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My husband became pescetarian a few years ago and now wants to be vegetarian / poss vegan eventually - for health benefits but also concerned about animal welfare etc.

I would love some inspiration from those who've tried and tested many veggi recipes, as I often get stumped and stick with my usual tomato and veg based pasta or cauliflower / mushroom curries.

Thanks!

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Rose Elliot's 'Not just a load of old lentils' is a classic intro to vegetarian cooking from the 70s (still available on various resale platforms). If you like Italian cuisine there are a lot of Italian vegetarian options - Valentina Harris does a recipe for a delicious Ligurian spinach and ricotta pie, for example.

The Bosh! cookery books are excellent for vegans. Lots of ideas including for ringing the changes on basic recipes,  and you can always  add eggs, cheese etc to many of them if it's for a vegetarian (vegan cheese is vile imo).

There are a few River Cottage (Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall) cookbooks focusing on veg and fruit.

Also lots of veggie  recipes online if you Google.

Stir fries are quick, easy and healthy and you can add seeds etc.

So are soups (in cooler weather 🤣),  you can add beans or lentils for protein and you can make in large quantities and freeze in appropriate portion sizes for later use.

Similarly with things like chickpea stews.

Also it is really easy to make hummus if you have a stick blender. Much nicer than most of the shop bought stuff.

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On 08/09/2023 at 10:26, Jellybeanz said:

My husband became pescetarian a few years ago and now wants to be vegetarian / poss vegan eventually - for health benefits but also concerned about animal welfare etc.

I would love some inspiration from those who've tried and tested many veggi recipes, as I often get stumped and stick with my usual tomato and veg based pasta or cauliflower / mushroom curries.

Thanks!

Hopefully some of the above suggestions have been helpful?

Forgive me if this sounds rude, but Is it just me wondering why your husband can't do some research on veggie recipes and then try them out by  cooking them himself?!

There are loads and loads of veggie and vegan  recipes online, with comments by people who have tried them.

On 15/09/2023 at 18:38, Sue said:

 

Hopefully some of the above suggestions have been helpful?

Forgive me if this sounds rude, but Is it just me wondering why your husband can't do some research on veggie recipes and then try them out by  cooking them himself?!

There are loads and loads of veggie and vegan  recipes online, with comments by people who have tried them.

Does sound a bit rude to be honest. We have vegetarian and vegan recipe books and have tried some from online but over the years I've had some great recipes passed on from friends and family... and I love talking to people (online or in person) and so here I am chatting on a forum!

Thanks to everyone else for your tips and suggestions, I'm going to give a few of them a try!

🙂

P.S. my husband has done a ton of research but I'm adding to his collection...I find life is nicer that way Sue 😉

13 hours ago, malumbu said:

Got loads of veggy cookbooks but tend to go on line in particular BBC

Good reminder, I find BBC GoodFood recipes really helpful and generally pretty easy

57 minutes ago, Jellybeanz said:

Does sound a bit rude to be honest. We have vegetarian and vegan recipe books and have tried some from online but over the years I've had some great recipes passed on from friends and family... and I love talking to people (online or in person) and so here I am chatting on a forum!

Thanks to everyone else for your tips and suggestions, I'm going to give a few of them a try!

🙂

P.S. my husband has done a ton of research but I'm adding to his collection...I find life is nicer that way Sue 😉

Good reminder, I find BBC GoodFood recipes really helpful and generally pretty easy

Sorry if I offended you, but as your original post said you tended to stick with your usual veggie pasta and curries, and you said you often got stumped for anything else, I assumed you (and your husband) hadn't done much research or had any recipe books!

My apologies! Happy to lend you my veggie recipe books if you haven't already got them! As I said above, I find the Bosh books very good.

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