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16-04-08 14:56

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I fancy making a vegetarian dinner tonight and I have .....

- courgette
- swede
- pepper
- mushrooms
- brocolli
- carrots
- parsnips
- cabbage
- potatoes
- tomatoes
- onions

that can be used up, but I'm stuck for ideas other than the boring "veggie lasagne", veggie cobbler or gardeners pie.

Anybody got any more exciting ideas?

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16-04-08 18:08

A lovely warming pan of soup.

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16-04-08 20:06

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Probably a bit late but poss for next time A Moroccan vegetable tagine. I know all your veg ar'nt necc medeterranean but it's the spices that counr. Serve on couscous or rice

Vegetable Tagine (Serves 2 to 3)

-1 small onion, finely diced

- minced parsley &coriander

-2 tablespoons olive oil

-4 garlic cloves

-2 tomatoes, peeled and diced

-2 potatoes, cut into small pieces

-2 carrots, cut into strips

-1 cup peas

-1 cup green beans cut in half

-1 courgette cut into strips

-1/2 lemon

-1/2 teaspoon paprika

-1/2 teaspoon cumin

- 1/2 teaspoon ginger

- 100 g almonds, soaked and peeled (optional)

In a tajine pot over medium heat, heat the oil and cook the onions, beans, carrots, peas and mashed garlic. Add the parsley and coriander and then add salt and all the spices, stirring occasionally for 8 to 10 minutes. Add one peeled and diced tomato. Stir to blend. Add two small cups of water, cover and cook for 10 to 15 minutes.

Finally add the pieces of potato, zucchini, tomato and decorate with lemon and sprinkle with the minced parsley. Cover and cook until the vegetables are tender. Decorate with the almonds prepared earlier and serve immediately.

Oh I just use a wok with a lid or a big frying pan with lid

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17-04-08 10:26

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Oooooh kitty that sounds delish!

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17-04-08 11:09

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Late again, but I am rather fond of a Greek vegetable stew called briam or briami. It's one of those dishes that you can adapt any way you want it, but I've found two recipes that seem authentic:

from Crete

from Florina

It makes a lovely light summer meal - but don't skimp on the extra-virgin olive oil and definitely don't substitute any other oil for it.

Footnote: I always wonder about that "extra-virgin" thing, often supplemented with "first cold pressing" or some such - in Greece there is only one cold pressing. Anything else and it's no longer food but for lubrication or lighting or some industrial application.

The measure of the quality of olive oil is the acidity - the less the better. Oil that is acid has a nasty little catch at the back of the throat. Oh - and the taste, of course. Must look into this - methinks I feel a new thread coming on...

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17-04-08 11:23

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When visiting one of the greek islands we went on the usual tourist trip to a monastry when they were making olive oil and we were told that there was no such thing as "extra virgin" olive oil it was just a marketing gimmick - I've never bought it since

Thanks for the recipes, I love meals that don't include meat/fish occasionally - I think you can get rather "meated" out!

Will add them to the "must cook" list

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17-04-08 11:42

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Here's another one: Anginares à la Polita (Artichokes Constantinople-style).

You can make it with fresh, canned or frozen artichoke hearts, but the original uses tiny baby artichokes (before the 'choke' develops) cut in half. It's delicious whatever you use.

Same caveat - needs good olive oil.

And another - ignore all recipes for this, and briam, that mention flour - or if they do, leave it out!

You want more? (It's the pulses next - dishes like faki and fasolatha.)

(Edited to remove yellow highlighting that had mysteriously appeared!)

Last Edited By: PaulineM 17-04-08 11:53. Edited 2 times.

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17-04-08 11:48

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We only grow jerusalem artichokes Pauline, globe artichokes have always seemed rather finnicky to me, but I've never tried them cooked like that before

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17-04-08 17:33

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So what did you cook Muggs??

Pens

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17-04-08 19:25

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I made the Gardeners Pie Pens, and it was verrrry nice too

Basically a very jammed vegetable base with mashed potatoe/cheese/chive on top, with slices of pepper and parsley on top of that.

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