Meatless cottage pie

That sounds good Alexa.I look forward to trying it out.
I do the traditional one using quorn instead of mince.The family all prefer it.

I just rang my son and daughter in law and they recommend NIT to use tinned beans or lentil they say however much you rinse the tinned products you never get rid of the flavour of the brine they are packed in.

So I will get dried products. D in law says mung beans are very small, and can be cooked like red lentils without
pre-soaking. They encourage me to soak beans lentils over night . Their advice is soaked beans and lentils don't have to be used straight away and can go in the fridge for a day.

I have used Quorn, Greenfinch, and I honestly don't like it much neither does the family. D in law's lentil/bean mix wsas really excellent. BTW she does not recommend chick peas for it as they don't have the right consistency.

Puy lentils are nice, they have a nutty flavour.

I sometimes make a lentil curry (as it is called in my mum's old cookbook). I always used red lentils until I discovered the others.

I use puy lentils too, because they keep a nice texture.

I'll try puy lentils and am about to put in an order to Tesco.

Hope you like them, Alexa

anyone tried the new greggs vegan steak bake yet ?

Puy lentils in a herby tomato sauce, mushrooms, a teaspoon of marmite in the sauce with a sweet potato and carrot topping. Bushel sprouts or steamed cabbage on the side. Yum.

Bushel sprouts.?

Suzied, are there onions in that recipe too?

I used to make a similar veg dish, with red lentils and as you say lots of softened onions. The recipe said red wine but I used veg stock + tomato puree.
Aubergines are a good addition too. You need to pre-cook them.
I stopped making this when I had digestive problems - too much gas!

One of our long-time family favourites is from "Laurel's Kitchen".
Tamale Pie, easily adaptable to Vegan too.

www.copymethat.com/r/VkII0Av/laurels-kitchen-vegetarian-tamale-pie-re/

I think that it is called shepherdess pie. I'm not wholly sure why but perhaps the idea is that prissy girlies don't eat beef (cottage) or lamb (shepherds). Also, the recipe titles rarely have apostrophes, so I wonder if they were ever made with real cottages and shepherds – probably not.

I use the lentils in a packet, they are not dried so you can use them without soaking. I find them easier to use as you don't have to plan. I use a similar recipe but with canned tomatoes instead of the beans. Yours sounds good.

Daisymae, please let me know the brand of lentils in a packet. The pictures of some products in the Tesco website are not clear whether they are tins or packets. And also, are these green lentils in the packet?

We always use soya for our cottage/shepherds pie.