Wondering what to cook for your evening meal? Can I suggest you google some of the excellent vegetarian meals that are available on the internet and use one of those? Some months ago I heard Paul McCartney speaking about the idea of adopting "Meat Free Monday", not to cajole everyone into becoming vegetarian, but in order to slow down the process of climate change.
McCartney's campaign is partly based on UN research which shows that producing livestock is responsible for about 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions. This is significantly more than the 13% generated by the entire transport sector. On average people eat about twice the amount of meat that was consumed in 1960. And to produce a single kilogram of beef, farmers need to feed cows 15 kilogrammes of grain and 30 kilogrammes of fodder. So the statistics are actually quite compelling and even if everyone managed to stay meat free for just one day a week it would make a massive difference.
Meat Free Monday is a fantastic idea because it focuses the mind on the issue very neatly and it simply becomes a great habit. I can highly recommend one of my favourite meat free meals which can easily be varied week by week. Its called Vegetable Pie and it's a bit like cottage pie with any combination of vegetables replacing the meat. You can fry the diced vegetables in a pan first with some garlic and various mixtures of herbs or spices and seasoning; then add a small amount of vegetable stock which helps to prevent it sticking to the pan as well as giving it more flavour. After you have placed this mixture in a casserole dish, make the mashed potato to layer on top. You can mix one or two cups of grated cheese to the potato to give it even more flavour.
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