Tag: Vegetarian

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  Get Your Greens Egg Fried Rice with Tofu

  Posted at 8:47 pm by tastewithoutwaste

  Dec 30th

  How do you treat your stir-fry? In our household it’s been relegated to the ‘rubbish bin position’. That sounds quite unfortunate, however it’s actually an honorable position. The humble stir fry is the go to meal for when there’s an array of lonely old vegetables sitting in the fridge. It’s often a rush-job affair – throw in the vegetables in question (almost anything will suffice), along with a big dollop of ginger and garlic, blast it all with some serious wok heat, scrounge up a packet of noodles or rice and douse the whole lot in whatever sauces you’ve got on hand. Around here it’s usually Bragg Liquid Aminos (tastes akin to soy sauce) and sweet chilli sauce. Tofu and/or toasted nuts add a bit of pizazz, as well as a protein hit. Clean-out-the-fridge-meal done and dusted. Continue reading →

  Posted in Mains | Tagged Fried Rice, Sesame, stir fry, Tofu, Vegetarian
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  Creamy Cannellini Bean & Vegetable Pies

  Posted at 7:56 pm by tastewithoutwaste

  Dec 9th

  Who said that vegetarian food couldn’t be indulgent? It just so happens that many vegetarians choose to prepare and eat healthier options. That’s not so say there aren’t gluttonous opportunities out there. These pies are one of them. You’ve a few key staples of French cooking – wine, cream and rich, buttery pastry. With those three under your belt you really can’t go wrong, unless you decide to throw in some tripe or a pair of smelly old boots (both of which are actually quite comparable). Then you’re quite on your own.

  A long, loooonnnnnng time ago these were Chicken and Vegetable Puff Pastry Parcels. Somehow along the way they’ve morphed into Creamy Cannellini Bean and Vegetable Pies. I can’t help myself. Fortunately in this case the tweaks drastic alterations have paid off. Would you believe it if I said that the vegetarian version is far more scrum-diddly-umptious than the original chicken one? And wait for it…healthier too? Now we’re really onto something – indulgent and healthy. Ish. It’s all relative, right? Continue reading →
  Posted in Mains | Tagged Cannellini Bean, Pastry, Pie, Vegetarian
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  Fried Tofu Salad with Chilli Peanut Sauce

  Posted at 7:37 pm by tastewithoutwaste

  Nov 29th

  Does purchasing spring onions not seem like an awful waste? I mean they do work exceptionally well in salads, quiches, as pizza toppings and, well, anything that you’re feeling too lazy to chop up an ordinary onion for. However, that’s just the white ‘rooty’ part, and not the whole spring onion. So what on earth do you do with the rest – i.e. the majority – of the onion? In my house the dark green fronds often face a grisly execution on arriving home from the supermarket.  They take up so much blasted room in the fridge, weep gunk all over the place and generally disintegrate into a state of oozy floppiness that we usually resort to giving the bunch of spring onions a good ol’ haircut with the kitchen scissors before relocating them to their new home. Fortunately this Fried Tofu Salad with Chilli Peanut Sauces changes things. Because, wait for it….it only uses the dark green part of the spring onion. I’d like to say it was a stroke of genius on my part but it aint. Truth be told I’d already selected the recipe before cottoning on to its clever inclusion of the poor abandoned green parts. Continue reading →

  Posted in Mains, Salads | Tagged Salad, Satay, Tofu, Vegetarian
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  Beetroot, Avocado & White Bean Grilled Cheese

  Posted at 7:55 pm by tastewithoutwaste

  Nov 25th

  Grilled cheese sandwiches. The ultimate comfort food/cold weather food/can’t be bothered making a ‘proper dinner’ food. Let’s be honest. It’s anytime food. Not just for kids – we ‘grown-ups’ can eat them too. It’s perfectly acceptable grub – even for dinner – especially when jazzed up with nutritious extras. In this particular specimen you’ve got cannellini beans for fibre and protein, avocado for healthy fats as well as a kazillion other wellness-boosting nutrients and beetroot to cover your veg bases. Wait a minute, avocado counts as a veg too! Let’s just forget about the slab of cheese wedged in the middle, and the fact that the bread is lathered in butter. Because, hey a little fat never hurt no-one (given that it’s not the major component of the meal). There’s simply no point trying to omit them – you wouldn’t have a grilled cheese sandwich anymore would you? Continue reading →

  Posted in Mains, Sandwiches, Wraps etc. | Tagged Avocado, Beetroot, Cannellini Bean, Cheese, Sandwich, Vegetarian
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  Mushroom & Zucchini Strata

  Posted at 7:35 pm by tastewithoutwaste

  Nov 15th

  Listen up and listen well my friends: this Mushroom and Zucchini Strata must chill overnight. Or at for at least five hours. Why? I’ll get to that later. I simply felt obliged to point this fact out to you now, rather than just before you cheerily go to put it in the oven. Discovering that what you had prepared for tonight’s dinner is now destined for tomorrow night will wipe that happy “I’m all prepared” smile right off your face. Been there, done that. And that is why I’m covering my back by giving you fair warning straight from the start. Two words: plan ahead. Hang on a sec, I can see you’re about to skip to another recipe. I understand – I do that too. Please stay. Planning ahead isn’t a drag (well at least not all the time), it’s actually very useful. Planning prevents situations where you’re frantically searching the net for a quick, tasty recipe to cook. Right. Now.  It’s much nicer to still spend more time than you really should looking for recipes (because if you’re anything like me it’s an addiction), but with no sense of immediacy. And all the chill-time induced waiting will only whet your appetite for this strata even more. It’s lip-smacking good. Shall I explain why you have to wait so darned long for it? Sounds like a plan. Continue reading →

  Posted in Breakfast, Mains | Tagged Bread, Eggs, Mushroom, Strata, Vegetarian, Zucchini

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  Hullo! I'm Shani. Thanks for stopping by! Here you'll find vegetarian recipes oriented towards balancing that fickle line between supreme indulgence and wholesome eating. There's also many a musing about food waste (and it's many manifestations), with tips on how to reduce it at a household level. To find out more, hit the 'About' tab in the top menu...