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Tonight I cooked...

Just thought I'd start a new thread....Tonight I cooked brown rice, dhal with orange lentils and curried vegetables - onions, garlic, mixed peppers, sweet potatoes, pointed cabbage, tomatoes and lots of spices. All with mango chutney and plain yoghurt and yes it was most enjoyable.Any ideas for tomorrow?

Katrina Black ● 1342d20 Comments

Thanks for all the replies. It made an interesting thread so do keep them coming if the mood takes you!We eat half the week veggie and half the week meat. Tonight's salmon kedgeree and roast beef tomorrow and pork chops in wine Sunday night. Last night I did spicy cauliflower with other veg and cashews and rice.Love the chestnut mushrooms Catherine! It's mushroom season too so lots of variety around though my favourite mushroom recipe of all time is Greek style mushrooms. They're closed small button mushroom, raw, in oil, lemon juice and garlic and parley and chilled overnight in the fridge.

Katrina Black ● 1339d

@ Catherine  If you don't already read then do look up Riverford's Wicked Leeks blogs of life on the farm and more.  I just love all the quick recipe and video tips (veg hacks) from their young chefs showing how to use up ALL of those veg - eg the tops of those leeks and beets etc. Lots of seasonal vegetarian and vegan recipes.

Philippa Bond ● 1339d

Smoked haddock pie with leeks, celery, shallots...It was really nice, but I still have to work on the dough to make it stronger on the sides

Marc Blanchard ● 1339d

For people who are veggie/vegan I'd really recommend the green roasting tin cook book (or for those wanting to eat less meat).  Its c. 15 mins of prep and then 15-45 mins in the oven depending on which section you use and the food is so good.

Gabrielle OMahony ● 1339d

my kind of thread lol.Am currently flicking through the Dishoom cookbook. I love their gunpowder potatoes and masala prawns so that's dinner tonightTomorrow will be cheese and roast onion stuffed butternut squash

Maxine Campbell ● 1339d

Not vegan, I’m afraid, but vegetarian. I had a very nice mushroom risotto with a mixed salad. Chestnut mushrooms and some of the salad ingredients from my Riverford veg box (highly recommended for variety, quality and flavour). Non vegan ingredients were parmesan and a bit of butter.

Catherine Schade ● 1339d

We get at least four meals from one roast chicken and a slow cooker or a microwave can both be used to make stock as an alternative to the hob.  If you eat a small amount of meat with plenty of vegetables and using noodles/rice/couscous/potatoes  you can easily make varied satisfying dishes.

Philippa Bond ● 1340d

What century are you in.  The amount of energy you use boiling bones is ludicrous.

Robert Wheeler ● 1341d

We always boil up the carcase or a collection of bones from any turkey or chicken to make stock or bone broth.  It is considered to be very good for you and in particular if you have a cold.  You sieve it to remove any bits of bone. We don't eat much meat at all but prefer to make sure that if we do we use it all and don't waste anything.Last night it was a potato gratin using up milk just on the turn and with layers of sliced potatoes in their skins (life is too short to peel them) and a clove of pressed garlic, lots of black pepper and a small sprinkling of cheddar per layer. Then a greater layer of cheddar on the top.Served with a green salad and a cheese and tomato omelette.Back to lentils tomorrow - and just when I thought I'd got food waste down to the very minimum I've now found some recipes using banana skins!

Philippa Bond ● 1341d

Oh, yes, must try and go there again. It was good the time we went but other times we've tried to go they seem to have private functions or be shut for various reasons. 

Michael Ixer ● 1341d

Sorry Sue, thought it was what you cooked last night, ha ha. My mum years ago used to cook the bones from the Turkey at Christmas to make a stew, but I don't like picking out bones.

Barbara Stevens ● 1341d

Amrutha Lounge, Garratt Lane is amazing, and BYOB too at no extra charge :)

Liam Jones ● 1341d

That's sounds tasty Barbara but not in the least bit vegan lol.  However you did include lots of veggies ...😉

Sue Hammond ● 1341d

I cooked a whole chicken, waited till it cooled, took the breast meat off one side, put in the saucepan with lentils, carrots and onions, gravy granules. Then made some mash to go with it.

Barbara Stevens ● 1341d

*Lillie Road, I used to live there, Fulham Cross end.  I cooked two cheese and tomato toasties yesterday evening and settled down to watch the footie . Not quite vegetarian or vegan but the best I could do.😊

Sue Hammond ● 1341d

I forgot Vegan Express in Tooting. 

Michael Ixer ● 1341d

Matt. Yes, it's disappointing that there's no vegan (or veggie) restaurant in Putney.  222 in North End Road and VeganE on Lille Road are probably the nearest vegan restaurants (between West Brompton and West Kensington Stations), and Wulf and Lamb near Sloane Square is fairly close. The Gate, Queen, Hammersmith, and the Riverside Vegetaria, Kingston, are mainly vegan these days apart from a few veggie options.

Michael Ixer ● 1341d

I met up with my best friend from college the other day and he was stunned when I said there were no vegan restaurants we could go to. And he's from the cultural backwater of Portsmouth (as am i). Michael Ixer: got any recommendations? I know most places have a vegan option but where's our nearest decent full vegan restaurant?

Matt Palmer ● 1342d

Thanks Matt. I like the recipes on this site - see below - but it's good to hear what other people enjoy.https://hodmedods.co.uk/blogs/recipes

Katrina Black ● 1342d

Praise the lord! Something else to talk about.I made this the other week and it was delicious, plus really easy. https://earthofmaria.com/one-pot-chickpea-pasta/

Matt Palmer ● 1342d