tekobo Posted June 27, 2023 Report Posted June 27, 2023 My husband's away for a few days and I decided to try being a vegetarian teetotaller while I was on my own. Otherwise known as drying out and slimming down. The only problem is that my Texan girlfriend was in town for just one night and I had lured her to dinner with a picture of a nice T-bone steak. She arrived with this tea towel for me but quickly got with the programme and we had a lovely evening, sober at dinner for the first time in our acquaintance. I tried out some BBQ recipes from Francis Mallman's Green Fire and they were all a success, washed down with homemade lemonade. I didn't get photos of the fennel and spring onions on the konro grill but this one, shows cooked black beans and broad beans getting some char. It made the black beans a bit crunchy and very tasty. Next came the smashed potatoes, grilled with a fennel seed and fennel pollen topping - intended to replicate the flavours of a porchetta and... it worked! The beans were mixed up with the grilled fennel and spring onions and a bit of vinegar and oil to make the centrepiece salad which we ate with our smashed potatoes. Surprisingly filling. Dessert was one of the weirdest things I have ever made. Grilled stone fruit - I used a plum, a peach and a nectarine - with grilled Raclette cheese! Texan was NOT weirded out. We considered what it might need to lift it. She suggested white balsamic vinegar. It was the perfect match. And yes, I know the picture is not the best but I promise you it was tasty. In fact, I am coming round to thinking that I can eat less meat and still enjoy a meal. Shock! Horror. 5 2 1
C6Bill Posted June 27, 2023 Report Posted June 27, 2023 Where's the beef !!!!!! Sorry, i couldn't help it 🤣 3
tekobo Posted June 28, 2023 Author Report Posted June 28, 2023 So...after three days off the booze and eating in a restricted time window, this vegetarian lark seems to be working. I am sleeping better and have lost a little girth and a little weight. @Tyrus is right, I won't ever pass for a vegetarian with two freezers full of meat in the house but I am discovering the benefits of not loading every meal with meat and sides and washing it all down with wine at every opportunity. Baby steps. I can't be bothered with a diet but if I can make some sustainable changes I will be happy. 4
Tyrus Posted June 28, 2023 Report Posted June 28, 2023 2 hours ago, tekobo said: I can't be bothered with a diet but if I can make some sustainable changes I will be happy. Decisions, decisions. Should I go left or should I go right, whatever you do Tekebo we wish you the best. I do have to admit it was an imaginitive meal, just don't shake the tree so hard. 1
MacKenzie Posted June 28, 2023 Report Posted June 28, 2023 Tekobo, I totally agree with this plan, "I can't be bothered with a diet but if I can make some sustainable changes I will be happy." 👍👍 1
Tyrus Posted June 28, 2023 Report Posted June 28, 2023 Wait, it's not the end, I found them, they're here. 1 2
Tucker Posted June 28, 2023 Report Posted June 28, 2023 I LOVE the towel! Going to get a sign made for my pavilion 1 1
tekobo Posted June 29, 2023 Author Report Posted June 29, 2023 @Tucker I did a quick google search and it appears the sentiment is well known and available on posters and T-shirts in the US. With the growing number of vegans in the UK I don't think I'll be walking down the street in one of those T-shirts anytime soon but I might just spring for an apron.
Tucker Posted June 29, 2023 Report Posted June 29, 2023 @tekobo - Thanks, I did the same. I have Niece who is making me a sign.
Tucker Posted June 29, 2023 Report Posted June 29, 2023 here are a couple of shirts for amusement. LOVE the BBQ shirt, it is worn by the BBQ employees................................................................. 1 2
