Going vegetarian

[alchemy]

No, not completely, but I do want to dramatically reduce the amount of meat I eat, to a couple of times a week at the most. Who knows, I may eventually want to eliminate it from my diet all together.

I've been eating veggie meals a couple of days a week for a few months now but I need to expand my repertoire if I'm going to cook more than stir-fry's and veggie fried rice. I've found a website with loads of veggie recipes so that's probably the dinner side sorted. For breakfast I usually have cereals or toast so that's fine, but what about lunch?

Can anyone suggest yummy alternatives to the standard sandwiches with cold meats & salad etc. Salads are obviously an option but I don't want to eat those every day so I'm open to other ideas.

Of course, website suggestions are all welcome. Thanks

[pcolbeck]

Cheese and onion.
Cheese and tomato.
Egg mayonaise.
Hummus and diced peppers.
Brie and grape.

[Charlotte]

Slices of roasted aubergine
Sundried tomatoes in olive oil with rocket and pine nuts
Mozzerella and pesto
Cheddar and apple
Stilton and chutney

The list is potentially endless 

[Otto]

sproated beans and marmite...yuuuummm

[Julian]

White sliced bread
Mayo
Sprinking of black pepper
Sliced cold boiled potato
Sliced mature cheddar
White sliced bread

This is the sandwich of the gods, and of the carbohydrate-deprived.

[Chris N]

Cheese and potato sandwich?  Liz, you're a genius.

[tiermat]

As per Liz's but use roasted spuds instead.

Sausage rolls made with SosMix.

Thinking of other stuff, maybe try getting hold of the Dog With Wings' cookery book, has some good recipes (or if you can't get that the Australian Women's Weekly books can be very good)

[Greenbank]

Spookily similar to one of my favourites:-

Hovis Granary sliced bread
Mayo
Sprinking of black pepper
Sliced cold boiled sweet potato
Sliced mature mild cheddar
Ham
Watercress
Hovis Granary sliced bread

[iakobski]

Fruit?

My lunch today:

3 apple's
2 banana's
2 nectarine's
several plum's
2 satsuma's
Chocolate with strawberries and paprika in.

Who needs bread?

[Charlotte]

A plethora of grocers' apostrophes

*Twitch*

[Greenbank]

Tortilla Española

Boil some spuds for 20 minutes or so (not too soft). Whilst they're boiling chop up an onion and some garlic. Whisk 4 or 5 eggs. Salt and pepper to taste.

When done, drain potatoes and slice about 1/8" thick.

Tiny bit of oil in a frying pan (one deep enough for the finished thing).
Gently fry onion and garlic for a few minutes until soft.
Add potatoes and fry for a couple more minutes.
Turn down to a gentle heat and add eggs. Cook on gentle heat until set.

When this is done, put it under a medium grill until the top is finished off.

Place a plate over frying pan and tip it out, allow to cool.

Good for a few days in the fridge.

Also good with sweet potatoes instead of normal spuds.

[Julian]

As per Liz's but use roasted spuds instead.

Sausage rolls made with SosMix.

Vegan sausage rolls.

These are heavenly; I got the recipe from a lady at the Peace Pledge Union.  She'd made about a hundred and I think I accounted for at least 20 of them. 

[Pete]

Canellini bean & Olive paté.

(I think I may have posted this before in the old place.  Quite simple to make: you need a food processor).

4 oz. dried canellini beans.
2 oz. sundried tomatoes (not fresh tomatoes).
2 oz. kalamata olives.
olive oil.
chopped fresh basil
pepper.

Soak the beans overnight and cook until soft.  Drain and blend in food processor with enough olive oil to make a smooth paste, and basil and pepper (do not add salt).
Soak the tomatoes in water about 20-30 minutes, drain and squeeze out excess water: chop finely; stone and chop the olives.  Mix everything up.  You have a paté!  It will keep a few days in the fridge.

[clarion]

*waits for goatpebble to happen along, who will probably have an idea of something Mediterranean and delicious to delight the palate* 

[Elleigh]

Cream cheese, chopped apple and walnuts.  Yummy on open sandwhiches.

[pcolbeck]

Salt and vinegar crisps in white bread. Not healthy but nice.

[Mrs Pingu]

Soup. What? -  You can get cold soup!

Humous on toasted pitta bread 

[onb]

Eggs chips beans tomatoes an mushrooms .


Do eggs count as they havn't become a chicken yet.

[pcolbeck]

Depends if your Vegan or not. Most eggs will never become chickens as they are not fertilised.

[Elleigh]

Felefal, humous and salad on a wrap.  Yummy

[Hot Flatus]

Cheese and Pataks Brinjal pickle sandwich.

Food of the Gods.

[alchemy]

Stilton and chutney

Chutney = 

Stilton =  Probably only surpassed on the  scale by Brussel sprouts

But the others sound good

[Butterfly]

Soup in a flask. (don't like cold soup, it's wrong)
Cold pizza is fine, however.

[gonzo]

Baguette, rocket, lemon juice, olive oil and salami (hold on...)

Tortellini. Get it from a supermarket, poke a hole in the top of the packet, fill with boiling water, prod with fork for a couple of minutes. Drain. Eat. Hmmmm.

[Kathy]

Do you actually want to become a vegetarian, or simply cut down on meat intake? If the latter, there are lots of lovely thai curries you can do (butternut squash is lovely in red thai curry) which are not meat-centric, but not really veggie-suitable due to the teaspoon of fish sauce and shrimp paste in the curry paste.