Happy Meatless Monday!

Today's recipe is a mix of a few things we decided to try. It was so simple to make, and made a really tasty and filling dinner.

When we decided to try our hand at making the noodles, I started browsing for Vegetarian Satay Noodle recipes online, but none of them really had what I wanted (I had a lovely Chicken Satay meal the other week when we went out for dinner and I think in some way I wanted to try and recreate that meal - it really was divine). So I started looking for Chicken Satay noodle recipes and thought if I could find one I really liked, I could substitute out the chicken and work from there. 

I found a great recipe which I could adapt but the recipe called for a packet of Satay sauce, and we like to know what is in our food, so I started hunting again until I found a nice easy Satay recipe to try. 

Today's Meatless Monday will be in two parts, I will start with the recipe for the noodle dish, and then go on to making the sauce.

Vegetable Noodles:

Ingredients:

• 450g Soba Noodles
• 2 Shallots
• Toasted Nut Oil
• 180g of Green Beans, topped and halved
• 400g Quorn Fillets, sliced
• 1 Carrot, peeled & thinly sliced
• Baby corn

Method: 

• Heat the Toasted Nut oil in the wok and lightly fry the the Quorn fillets. Place in a bowl and set aside.
• Add Shallots, Green Beans, Carrot and Baby corn to the pan and heat.
• Add already cooked Quorn fillets.
• Heat on the hob, stirring frequently to ensure nothing sticks to the bottom of the pan.
• Boil water in a saucepan. 
• Add Soba Noodles to boiling water and cook until tender.

Satay Sauce:

Ingredients:

3-4 tbsp of crunchy Peanut Butter

3 tbsp of Sweet Chilli Sauce

2 tbsp of Soy Sauce

100ml of Water

Method: 

• First put the 3 tbsp of Sweet Chilli Sauce into a bowl.
• Add 2tbsp of Soy Sauce.
• Next add 3 tbsp of Peanut Butter.
• Stir the mixture together.
• Slowly add the water, stirring it into the sauce.
• Taste the sauce, if needed add another 1 tbsp of crunchy Peanut Butter.

• Add Satay Sauce into pan with the Quorn and Vegetables and warm through for a few minutes.
• Drain the noodles and serve into bowls.
• Place the mixture on top of the noodles.
• Serve immediately.

Quorn Vegetable Noodles Inspired by: Chicken Satay Noodles

Satay Sauce Inspired by: Thai Satay Stir Fry

Have you tried this recipe? I would love to hear your comments if you do, or let me know what you think about the recipe, even if you haven't tried it yet.

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Hello & Welcome to another episode of Meatless Monday! Today's blog post are Tofu and Vegetable patties.

Ingredients:

• 1 Carrot, Grated
• Bunch of Spring Onions, Sliced
• 1 Garlic Clove, Crushed
• 3cm Piece of Ginger, Grated
• 400g Block of firm Tofu, drained and crumbled.
• 2 Eggs, lightly beaten

How to make them:

• Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and mix.
• Place in muffin trays, and cook in the oven, at 200 degrees until the patties begin to brown.
• Serve with salad.

This is a variation of this Good Food recipe: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1369648/tofu-and-vegetable-patties

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Hello everyone, and welcome to another Meatless Monday post!

Today's one is a little similar to a previous recipe I posted, but I thought I would do an update vegetarian version for todays Meatless Monday. 

Ingredients:

1/2 a bag of Quorn frozen mince

Jug of made up onion gravy

2 Carrots

2 Tablespoons of Frozen Peas

4 Sweet Potatoes

1. Place the frozen Quorn mince into the saucepan.

2. Add the gravy and let the Quorn mince cook in the sauce for around 15 minutes - stirring constantly.

3. Peel and slice 2 carrots and add to mixture.

4. Add 3 spoonfuls of frozen peas to the mixture and cook.

5. Add mixture to oven proof dish and allow to cool a little.

6. Peel and cut 4 sweet potatoes and boil until soft.

7. Drain Potatoes and mash.

8. Smother the Sweet Potato on top of the mince mixture, and cook in the oven for 20 minutes, or until the mixture is pipping hot.

(You can add cheese on top of the mixture for the last 5 minutes of cooking - we usually add Lactose Free cheese).

Serve with Vegetables or salad.

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