I'll start
I am a lazy vegan only going vegan last year sometime after running out of excuses, my immediate family had already been vegan for years and it seemed like a lot of effort to me. My partner who ate meat when I met them actually went vegan before me.
Being a lazy and unadventurous cook I stick to generally simple meals that are quick, when I cook I make the same things - pasta, stir fry, jacket potatoes, pizza, Sunday lunch, might make something with a burger, new potatoes etc.
Know I should be making curries and a wider range of dishes.
Difficult as also gluten free (not by choice!)
Pasta
Press some firm tofu either by pushing down on in with a side plate on a chopping board and turning the block of tofu press each side or put something heavy on top of the plate and leave it for a while.
Chop up into cubes and fry in saucepan turning it to get all sides a bit crispy. Used to have a small deep fat fryer for this but got too gunky.
Usually have asparagus, red or yellow pepper, courgette and any other veg with red onion/white onion/leek and a fair bit of garlic.
Fry tofu in saucepan whilst boiling water for pasta, fry veg in wok and chuck tofu in when done, keep frying veg in wok whilst pasta boiling. Drain pasta, add sauce then put all veg and tofu in pan with pasta and mix all together. Sometimes grate gary (vegan cheese) on top.
Stir fry - as above but marinade tofu block in tamari for a while before, tend to use a packet stirfry and add ginger as well as extra veg and the tofu, squeeze of lemon on top at the end, quite quick.
Jacket potatoes - stab them up proper, bit of oil and salt on outside, put in pre heated oven for ages, checking and turning them once or twice and crushing them a bit for extra fluffiness and crispy skins.
make salad and baked beans to go with, roast a bit of garlic towards end of cooking so can squash the cloves and get liquidy garlic, lush and simple.
Pizza - self explanatory really
Sunday lunch - loads of potatoes, butternut squash, parsnips, garlic cloves, veg, kale, onion sauce.
par boil potatoes, bash about and leave for a while in pan without water to fluff up. Put in pre heated baking tray with oil then add the blocks of butternut squash a while later.
Steam veg and use some of the water to make the sauce, put the kale in oven for a few mins towards the end and get crispy slightly burnt kale.
Sauce, fry onions (and sometimes finely cut aubergine or can do mushrooms) and garlic for a while and caramelise them ideally, then add flour to soak up the oil then add the water from veg and get required consistency, add a splash of tamari at the end.
tonight i can't decide whether to make gnocchi or gosh burgers with new potatoes, salad and something else.
As Jeff has just posted, there are loads of sites and groups and some great youtube channels with recipes and support. Another good one is avantgardevegan
here is one of their food prep videos
They do elaborate stuff like "fish" and chips
and a crazy steak type one
I added some sesame seeds.
