Saturday 15 January 2011

Recipe Post -Potato and Vegetable Bake

I'm hoping now that I am back blogging and started to get my time management and writing stuff in order that I will be able to post more recipe posts too. (generally I hope to be able to post more of everything, not much to ask, lol) But there is a specific reason behind this one. Down in Cardiff (and in other places across the UK) the co-op are helping schools and community groups raise money and awareness of healthy eating by providing fruit and veg bags for sale to the community. I am now buying bags weekly from a local school in the hope of eating more healthily and cooking more fresh foods (as well as being less wasteful and more ecologically friendly). So every week I will be looking for and cooking a new veg based dish to use up the items I have in the bags, which will be different every week depending on the season.

So this week I decided to try a recipe out of the Greek Cooking book I had for christmas. I didn't have any meat in the house and didn't want to go out for extra ingredients so found a Courgette and Potato Bake recipe that I figured I could adapt to use the veg I had.
Here is the original recipe: (it feeds 4 as main course or 6 as a side dish)
1.5lb courgette
1lb potatoes
1 onion
3 garlic cloves
1 large pepper
400g can chopped tomatoes
150ml virgin olive oil
150ml hot water
1 tsp oregano
3 tbsp fresh parsley
salt and pepper

I altered it slightly (ok a fair bit) and decided to cut the recipe down to feed 2 (or just me)
So I used:
2 potatoes
half and onion
half a pepper
1 celery stick
1 garlic clove
6 mushrooms
half a tin of chopped tomatoes
Chopped mixed herbs
50ml water
50ml oil

It's a super easy meal to make.
  • Pre-heat oven to 190 C/ 375 F/Gas 5
  • Chop all the veg and place them in a overproof dish. Add the water, oil, herbs and chopped tomatoes and mix it all up well.
  • Place in the oven for 30 minutes
  • Remove from oven and add a bit more water and stir it all well to stop veg sticking to the pan (my potatoes did just a little) Return to oven for another 45mins (recipe said an hour but mine was done in 45mins)
  • Remove and serve either as a dish on it's own with some salad or as a side dish.
It was really yummy, super easy and very healthy - plus cheap!
I totally loved it and did manage to eat the whole bowl for my dinner

Do you have any great veg recipes I can try out? I really want to experiment more with my food this year and these bags are giving me the perfect opportunity to.

Daisymay X

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10 comments:

  1. I so wanna try that recipe. The result look awesome! :D

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  2. Awe, Chantele, it was a nice surprise to see such a post here. This certainly reminded me of Jamie Oliver; I appreciate what he does so much! I've played his TED award speech in several different classes; it's very useful because it generates discussion very easily and he uses some nice expressions; plus, I just LOVE his accent ;p, hehe.

    I've always been curious about Greek cuisine, but never had the chace to try it. Maybe I can cook this recipe. As for today, I've already scheduled Mexican food with my best friend.

    Have a nice weekend! :)

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  3. That looks yummy! I will have to try that recipe.

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  4. I like to grill veggies and bite size pieces with basil and olive oil as warm salad.

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  5. This looks delicious and healthy as well. I'm trying to learn how to cook at the moment, so am taking all the recipes I can get!

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  6. woo! i would love to give it a try!!

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  7. Mmmm! Looks so delicious! I'm actually hungry now!

    http://www.stylethroughhereyes.com

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  8. That sounds so good!

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  9. You did well with what you had. And it looks like you took the picture when it was steaming hot. What I need right now during these Winter weeks!

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