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Originally Posted by daughter

I'm a lazy cook - I don't like using loads of ingredients in a meal.

Here is a vegan cottage pie.

Fry up some mushrooms, garlic and onion. Add either some veggie mince or cooked lentils. Keep frying and stirring, adding soya sauce (or tamari sauce if you can't have gluten.) Then stir in gravy to make it nice and yummy. Bung in any herbs that you like.

Put it in a baking dish, and heap up some mashed spuds on top. I add olive oil to my mashed potatoes, and sometimes if I want it creamy a bit of soya milk.

Bake it for about twenty minutes, and serve it with peas, carrots, and maybe roast parsnips.

This one is full of zinc especially if you use lentils. Good amount of fibre and of course vitamin C - the zinc is very important if you are raising a son. Men need lots of zinc, as do teenagers. In the same way women need to look after their iron levels, men need to look after their zinc levels.

Another quick tip, when you eat veggie food make sure you combine iron with vitamin C. It means you absorb it better. If you are worried about iron, just stir in some mollasses into stews and sauces. Green leafy veg is full of calcium, so remember to eat your greens!

I'll post more recipes as I cook them, hows that?

It's all right.