It’s a pretty well known fact that this girl loves to bake up a storm and create sweet treats for everyone to enjoy, but when it comes to the savoury side of the kitchen, I quite frankly can’t be arsed. I guess it’s a long standing obstacle of my on-going battle with food demons, but the idea of cooking and portioning a hot meal (it’s the portioning that realllly gets me) means I all too often resort to my good friends the freezer and the microwave.
Now my new hours at work have started, and in light of recent events I’ve made a promise to myself to start cooking more, once a week from scratch to start with and then building up. Last night was my first adventure in proper cooking and I made a Lentil and Vegetable cottage pie; I’m not a vegetarian anymore but I don’t like much meat and generally only eat it if someone else has cooked for me.
I found the recipe on this site and made a few adaptations to suit my tastes
900g mashed potato
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 chopped medium onion
150g brown (or puy) lentils (I used green tinned)
1 crushed garlic clove
100g grated vegetarian cheddar cheese (I used a reduced fat version hence it not being all bubbly and brown)
2 diced carrots (we had no carrots to this was left out)
1tbsp tomato puree (I doubled this)
1 diced medium green pepper
60g sliced mushrooms (I doubled this)
1 tsp dried basil
Anyone got any recipes to share/motivate me? What is your signature dish?
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That looks awesome! I’m not a huuuge fan of cooking dinner, I have a few ‘signature’ dishes but mostly Trout does the cooking. I love making a good roast, though!
This looks yum! We’ll have to try it in the Doll’s House. One of our favs is pasta and veggies with a little cream cheese stirred through. Nom! x
that looks delicious x
This looks delicious.
I totally understand what you mean about savory cooking, I cannot be bothered most of the time, I would much rather bake.
Mmmmmm! That looks lovely, I always enjoy your food pics- you make such yummy looking stuff!
Nat x
Oh yum, this looks easier than I expected!
I don’t know if I have a signature dish, but I guess it’s probably vegan macaroni pie – I worked out how to do it! – or pesto pizza with asparagus. I love making a good moussaka, too.
That looks and sounds delish!! Yum.
I’m not a veggie anymore but often prefer veggie food and love lentils. Definitely going to try this.
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Looks delicious, I love eating veggie food even though I am not vegetarian. My favourite meal to make at the moment is lunch. Roast squash with rocket and goats cheese drizzled with a balsamic glaze I got from Tesco. Super easy!
Your lentil and vegetable cottage pie looks delicious! reading over the ingredients, it must taste even better than it looks. I can imagine myself wolfing down the entire pan and yearning for more! I’m so lazy that I generally buy pre-made vegan or vegetarian frozen dinners and microwave them. That home cooked meal looks awesome. P.S.: I’ve been a vegetarian for 43 years!
One of the dishes I make often (because it’s so easy) is 1 box Ronzini Ditalini or Ditali noodles (like macaroni) boiled for 10-12 minutes with a little salt whilst stirring in 2 cans of Cannelini (white kidney beans), draining, adding a jar of Marinara sauce, some Italian seasoning and a touch of cayenne red pepper. Pasta Fagiole, the lazy way! I also like vegetarian chili, felafel, potatoes O’brien, and a host of Indian dishes that are too much work so I buy them pre-made.
I hate cooking savoury. I’m like you, total sweetie addict.
I found some great fruit snacks at the weekend, I’ll post you a packet.
C
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That looks delish! I’d love to give it a try x
That looks and sounds delicious. I might have to make it this weekend! I think it is just whats needed with all this cold rainy weather – great comfort food. Perhaps with a bit of Garlic bread alongside (my weakness).
Love recipe posts 🙂
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One word……Yummy
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Home cooking is always the best kind xxx