FabSwingers.com forum: Vegetarian meals

By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

There's no chance of me being a vegetarian but in the interest of trying new things I've decided to cook a veggy meal once a week.

It might last or it might not but the big question is "what meals are tasty and preferably spicy" and ideally quick and easy to make.

I can use google but prefer recommendations.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

5 bean chilli is simple and as spicey as you like

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By *den-Valley-coupleCouple
over a year ago

Cumbria

But you have so may meet free days ..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There's no chance of me being a vegetarian but in the interest of trying new things I've decided to cook a veggy meal once a week.

It might last or it might not but the big question is "what meals are tasty and preferably spicy" and ideally quick and easy to make.

I can use google but prefer recommendations."

Stirfry. Tofu if you like it.

Otherwise vegetable curry like lentils or chickpea

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"But you have so may meet free days ..

Burn

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

Meat free and tasty can be anything.

Easiest are lentils. Do a good dahl with a hot tarka type sauce..........soooooo ealy and tasty and filling

Or do an easy sag with potato and spinach and lots of aromatic spice..... slurp !

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By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

"But you have so may meet free days ..

Lmao you know my fab history only to well

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By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

"Meat free and tasty can be anything.

Easiest are lentils. Do a good dahl with a hot tarka type sauce..........soooooo ealy and tasty and filling

Or do an easy sag with potato and spinach and lots of aromatic spice..... slurp !"

I love Bombay potatoes at my curry house

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By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

"There's no chance of me being a vegetarian but in the interest of trying new things I've decided to cook a veggy meal once a week.

It might last or it might not but the big question is "what meals are tasty and preferably spicy" and ideally quick and easy to make.

I can use google but prefer recommendations.

Stirfry. Tofu if you like it.

Otherwise vegetable curry like lentils or chickpea"

Never had tofu it just doesn't appeal but currys do

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Omelette although not spicy

What about replacing meat with lentils?

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By *ingle Beds LassWoman
over a year ago

Bedfordshire

I'm just making a vege Bolognese.. using carrots, mushrooms and lentils instead of meat. Have a FAB friend coming round for dinner, so if they survive, and me, I'll drop by and let ya know how it was...

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

BBC vegetable curry for a crowd is quite good.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"But you have so may meet free days ..

Lmao you know my fab history only to well

You have more time to cook than meet

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By *orkie321bWoman
over a year ago

Nottingham

OP you can make a meat free version of most meals, it just needs a little thought and imagination.

Indian, Chinese, Thai, Jamaican, Mexican - in fact pretty much any spicy and flavourful cuisine can be done meat free.

You can substitute your lumps of meat for quorn, tofu, pulses etc. Pack the dishes with loads of different vegetables too.

Vegetarian food is fantastic if you actually have some cooking skills and don't rely on pre-packaged food.

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By *uciyassMan
over a year ago

sheffield

It’s actually not too bad I’ve had a few hints of what to try and although somewhat cautious I must say my learned friend was actually right. I was most surprised

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By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

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By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

"OP you can make a meat free version of most meals, it just needs a little thought and imagination.

Indian, Chinese, Thai, Jamaican, Mexican - in fact pretty much any spicy and flavourful cuisine can be done meat free.

You can substitute your lumps of meat for quorn, tofu, pulses etc. Pack the dishes with loads of different vegetables too.

Vegetarian food is fantastic if you actually have some cooking skills and don't rely on pre-packaged food. "

I do have some cooking skills I've just got lazy because my curry house is to close !!

Don't like pre packaged generally but needs must sometimes

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By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

"But you have so may meet free days ..

Lmao you know my fab history only to well

You have more time to cook than meet

I was thinking of boiling an egg and using any sex meet to time it so it cooks to perfection

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By *den-Valley-coupleCouple
over a year ago

Cumbria

Feeling guilty now...

Not really..

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

Bookmarking. My daughter has decided to go vegetarian for a week. I've been shopping for quorn mince and vege sauces. I even got vegetarian chicken slices for her school sandwiches, didn't even know there was such a thing but makes me think 'what's the point?'.

Hoping it's just a fad tbh.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You can do a nice red lentil, red pepper and tomato sauce for brown spaghetti - yum!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

" Bookmarking. My daughter has decided to go vegetarian for a week. I've been shopping for quorn mince and vege sauces. I even got vegetarian chicken slices for her school sandwiches, didn't even know there was such a thing but makes me think 'what's the point?'.

Hoping it's just a fad tbh."

Why?

OP - I haven't eaten meat or dairy in ages & feel so much better for it. Easiest meat-free meals to make are any sort of curry, lentil soup, stir fry, even like a tomato pasta sauce with some veg in.

Got a few top recommendations for veggie/vegan cookbooks if you're really going to invest in it... some of the best food I've ever cooked/eaten

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By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

Hoping it's just a fad tbh.

Why?

OP - I haven't eaten meat or dairy in ages & feel so much better for it. Easiest meat-free meals to make are any sort of curry, lentil soup, stir fry, even like a tomato pasta sauce with some veg in.

Got a few top recommendations for veggie/vegan cookbooks if you're really going to invest in it... some of the best food I've ever cooked/eaten

Definitely going to give it a go so yes please re the books if you recommend them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"But you have so may meet free days ..

Lmao you know my fab history only to well

You have more time to cook than meet

I was thinking of boiling an egg and using any sex meet to time it so it cooks to perfection

You were only offering a 3 minute meet

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I do enjoy a vegetarian dish.

I make an awesome veggie lasagne/curry

Vegetable stew, stuffed mushrooms and roasted veg.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hoping it's just a fad tbh.

Why?

OP - I haven't eaten meat or dairy in ages & feel so much better for it. Easiest meat-free meals to make are any sort of curry, lentil soup, stir fry, even like a tomato pasta sauce with some veg in.

Got a few top recommendations for veggie/vegan cookbooks if you're really going to invest in it... some of the best food I've ever cooked/eaten

Definitely going to give it a go so yes please re the books if you recommend them

Nice one - good for you! Best one I have is Bosh! It's a vegan cookbook but just use eggs/cows milk in recipes if you want instead of the alternatives. Lots of really quick food that's easy to make & tastes lush. Think most of the food I eat comes out of that book

If you want to look at others, some of the Aine Carlin books are good as are the Thug Kitchen ones (eat like you give a fuck especially!). Also Matt Pritchard from Dirty Sanchez has recently released his Dirty Vegan cookbook - haven't made anything from it yet but it looks great.

Anything else about this sort of stuff feel free to drop me a message

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fish Fingers.

Unless you're pescatarian.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’m not vegan but have been vegetarian since I was 12 (43 years eeeek)

I made a lovely French onion soup today, the pepper has given it some heat. It’s gorgeous.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Curried beans on toast, spaghetti hoops with chilli powder on toast etc.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fair play, don't see why everybody doesn't have a veggie meal a few times a week!

A veggie curry is always good.

Start your base, onions and garlic into your pot. Add your spices, garam masala, curry powder, paprika whatever you like.

Let that fry for a few before adding your chopped peppers, carrots, courgette, little sweet corn whatever you like and your herbs too. Let all that flavour sink in then chuck a can of coconut milk in there with tomato sauce (not ketchup obviously).

Let that cook away for a while and then throw in some lentils or chickpeas or both.

Serve with quinoa or rice and some baby potatoes.

Delish!

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By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

"Fish Fingers.

Unless you're pescatarian.

I'm not anything I just fancy trying something different food wise once a week.

In Asia I had some amazing veggy street food (purely because of the cruel conditions animals were kept in) but no idea what it was

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Great when you order out as a veggie your food is done in minutes. Delivery to the door on 15 mins or less haha.

When you give up the meat there's like a week or two where you don't feel the greatest, obviously the body going through meat withdrawal ha but once you're over that you never felt better!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Fish Fingers.

Unless you're pescatarian.

I'm not anything I just fancy trying something different food wise once a week.

In Asia I had some amazing veggy street food (purely because of the cruel conditions animals were kept in) but no idea what it was "

That's a good one haha cos animals are kept to be killed so humanely everywhere else

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Fish Fingers.

Unless you're pescatarian.

I'm not anything I just fancy trying something different food wise once a week.

In Asia I had some amazing veggy street food (purely because of the cruel conditions animals were kept in) but no idea what it was

That's a good one haha cos animals are kept to be killed so humanely everywhere else

Did it have gelatin? Did you buy your local currency with gelatin laden British plastic pounds?

Asking for a friend.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Fish Fingers.

Unless you're pescatarian.

I'm not anything I just fancy trying something different food wise once a week.

In Asia I had some amazing veggy street food (purely because of the cruel conditions animals were kept in) but no idea what it was "

I do recommend Mustafa Gemuse Kebap. Vegetarian vartietes are available. It;s the original, very first ever (unless someone else says otherwise) doner kebab.

yes, I've had one. (It's only available in Berlin)

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By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

"Fish Fingers.

Unless you're pescatarian.

I'm not anything I just fancy trying something different food wise once a week.

In Asia I had some amazing veggy street food (purely because of the cruel conditions animals were kept in) but no idea what it was

That's a good one haha cos animals are kept to be killed so humanely everywhere else

More humanely than what I saw in Asia

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I do enjoy a vegetarian dish.

I make an awesome veggie lasagne/curry

Vegetable stew, stuffed mushrooms and roasted veg.

Ah yes I have a lovely veggie recipe for mushroom, spinach and ricotta wholemeal lasagne. Put a few sliced tomatoes and cheese on top, mmmm

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By *imited 3EditionCouple
over a year ago

Live in Scotland Play in England

"There's no chance of me being a vegetarian but in the interest of trying new things I've decided to cook a veggy meal once a week.

It might last or it might not but the big question is "what meals are tasty and preferably spicy" and ideally quick and easy to make.

I can use google but prefer recommendations."

I made a cauliflower and potato curry last night... roasted the cauliflower first and added to the curry base which was made as follows:

Fry one large or two medium onions until brown. Add 2 cloves crushed garlic, 1 inch ginger grated and 2 tsp curry powder (I would be adding 1tsp red chilli powder plus a chopped green chilli too but that is not for the faint hearted!). Add 1/2 tin plum tomatoes plus 1tsp salt. Add cubed potatoes, cook on low for 10-15 mins or until potatoes have softened. Throw in roasted cauliflower florets and garnish with coriander leaves. And you're done.

PS the same onion and tomato curry sauce base can be used with whatever ingredients you like e.g. aubergine, carrots, chick peas, kidney beans and even lamb or chicken if you like authentic Indian curries without the jar...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ah yes I have a lovely veggie recipe for mushroom, spinach and ricotta wholemeal lasagne. Put a few sliced tomatoes and cheese on top, mmmm"

Oooh cannot go wrong with spinach and ricotta! Much lushness xx

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

Hoping it's just a fad tbh.

Why?

OP - I haven't eaten meat or dairy in ages & feel so much better for it. Easiest meat-free meals to make are any sort of curry, lentil soup, stir fry, even like a tomato pasta sauce with some veg in.

Got a few top recommendations for veggie/vegan cookbooks if you're really going to invest in it... some of the best food I've ever cooked/eaten

Because I have a family of 5, and it's only her that wants to try it out.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Fish Fingers.

Unless you're pescatarian.

I'm not anything I just fancy trying something different food wise once a week.

In Asia I had some amazing veggy street food (purely because of the cruel conditions animals were kept in) but no idea what it was

That's a good one haha cos animals are kept to be killed so humanely everywhere else

More humanely than what I saw in Asia "

I'm sorry to poop your party, but the humane killing of animals wasn't one of the higher points of World War 1. Even though "We won that"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There's no chance of me being a vegetarian but in the interest of trying new things I've decided to cook a veggy meal once a week.

It might last or it might not but the big question is "what meals are tasty and preferably spicy" and ideally quick and easy to make.

I can use google but prefer recommendations."
thought about it once but couldn't think of anything other than Beans on toast don't like any fish never had fruit since I was young and only veg I like are peas carrots sprouts beans and potatoes so it would be hard but good on you for trying

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't understand how people can't think of anything to eat when meat isn't involved.

For the most part you can just eat anything you'd normally eat just without the meat.

Unless you just eat bowls of mince on its own or something haha.

It's my pet peeve at a deli when people seem so shocked that I don't want chicken fillet. Even asking am I sure I don't want meat. The fuck like

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I don't understand how people can't think of anything to eat when meat isn't involved.

For the most part you can just eat anything you'd normally eat just without the meat.

Unless you just eat bowls of mince on its own or something haha.

It's my pet peeve at a deli when people seem so shocked that I don't want chicken fillet. Even asking am I sure I don't want meat. The fuck like

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for me it's right I no what meat I want now what shall I have with it if nothing takes my fancy I'll just eat the meat

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By *layfullsam OP Man
over a year ago

Solihull

"Fish Fingers.

Unless you're pescatarian.

I'm not anything I just fancy trying something different food wise once a week.

In Asia I had some amazing veggy street food (purely because of the cruel conditions animals were kept in) but no idea what it was

That's a good one haha cos animals are kept to be killed so humanely everywhere else

More humanely than what I saw in Asia

I'm sorry to poop your party, but the humane killing of animals wasn't one of the higher points of World War 1. Even though "We won that""

Why do you think you're pooping on my party ?

You're just making yourself look ridiculous with your comments but hey that's your choice.

There's usually one person in every thread who try's to come across as witty and funny but who actually fails dismally

Congratulations

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By *hubaysiWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

"There's no chance of me being a vegetarian but in the interest of trying new things I've decided to cook a veggy meal once a week.

It might last or it might not but the big question is "what meals are tasty and preferably spicy" and ideally quick and easy to make.

I can use google but prefer recommendations.

I made a cauliflower and potato curry last night... roasted the cauliflower first and added to the curry base which was made as follows:

This sounds delicious.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There is a site called "How to Cook Great Food". It has many short Youtube videos. Many of their dishes are dishes are spicy and some are vegetarian.

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