In Need Of Inspiration

[Disco]

I'm looking at my vegetables and would like to know how these inspire you with menu planning?

Caulflower (huge)
Butternut squash (large0
New potatoes (loads)
Spring onions (bulbous/ massive)
Carrots

[Glint]

I’d go basic.

Are the new potatoes nice? If so, I’d just boil (or roast) and have a plate with butter and chopped spring onions and possibly some cheese if I fancied it at the time.

I’d make a soup from the squash and carrots.

I would not consume the cauliflower.

[bramblerose]

Bang bang cauliflower
New potato salad
Roasted tandoori carrots

[emma_p]

I made a delicious cauliflower and lentil salad at the weekend, with a green olive and herby dressing. It was from Greekish (Georgina Hayden) (can photocopy this evening if you like). The cauliflower I had was so massive I used half the next day for Ottolenghi's cauliflower shawarma which is also a good recipe: https://thehappyfoodie.co.uk/recipes/th ... en-tahini/

This is delicious for a summery carrot recipe: https://thehappyfoodie.co.uk/recipes/ot ... megranate/

This dip with the spring onions: https://www.alisoneroman.com/recipes/la ... -and-chile (I love to dip crisps in this ).

With the potatoes, I'd go retro with roasted new potatoes, asparagus and halloumi: https://www.rivercottage.net/recipes/as ... s-halloumi

And this old favourite Moro recipe with the BNS: https://food52.com/recipes/26165-moro-s ... ith-tahini

[Derek Nimmo]

Big cauliflower cheese (or two, one for the freezer - best done with roasted cauli not boiled)
Popcorn cauliflower (the BBC have a couple of nice recipes)
Whole roasted cauliflower with cheedar beer sauce

I'd roast cubes of bns and stick them in the freezer as easy additions to dishes or soups in the future, smash (and roast - are you seeing a theme? ) the new potatoes or simply boil them if I had some nice fish for them to accompany, use the spring onions on garnish for everything I ate for the next couple of weeks and...you guessed it...roast the carrots with honey, or parmesan etc etc and eat them as a side dish with everything.

[emma_p]

Ooooh roast the new potatoes and dip them in the spring onion dip

[Topcat]

Throw them in the bin and get a curry.

[sally maclennane]

Throw them in the bin and get a curry.

Correct. Especially the cauliflower which is rank.

[Disco]

I love cauliflower! I also love that Monk has finally embraced it and bns even though I don't love it, or any orange vegetable with the exception of peppers.

I had/ made bang bang cauliflower for the first time the other week and it was so lush and easy. I can't believe I've never had it before. I'm assuming that it's similar to popcorn cauli which I['ve also never had before but I shall look.

Great ideas, thank you!

Emma, I would love that recipe with lentils please, and I'm forming a meal around the spring onion dip - with some lovely greek yoghurt I will strain - in my head it looks delicious, as does the shawarma, all of it looks amazing.

[emma_p]

Here you go - I esp liked the crispy lentils and would make extra dressing next time. It was lush.

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[Pippedydeadeye]

I could have done with seeing this 20 minutes ago when I was in M&S buying cauliflower and looking for tahini. But I did have all the ingredients & am about to dress my lentils.

[Disco]

Thank you, that also looks/ sounds amazing.

[Estrella]

For the BNS, if you like the look of this I can take a photo of the recipe later today for you: https://www.recipetineats.com/stuffed-b ... t-pumpkin/

[Pippedydeadeye]

Thank you, that also looks/ sounds amazing.

I can confirm that it’s so much more than the sum of its parts. I loved it and have leftovers for lunch tomorrow.

[Disco]

For the BNS, if you like the look of this I can take a photo of the recipe later today for you: https://www.recipetineats.com/stuffed-b ... t-pumpkin/

THanks, that does look nice though I don't need the recipe as I watched the videoso I can remember it. It's a good adaptable recipe. Makes me think of Jamie Oliver's hamilton squash but I think that has lots of rice in it.

[Hobbes]

I made this with cauliflower tonight, it was easy and delicious!

https://www.tamingtwins.com/cauliflower ... iner-19517

[Annabella]

Oooh Hobbs that looks very delicious. I will try this weekend. I dole cauliflower roasted or steamed

[Disco]

They do look great!

[Disco]

This dip with the spring onions: https://www.alisoneroman.com/recipes/la ... -and-chile (I love to dip crisps in this ).

Emma, do you make the labne from greek yoghurt or do you just use greek yoghurt?

[emma_p]

I just used greek yoghurt. The Fage one is pretty thick.