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Re: Freezer Meals
« Reply #30 on: October 03, 2009, 11:34:45 am »
Thanks, ILB! Those recipes sound great. Lentil patties are something I can take to work with me for a quick lunch. I look forward to the conversions.

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« Reply #31 on: October 03, 2009, 12:31:05 pm »
i would also love a great recipe for lentil patties, - i've never made myself a good vegie patty!
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Re: Freezer Meals
« Reply #32 on: October 03, 2009, 12:35:05 pm »
Tell you what, I'll post it as per how I think it should go, then between us, whoever actually makes it first can provide the feedback for the recipe tweaking and I'll adjust accordingly? How does that sound? ;)
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Re: Freezer Meals
« Reply #33 on: October 03, 2009, 01:10:46 pm »
Lentil patties and Nan's Corn Patties have been posted and here are the links:

Corn
http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=1988.0

Lentil
http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=1986.0

Both of these freeze really well. Hope you enjoy them. :-*
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Re: Freezer Meals
« Reply #34 on: October 03, 2009, 04:20:04 pm »
Guess I should say chicken croquettes cut into slices ?? ready to crumb and fry
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« Reply #35 on: October 03, 2009, 08:39:56 pm »
I think this thread is a brilliant idea. When I ate more meat I bought a few "once a month" cookery books and the standard one on amazon seems to contain nothing but meat, meat, meat, large amounts of sugar, fat and yes, more meat. Call me an old griper but some of the authors of these oamc books seem to think that the most important thing with this approach is to set (yet another) meat-based meal on the table. I preferred "Fix, Freeze, Feast", but now I can see that the majority of the recipes are not compatible with what I want to cook over the next few weeks.

Does anyone out there (experienced vegetarians/vegans perhaps?) know if there is a cookery book on the market which has vegetarian recipes that can be prepared in advance and then frozen? I don't aim to whisk out a frozen veggie meal every evening for supper, but it would be nice if I knew that I could rely on something meatless from my freezer reserves. I don't think I have ever eaten so much meat than when I did OAMC. I didn't feel too good either and my bottom started to have two time zones :-))

I've scoured amazon in Germany, the UK and the US but there doesn't seem to be anything suitable. I'd be grateful for any tips from the forum ;)

I found the same thing, Vivacity.  And then they hung around in the freezer for ages because I couldn't face yet ANOTHER red meat, heavy and sweet meal.  Every now and again, OK.  But regularly?  No, no, no.  Give me  light, healthy, and plenty of veggies, and I'm a happy girl.  Would you recommend Fix, Freeze and Feast?  Or is it just a bit better than the classics?
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« Reply #36 on: October 03, 2009, 09:43:38 pm »
Good to know I'm not the only person who found the OAMC cooking a bit too meat-loaded. How many variations on sloppy joes does a girl need ???

Anyway, I quite liked the book "Fix, Freeze, Feast." If you want to see a few recipes, here's a link: http://www.fixfreezefeast.com/index.php?pg=sr . The nifty thing about the book is that you can download freezer labels here http://www.storey.com/files/download/labels.pdf and then print them onto sticky labels for your frozen goods. That's quite useful for others using the freezer so they know how to prepare the food. If you look at the labels you'll also see what kind of recipes you get in the book.


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Re: Freezer Meals
« Reply #37 on: October 03, 2009, 11:57:21 pm »
thanks ILB!
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« Reply #38 on: October 04, 2009, 10:49:02 am »
Whoops, completely forgot ILB's posting while replying to CarolineW :o

Thanks for posting the recipes, ILB! They sound really easy and will be tried out soon :)

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« Reply #39 on: October 04, 2009, 11:07:43 am »
My pleasure. Actually made a batch of the lentil patties today. Miss 3 has been grazing on them all afternoon - so they must be OK  ;D
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Re: Freezer Meals
« Reply #40 on: October 04, 2009, 02:00:22 pm »
Haven't found any vegetarian books in my collection with freezer recommendations - but Cranks book says most could be frozen.  Guess we need to check the internet?

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« Reply #41 on: October 04, 2009, 02:56:53 pm »
Thanks, Thermomixer! Of course, I'd completely forgotten my Cranks cookery book. I'll leaf through and see what recipes are freezable.

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« Reply #42 on: October 05, 2009, 07:34:58 am »
How could you forget the Cranks ???  ;D  - they really have some interesting combos.
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« Reply #43 on: October 05, 2009, 05:12:21 pm »
Yes, I know. The Cranks cookbook sounds really interesting, but I haven't really got round to using it yet. My brother bought me "Leith's Vegetarian Cookery Book" and it seems to have become my favourite when cooking meat-free meals.. Really good recipes which always turn out delicious.

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Re: Freezer Meals
« Reply #44 on: October 08, 2009, 10:54:21 am »


Over the last few days I've made a beetroot cake (basically took the carrot cake recipe but used beetroot, and added half tsp of ginger in place of some of the cinnamon.  Icing, made butter icing then mixed in the cream cheese.  When I grated the beetroot I took out 1 tsp and put it with 2 tsp cold water.  I then used this water in the icing mix to make it pink.  Otherwise, it's the same.)  Ate half and froze half.

Just thought I'd give feedback on this, as I wasn't at all sure how the icing would fare being frozen.  I've always frozen cakes un-iced before.  It came out just as good as it went in.  The only difference was that the ginger flavour had come out more, which was an advantage in my eyes  :D
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