I seem to know more and more vegetarians. (The official stats say it's growing and growing in the UK, so it's no surprise.) Me too. And for some reason, I was wondering, what does everyone tend to eat, on an ordinary weekday evening meal? Although it's nice to share recipes and maybe even food photos, that's a completely different thing from the mid-week everyday cooking.
So what do people have on a normal Wednesday...? Well. I asked them all. This Wednesday. Here are the answers I got:
- "Lemon and spinach risotto"
- "Pasta with courgettes, toasted pine nuts and goats cheese. Then I had some strawberries and blueberries. Then I had a pepsi max and some Milka because I'm a fatty!"
- "Golden beets + lettuce in lemon vinaigrette, cauliflower rice, grenaille potatoes, olive oil-based chocolate cake"
- "Soba noodles"
- "Runner bean and aubergine Keralan curry"
- "Pad thai! Home made. No fish sauce. Ridiculously delicious."
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"Burrito"
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"Cereal (sorry! my bad!)"
- "Phoned in a curry :)"
- "Pizza with my vegan cheese"
- "Veg casserole and dumplings"
- "Griddled halloumi, fried red onion, coucous and salad"
- "One-pot gnocchi with halloumi, peppers, courgete, leeks and tomatoes & side salad"
- "Quorn chicken & leek pie, roast potatoes, peas & sweetcorn"
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"Veggie moussaka made with Quorn mince and aubergine"
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"Homemade patatas bravas with salsa and sour cream and tomato & cucumber slad with croutons"
- "Okonomiyaki"
- "Soup made from beans, tomatoes, carrots, swede, and broccoli (read: contents of the veg drawer)"
- "Cheddar cheese sandwich, using sourdough spelt bread, rocket and cucumber,with a small amount of mayo"
- "Thai green curry (quorn and general veg) and soba noodles on the side because I had no rice"
- "Skyr with musli (too busy to cook)"
- "Thai takeout over riced cauliflower instead of rice"
- "Lentil lasagne and spinach salad"
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm niiiiiiiiiiiice. That all sounds lovely.
Have we learnt anything? Well, Quorn gets a decent showing (I notice that because I'm not into it myself), pops up 3 times versus halloumi's 2. At a rough guess, approx half of the meals rely on cheese. I kinda think I rely too much on cheese for veggie cookery. But there's a pretty good spread in the types of protein and the types of carbs people have in their meals. Anyway. It all sounds very nice.