A Belated Resolution

The UK and Europe have been scandalised by the appearance of horse meat, in varying proportions up to 100%, being passed off as beef in supermarket ready meals, especially in the cheaper basic ranges.  Fortunately, we do not eat that many ready meals or supermarket beef burgers. 

While I realise that horse meat in itself does no harm in the diet, I am not very happy at the thought of eating horse.  Maybe it’s because both B and A had horse riding lessons for a few years when they were growing up.  In fact I remember B wanting to be a show jumper as a career, until I explained that it wasn’t really a career choice unless you were wealthy enough to own your own land and horses, and then maybe, if you were good enough.

So, my belated resolution is to cook vegetarian, two or three times a month, using a vegetarian cookbook, rather than just cooking without meat – tinned beans, vegetarian cheese and free range eggs are very versatile.

My first recipe was taken from Sarah Brown’s Vegetarian Cookbook, which I bought from a charity shop quite a few years ago, and checking the blurb it was first published in 1984, so there are no links.

I produced Broccoli and Walnut Bake – a main course.  It consisted of the vegetable and nuts, plus onions, garlic, and mushrooms layered between mashed potatoes and served with a creamy mushroom sauce. We enjoyed this recipe so I will be making it again.

In the meantime, I shall be searching through the cookbook to find a different dish so that I can build my repertoire!  And I shall have to try some photographs of the results - perhaps.