What I Ate This Week #8

Isn't comfort food just the best? Love me some cheese based meals! I've been feeling poorly all this week so meals by the end of the week got to be things that didn't need much effort to make.

Cauliflower and broccoli cheese. I love cheese.

Veggie sausage casserole. You can find the recipe here!

Risotto with green beans, broccoli and peppers.

Pitta pockets with carrots, chickpeas, garlic, cumin and reggae reggae sauce (wasn't meant to be that but we didn't fancy orange in it).

Dominoes veggie supreme pizza. Yeah I order pizza sometimes, I'm only human!

Pasta and a Loyd Grossman tomato and basil sauce. (and a shed load of cheese).

Cheese and tomato crispbake, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, cabbage and carrots.

RECIPE: Veggie Sausage Casserole

It's the weekend and it's getting chillier so what better time to cook a hearty casserole to make you feel all cosy and Autumnal. This really is easy and can be stretched to feed as many as you like! A (nearly) one pot wonder too, which is always good on the washing up front. This is a recipe adapted slightly from the original one by The Hairy Bikers, you can find that one here. This version is vegetarian friendly (duh, you're on a vegetarian food blog!) If you're short on time, you don't have to put it in the oven, you can serve it straight from the pan. It's just a bit richer from having it in the oven for a while. 

Serves 3 - 4

2 veg sausages each 

2 medium onions, thinly sliced

2 tins chopped tomatoes

2 cans butter beans 

2 cloves garlic, crushed

2 tablespoons tomato puree

1 teaspoon smoked paprika

1 teaspoon mixed herbs

1 tablespoon brown sugar

2 bay leaves

salt and pepper

1. Cook your sausages, no-one likes a frosty sausage. When cooked through, place in an oven proof dish.

2. Fry the onions gently until they start to soften, a good 5-7 minutes.

3. Add garlic to onions and cook for another 3 minutes.

3. Add paprika and cook for another 1 minute.

4. Add tomatoes, puree, herbs and brown sugar. Add the rinsed butter beans.

5. Add mixture to open proof dish on top of sausages. Bake at Gas 4/180°C for 30 minutes.

I eat mine with a baked potato but you can serve yours with whatever you fancy. I think it's the little bit of brown sugar that makes this rich and delicious. Perfect for warming up a miserable Winter evening!