Vegan MoFo day 21: Bubble and Squeak (and no...it's not a crazy new dance fad)

When there are Roast Dinner leftovers in the treehugger household we make Bubble and Squeak. Traditionally this is a dish of all your leftover cooked veggies mixed together then lovingly fried in Oil. What could be better? Ask most Brits and they will tell you they prefer the meal on Boxing Day to that of Christmas Day and that's all because of this wonderful dish - Bubble and Squeak. If they say otherwise - poke 'em in the eye and run away! VeganYumYum made some a while ago and as her photo's are sooo much better than mine (jealous? NO!) I thought you could all have a look to see what they CAN look like. Leftover from last nights dinner we had Roast Potatoes, Broccoli, Carrots and Nut Roast. But use whatever leftover Veg you have - be aware you may need more Potato than anything else as this is what generally binds everything together. But not always. Place all your Veggies in a microwavable dish and nuke 'em for 2 mins - this makes it easier on the old mashing muscles. Then set to with your Potato Masher and mash 'em all up.

When mashed add some thinly diced Onions to the mixture, some Pepper and Salt if needed. Then form into Patty shapes and fry in a little Olive Oil on low heat for 20 mins on each side. Depending on your leftover quota will depend on how many Patties you make - but these do freeze well so whatever you don't eat can be stored for leftover leftovers. LOL!

See mine look pretty too...

I served these up with a recipe I found on This Little Piggy had Tofu because I had Carrots and Sweet Potatoes and it looked blinking yum. And it was! Today's song which I have played so many times today the neighbours are threatening to knock me off their Christmas Card list is Human - by The Killers Listen here and tell me how freaking good this song is!

Vegan MoFo Day 20: A Sunday Roast on a Monday

Yeah that's Punk Rock that is.

What isn't quite so Punk Rock is having your boiler die, your new blender jug crack and your extension lead break. No...that's just chaos and also sums up my day pretty well. New boiler installed, blender jug thrown out in disgust and extension lead taken apart and fixed - this gal wasn't in the mood for cooking. Much....... I called upon a store cupboard favourite

Granose Nut Roast Mix. HURRAH! All it took was water and bunging in the oven. To accompany this veritable bag of Nutty goodness, I roasted some Potatoes in Olive Oil and Rosemary, steamed some Carrots and Broccoli, made some Gravy and served it all up with a dollop of Cranberry Sauce.

It was super scrummy and perfect food for filling my boiler mending boyfriend's tummy. Today's song is I'm Going Slightly Mad - by Queen. Because amidst all the chaos this seemed so fitting. Laters Y'all!

Vegan MoFo Day 11: Name My Balls

So, I had fully intended on making Pumpkin Soup today. The weather is perfect for soup making - raining, windy, grey la dee da dee da.

So I donned my apron and set to. Took my Pumpkin out the fridge...hmmmm...that looks a bit funny..... "Oh FFS!!!!" Half of it was clearly not well. Damn you supermarkets and your appalling quality produce you sell to unsuspecting customers in the guise of fruit and vegetables. I only bought it two days ago!! Weep not, I will just chop off the poorly bits and make something else. Hmmm....what uses 300g of Pumpkin and will feed two hungry bellies? I will make it up as I go along.....so I did. I don't know what to call these so if you have any suggestions let me know. Name My Balls makes 11 balls Ingredients 300g Pumpkin (LOL) peeled and cubed 6 Cloves Garlic, peeled but left whole 1 Tblsp Olive Oil Half a cup cooked Broccoli Small handful frozen Peas Pinch of Salt Freshly ground Black Pepper 8 Tblsp Gram Flour Method Place the Olive Oil in a roasting pan and toss in the Pumpkin and Garlic. Roast in a hot oven (200 degrees) for half an hour, tossing them over a few times throughout the cooking time. When done take them out of the oven and place in a bowl, mash together with a fork (you might have to use a knife to slice some of the smaller Cloves of Garlic up). Chop the cooked Broccoli into small pieces and add to the Pumpkin mix along with the frozen Peas. Season and stir well. Add Gram Flour a little at a time, mixing well after each addition. You want a consistency that comes together nicely but is still wet. Grease a muffin tray and place the mixture in little dollops in each muffin compartment. Bake in the oven (200 degrees) for 15 mins, turn over and bake for another 15 mins. Keep an eye on them that they don't burn. Now admittedly these didn't feed two hungry bellies - but they were perfect as an accompaniment to last nights left over Curry! HURRAH!

I missed reading everyone's blogs yesterday due to work (damn work!) but as I was up early this morning I thought I'd catch up. HOLY FREAKING SCHMOLEY!!! 319 blog entry's were waiting for me. 319!!! I had to break my reading up into bite sized chunks - a few here a few there, a drizzle here a sprinkling there. I LOVE reading everyone's blogs and I love discovering new blogs too so it wasn't really that tough a job and I can certainly think of worse ways to spend a rainy day. Today's laughter and larks was done to Death in Vegas - Aisha