions, garlic, ginger, berbere tomatoes) you could throw in any veggie or veggie sausage and it'd be great. Overall, quite similar to Fast Bug's earlier African stew... Thumbs up!

Fast Bug said:

We're trying to eat more vegetarian/vegan meals. I made this the other evening, it was flipping lovely!



www.olivemagazine.com/recipes/vegan/west-african-s...