Enter your email & we’ll send it to your inbox. Plus, get great new recipes from us every week! By submitting this form, you consent to receive emails from Hurry the Food Up. Well, actually, to me, no Christmas is complete without seeing lots of friends of family, but covid-19 has seen to that one. So we’ll make do with what we’ve got, and be grateful for it.
And what we have are vegetarian pigs in blankets
There are many things I love about Christmas, and food is certainly one of them. When I first started my veggie journey so many years ago, I did initially struggle with two times of year as a non meat-eater. They were Christmas and BBQs. Christmas main courses were quickly solved, as were roasted veggies and desserts, of course. But what about alternatives to meat-based sides like pigs in a blanket? Not so easy. Or so I thought, anyway. It turns out halloumi was the missing ingredient. Halloumi, and smoked paprika. Regular paprika will do if you’re in a push, but if you can get the smoked stuff then it’s well worth it. Halloumi is the perfect ‘pig’ and courgette or aubergine (or both!) are great as the ‘blanket’. Or should that be zucchini and eggplant? You can add flavourings to your heart’s content, but salt, pepper and paprika are the bare basics. If you’ve got those, you can make awesome vegetarian pigs in blankets. Or halloumi pigs in blankets, I suppose. If you’re still looking for a vegetarian main course, then check out this bad-ass nut roast or this feastable veggie wellington. Both rock and make Christmas food as it should be. Right over here we have a great new take on honey roasted carrots and parsnips, too. Need a dessert? A favourite here is cinnamon baked pears with walnuts and maple syrup. Lush.
Which veg is easier to use, aubergine or zucchini? Or eggplant or courgette.
One thing occurred to me as a wrote this recipe out. The two vegetables used as blankets in vegetarian pigs in a blanket have different names across the globe in just the English language. So if you’ve never heard of a courgette or aubergine before, I simply mean a zucchini or eggplant. An apparently now obsolete name for aubergine is mad-apple, which is just the best so far. Anyway, I found while testing this recipe that zucchini (or courgette) is nice and easy to slice with a cheese slicer, while aubergine (eggplant) needs a sharp knife. Both are healthy veggies, (zucchini health benefits), and both would do well to feature at the table (aubergine health benefits). Taste-wise, personal preference wins out here. For me, I just can’t decide and I make the recipe using both aubergine and zucchini. Why not? It is Christmas after all.
title: “Rockin Vegetarian Pigs In A Blanket Hurry The Food Up” ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-31” author: “Gwendolyn Augustine”
Enter your email & we’ll send it to your inbox. Plus, get great new recipes from us every week! By submitting this form, you consent to receive emails from Hurry the Food Up. Well, actually, to me, no Christmas is complete without seeing lots of friends of family, but covid-19 has seen to that one. So we’ll make do with what we’ve got, and be grateful for it.
And what we have are vegetarian pigs in blankets
There are many things I love about Christmas, and food is certainly one of them. When I first started my veggie journey so many years ago, I did initially struggle with two times of year as a non meat-eater. They were Christmas and BBQs. Christmas main courses were quickly solved, as were roasted veggies and desserts, of course. But what about alternatives to meat-based sides like pigs in a blanket? Not so easy. Or so I thought, anyway. It turns out halloumi was the missing ingredient. Halloumi, and smoked paprika. Regular paprika will do if you’re in a push, but if you can get the smoked stuff then it’s well worth it. Halloumi is the perfect ‘pig’ and courgette or aubergine (or both!) are great as the ‘blanket’. Or should that be zucchini and eggplant? You can add flavourings to your heart’s content, but salt, pepper and paprika are the bare basics. If you’ve got those, you can make awesome vegetarian pigs in blankets. Or halloumi pigs in blankets, I suppose. If you’re still looking for a vegetarian main course, then check out this bad-ass nut roast or this feastable veggie wellington. Both rock and make Christmas food as it should be. Right over here we have a great new take on honey roasted carrots and parsnips, too. Need a dessert? A favourite here is cinnamon baked pears with walnuts and maple syrup. Lush.
Which veg is easier to use, aubergine or zucchini? Or eggplant or courgette.
One thing occurred to me as a wrote this recipe out. The two vegetables used as blankets in vegetarian pigs in a blanket have different names across the globe in just the English language. So if you’ve never heard of a courgette or aubergine before, I simply mean a zucchini or eggplant. An apparently now obsolete name for aubergine is mad-apple, which is just the best so far. Anyway, I found while testing this recipe that zucchini (or courgette) is nice and easy to slice with a cheese slicer, while aubergine (eggplant) needs a sharp knife. Both are healthy veggies, (zucchini health benefits), and both would do well to feature at the table (aubergine health benefits). Taste-wise, personal preference wins out here. For me, I just can’t decide and I make the recipe using both aubergine and zucchini. Why not? It is Christmas after all.
