Vegetarian & Vegan food

Agree but also mushrooms as meat replacers

^This. I tried some new mushroom-based vegan sausages from Sainsbury's vegan range yesterday - they're great!

Ah man I can't stand chickpeas in chili, I find them kind of mealy. Kidneys, black eyes and lentils for me. But then I've only used tinned ones so maybe that's it

I do vegetarian for lent each year but did vegan this year and found it much harder, having to cut out eggs and cheese :-(

I cannot abide mushrooms.

Yeah i'd probably not chuck chickpeas into the chilli, beans and lentils yeah. Though we chuck pulses into everything we eat. Also love a big pile of grated carrot into the sauce as well.

Mate. You have to give this a bash, it's so so so good: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/25/vegetarian-recipes-black-pepper-tofu

I use this tofu to avoid having to fry it myself which I can't be bothered to do:

Also love a big pile of grated carrot into the sauce as well

What, into the chili?

Blitz chickpeas into a coarse mince, then add to chilli. Game changer

These wraps from Ocado are flipping amazing esp. when heated in scorching hot pan for a minute a side.

http://www.crostamollica.com/products/piada-wholeblend/#ingredients

What are some good vegetarian/vegan sandwiches/lunches? Im trying to drastically cut down the meat I eat but I'm getting pretty sick of my standard harissa roast veg couscous.

I've just looked for it, but unfortunately it says that it's closed--there was a little shop in Hackney Wick called Piadina Genuina that made those (freshly). It was very good. I didn't go often enough, as I don't pass through that junction very often. It's a shame he couldn't make it work, but I think it was the wrong location for him, quite possibly because he was at the wrong end of Hackney Wick, on a traffic-saturated junction, and too far away from the artists' quarter where he would have found a more natural customer base. @radmich was a fan, perhaps he knows more about why it closed.

If you ever get to Hackney Wick, which you may well not do, there's a little shop specialising in those, freshly made.

Going on how busy it was I think they made it work...think they were looking for a larger location

I always add grated carrot to chilli, sometimes courgette too, works really well.

Oh, that's good to hear. When I went in, he was complaining about the location and said he wasn't very busy and that everybody was going to the chicken shop a few doors down. I hope he opens somewhere else again soon. I just saw that the Instagram page says 'still working on our new location'.

Yeah, chuck em on in. Makes it quite fresh, lightens it a bit.

Works with ragu, lentils anything really.

And with that in mind, I'll be making hummus tonight.

anyone else tried those No Bull burgers from Iceland? Pretty damn good

Anyone got a good vegetarian pie recipe?

Non-meat "pot" pies are impossible to find here.

Cheers.

What veggie protein source can we add to a tray of Italian roast vegetables?

We have some pooey lentils but they don't look right.

Falafel is a faffalafel

Any other suggestions?

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/protein-for-vegans-vegetarians#section1

#1 Satan hahaha

pine nuts, parmesan

most parmesan isn't vegetarian

most veggies seem to be oblivious to this

If sold in the EU under the name parmesan it's not veggie by law. DPO stuff demands recipe as well as location.

Italian hard cheese is the name of the veggy stuff.

Dafuq? What meat is in it?

Ah, rennet in production: https://www.vegsoc.org/cheese

Veg pies are my staple, Dal can make a good lunch with some flatbread.

We've got pine nuts. Ta, they'll go in.

Looks like adding an omelette is the winner.