Vegetable Stew for a Chilly Day

Woodlands Road 52

It’s chilly, here in Glasgow. Autumn has truly hit, to the point where even the wee trees know The End Is Nigh, and are turning colors. Most of the leaves don’t even make it to red, but just fall off, yellow, to be scooped up by the whistling street-sweeper, at some unheard of hour of the morning.

Life’s busy – we’re both working hard on getting our tasks finished before the arbitrary deadlines imposed by … all manner of people. Some day we’ll emerge from our cocoon, here, but for now, it’s all about food which is easy to make. Thus, Vegetable Stew.

Vegetable Stew

  • 1 red onion, diced
  • 1 white onion, diced
  • 2 shallots, diced
  • 8 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 Tbsp vegetable boullion
  • 1 tsp extra hot chile flakes
  • 1 large jalapeƱo, minced
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 20 gratings of nutmeg with your microplane grater
  • 1 cup vegetarian mince
  • 1 cup frozen sweet-corn
  • 1 cup frozen soybeans
  • 2 cups potatoes, matchsticked
  • 12-oz crushed tomatoes
  • Water (as needed)
  1. Sweat onions, shallots, garlic, bay leaf, and vegetarian mince until onions are tender (and the mince has absorbed some of the onion flavor).
  2. Remove the bay leaf, and add everything else.
  3. Cover everything with water – not too much, but enough to let it really go for awhile.
  4. Let cook until the potatoes are just done.
  5. Serve (with an optional dollop of cottage cheese).

7 Replies to “Vegetable Stew for a Chilly Day”

  1. Perfect for a chilly fall day…I especially like the addition of the nutmeg grated with the microplane grater…bet it draws all those flavorts together!

  2. Someone wondered what vegetarian mince might be — apparently mince is strictly a UK thing, it’s just the vegetarian equivalent of ground beef, but it’s minced meat. Or something like that..

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