Ablaze's Fried Halloumi Cheese on a bed of seasonal vegetables and Spaghetti
Ablaze's Fried cheese on a bed of seasonal vegetables
Look it, I'd be the first to admit that Veganism and Vegetarianism is not for me and it doesn't float my boat, but I'd be willing to eat less meat and more fish if it helps our planet.
This meal has nothing to do with that good intent however. Rather this meal was born out of necessity! We were faced with a dilemma, a whopper of a dilemma. I was on dinner duty and when I opened the fridge, the sight would bring tears to manys a man's eyes. It was quite horific actually. It's quite likely I'll get PTS later. Yes, you guessed it, there was no meat. Nil. Nada. Zip. Lots and lots of vegetables, but no meat to be seen.
So what's a man to do? A visit to the shop? Nah, feck that. Takeaway? Hmmmmm.... tempting, but no, we try to limit those to occasional treats. Then it hit me, I'd have to make a vegetarian dinner. For the love of all things holy!
Well do you know what? It was fecking lovely and my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed it, so much so that it inspired this post. So without further ado. Introducing......
Ablaze's Fried Halloumi Cheese on a bed of seasonal vegetables and Spaghetti
Thumb sized piece of fresh ginger
1 fresh chilli (red or green)
1 medium sized onion
1 yellow pepper
A few Mushrooms
A few cherry tomatoes
Tin of kidney beans
Tin of chopped tomatoes
STEP 1: Take your thumb sized piece of ginger and chop finely.
STEP 2: chop all of your veg and fry on a low heat with a lug of olive oil. Add the peppers first, simmer for 2 minutes, then add the onion, simmer for 2 more minutes and then add the mushrooms and simmer for 2 additional minutes.
STEP 3: Mix everything as per below and add your cherry tomatoes and simmer.
STEP 4: Now is a good time to get your Spaghetti on.
STEP 5: Time now to grill, barbecue or fry your Halloumi. I fried mine. Chop it first.
Then throw it on the pan.
STEP 6: Fry it on both sides and spon it will be looking very appetising.
STEP 7: Add your chopped tomatoes and rinsed kidney beans to the other pan and continue to simmer.
STEP 8: The next step is essential for any decent pasta dish in my humble opinion. Take some sauce, like 4 table spoons or more and mix it in with your drained and cooked pasta. Mix if all around.
STEP 9: Serve your pasta into some suitable bowls or plates.
STEP 10: Now add the medley of seasonal vegetables.
STEP 11: Now our Halloumi cheese should be just right, top of the dish with a few pieces of nicely browned Halloumi.
Bon appetite!!
You're done! Time to tuck in and enjoy the fruit of your labours!
And maybe a cheeky glass of vino...
This looks so yum! I'm not a vegetarian but I can skip the meat without a problem. Only that I would eat something like this for lunch instead of dinner, so I wouldn't have any regrets, hehe.
Thanks my friend. So if you have something like this for lunch, what do you have for dinner?
Hehe, I don't know but for sure less carbs ;)
:)
I love a bit of squeaky halloumi!! Looks magic!
Me too, only discovered it a few years ago when some Vegan friends arrived to a BBQ with Halloumi. It was delicious! In other news this post is #4 on trending page 🥳 Delighted with that now
Very good, all hail the power of halloumi!!! 😀😀
Indeed, all hail halloumi!!!
That's a whole lotta cheese!
Ha ha, I'm a hound for cheese, can't get enough of it!
You should come visit sometime. I work in a town that is known for their cheese. It only has about 1200 people in the town, but we have four cheese shops!
Ya man, if I am ever in that neck of the woods, I will look you up and same goes for Galway, if you ever visit, be sure to let me know and we'll have ye over or meet up for a drink.
Will do!
For a meal prepared just with what you have left in the fridge I think it ended up quite impressive and nourishing as well! Nice one!
Thanks my friend, ya it didn't turn out too bad, I'm pretty good at mustering something up with what ingredients I have at my disposal, you just need some imagination and confidence in your culinary abilities.
This looks so delicious🥰🥰 I’ve never tried cooking with Halloumi before, but now I really want to. It’s awesome how you turned a fridge crisis into a fantastic meal.
You should definitely try it, it's surprisingly delicious!
Well well well this looks yummy 😍😍
It was pretty good now, even if I do say so myself! 😁
Looks yummy yummy yummy
Twas yum yum yum 😋
Looks really good. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you my friend