Week 29 - Vegetable Crumble

WTF!?!?!?

Crumble, you know that stuff you have for dessert.  Yeah, that's the stuff, the stuff you use as a topping to stewed fruit!?

Well, some nutjob has made that a savoury dish, and here it is (to save you bothering)....Vegetable Crumble.

You think you've seen it all and then somebody invents the veg crumble

I should give a slightly more balanced review.   The dish was tasty, bit the soft crumbly texture just didn't feel right over a veg dish.  Plus, I feel bad putting that much butter on my main meal......dessert tends to be a treat in our house so I can live with it then!

Mind over matter

Rating
Taste - 14/20
Cost - 7/10
Difficulty - 5/10
Prep Time - 5/10 
Overall 62%

Week 28 - Baby Carrot and Broad Bean Risotto

My wife is still trying to get in on the action again and making up some veggie recipes; I'm pleased to report that this attempt is better than the last one!

A nice simple Baby Carrot and Broad Bean Risotto.  It was tasty, but if I was to be critical it needed something to add a bit of texture.  Maybe a slice of crusty bread would have sent this dish on it's way nicely.

The recipe is another one of Hugh Fearney-Whittingstall's and it is a good one, certainly better than this one (which features in his veg cook book!).

Find the recipe here.

Hugh Strikes Again

Rating
Taste - 16/20
Cost - 6/10
Difficulty - 5/10
Prep Time - 5/10 
Overall 64%

Week 27 - Butternut squash, spinach and goat’s cheese pie with cheesy pastry

I like a pie as much as the next guy, unless the next guy is Homer Simpson.  But I think even Homer Simpson would struggle with this behemoth of a pie!  The pie was so big the leftover pie suffered a structural failure overnight in the fridge and I ended up eating this pie everyday for a week to use it up.

Man Pie

It is a ridiculously big pie when following the recipe given, made halve it?  .....don't say I didn't warn you!

This pie was pretty tasty, but the thing that made it tasty was the cheesy pastry.  Take away the cheesyness of the pastry and meh, not worth the effort.  

So to summarise, just make the cheesy pastry and maybe halve the quantity!

mmmmm, pastry

Rating
Taste - 13/20
Cost - 4/10
Difficulty - 3/10
Prep Time - 3/10 
Overall 46%