A Year of Vegetarian Meals

Saturday, August 29, 2015

Day 307

Saturday, Aug 22

Western Bagel

Ingredients

Eggs
Purple Marconi peppers
Green onions
Everything bagels
Butter
Cracker Barrel Jalapeno Monterey Jack cheese

Sandwich ingredients

Eggs cooking

Cucumber Sandwiches

Ingredients

Bread
Cucumber
Mayo
Butter

Sandwich fixin's

Sliced cucumber

Cucumber sandwich

Cheese Tortellini with Tomatoes, Garlic & Basil

Day 302

Wednesday, August 19

Cheese Tortellini with Tomatoes, Garlic & Basil

Leftover Roasted Veggies

Monday, August 17, 2015

Roasted Garden Veggies

Day 300

This meal is 100% freshly picked from the garden! I mean, except for the condiments and the water it was cooked in. So simple and delicious.

Roasted Garden Veggies

Ingredients

Linzer Delikatess potatoes
Caribe potatoes
Roko potatoes
Cosmic Purple carrots
Imperial carrots
Tendersweet carrots
Chioggia beets
Shallot
Parsnips
Yellow beans
Parsley
Sage
Rosemary
Thyme
Oregano
Sea Salt
Black pepper
3 cups water

Washing Veggies

It did take about 30 minutes to clean the veggies, which thankfully Laura did outdoors with the hose, but after that there was very little prep.

Laura washing veggies

Vegetables in colander on the sidewalk

Chopping Veggies

Chopped off the ends and stalks, chopped veggies into similarly sized pieces and into the roast pan it went. Laura's beets are cool...they have targets when you slice them!

Chopped beets

Chopped veggies in roast pan

Cooking Veggies

I cooked this for an hour or so. Slightly more cooked than usual, but I was also pickling, so I forgot about it being in there for awhile.

Roasted veggies

Reviews/Comments

I give it two thumbs up. Perfect 10. Laura too. And, Missy tried some and gave us a favorable report as well! But then, what's not to love? Missy and I had ours with some lovely ladies (Lady A pickles) and Laura stuck to butter, sea salt and pepper. Can't wait for lunch tomorrow...again.

Sunday, August 16, 2015

Savory Vegetable Hand Pies

Day 299

After a day of making jam and harvesting some things from the garden, we were completely starving and ready for a yummy reward.

Savory Vegetable Hand Pies

Vegetables and cheese in a savory pastry. Mmmm. All Laura's idea and doing. We used a few things from the garden and some organic produce from the store.

Filling Ingredients
Vegetarian chicken breast, fried & diced
Carrots, peeled and cut into matchsticks
Mushrooms, chopped
Broccoli, chopped
1 large shallot, chopped
Cheddar, grated

Vegetables sautéing

Pastry Crust
2 cups flour
1/2 cup shredded cheddar
2 tbsp minced flat-leafed parsley
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter, chilled and cubed
1/2 cup cold water
1 egg

Combine flour, cheese, parsley, sugar and salt in a medium bowl, then cut in butter until you have coarse crumbs. Gradually add water until a ball can be formed.

Ball of pastry dough

Divide into 4 equal parts, roll each out into a 7" disc.

Making hand pies

Add a handful of grated cheddar to each disc, followed by about 1 cup of cooked "chicken" and vegetables. Fold the pastry around the mixture and seal edges using water.

Egg wash

Lightly beat the egg and add 1 tsp water and brush over each hand pie. Bake at 350 degrees F for 25 minutes.

Savory Vegetable Hand Pies

Reviews/Comments

I knew this was going to be good, but they were still surprisingly amazing. Maybe it was because I was soooo hungry, but I savored every mouthful. Lunch is going to be sooo good tomorrow.

Boston Pizza: Spinach & Artichoke Dip

Day 299

This is not really supper, just a disappointing snack that was ordered from Boston Pizza. If you've been following along, you may have noticed that Spinach & Artichoke Dip is one of our new favs. We have ordered it from BP a few times now and made our own at home a few times as well.

Since we're jamming today, and the kitchen is a mess of berries, jars and jam ingredients, we decided it might be better not to simultaneously try to cook supper, so we ordered out to tide us over until after the jam-making is done.

Spinach & Artichoke Dip

Normally, we split an order of BP spin dip with an extra order of bread, because there is always plenty of dip to share. Today, I opted for a Pita Pit falafel sandwich and Laura got the BP spin dip with the expectation that there would be leftovers for lunch tomorrow. Not to be! When I brought it home, she opened it and asked, "Who ate the other half?" I looked and here is what I saw:

Boston Pizza Spinach & Artichoke Dip

This is less than half the amount of dip they usually served with this order. This pic was taken before we even touched it. I feel like we got ripped off today. This is not $10.95 (+ tx & tip $14.23) worth of food! Boooo. Probably won't be getting this again.

Laura rates it a 5 overall. Out of 10. That's not good.