The votes are in and you’ve chosen Robin Robertson’s The Vegetarian Meat and Potatoes Cookbook
My goal is to cook at least four recipes from this book during the month of October. If you have this book in your possession, I hope you will cook along with me and share your experiences with me! You don’t have to cook the same recipes as me, but I’d love to hear (or even see) which ones you are trying! Leave comments on the cookbook club posts, or e-mail me a photo at veggiecookster at gmail dot com or blog about it and send me the URL… I’d love to share your efforts with everyone!
If you don’t have this book, never fear! One lucky reader is going to win it!
To enter this giveaway, please leave a comment below about your favorite “meat and potatoes” dish… do you miss eating that meal? Or have you found a suitable vegetarian/vegan version of it? Please enter your e-mail address in the form when leaving a comment (it’s visible only to me but allows me to contact you if you win!) or twitter name so that I have some way to contact you if you win!
Because I’ll be ordering and shipping this book directly from Amazon.com, the giveaway is open to those live within Amazon’s shipping area… which seems to be just about every part of the world! LOL Also, since we’ve had a few winners from these giveaways already, I’m going to put into place the rule that you can’t win twice in a row. Winners should sit the following month out before trying their luck again. Fair enough? Deadline to enter is 11:59 p.m. EST on Sunday, Oct. 10. Good luck! 
Fav “meat and potatoes” meal has to be a burger & fries. Always a classic.
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My favourite meat and potatoes dish with be a creamy chicken and mushroom pie with boiled potatoes.
I’ve been vegetarian since the age of 15 (over half my life!) so most of that time I’ve been eating veggie meats, and used to love one of the big brand vegetarian pies in the UK. However, since going vegan I’ve not been able to find a version in the stores without dairy in it, so instead I make my own with a mushroom gravy, any veggies that are silly enough to be in my kitchen, and a quick puff pastry topping. Of course, this often has some home made seitan in place of the chicken, but over the last few years I’ve realised I like the sauce and the veggies more than the ‘meat’.
I miss comfort foods like my mom’s oxtail stew. I have found several recipes that fill the bill, but there are no veggie oxtails! Darn!
I don’t want to enter the contest this time around, but I wanted to join the conversation.
I used to really like roasted pork chops and potatoes, but I honestly can’t remember what they tasted like, and I can’t say that I miss it.
The thing that I truly do miss and drool over in the stores is good ol mac & cheese, though I don’t know if it counts as meat and potatoes.
Hi! I don’t think can participate in your great giveaway, because I live in Italy (but I wanted to inform you that Amazon sends in Italy: I usually buy from their site and everything from http://www.amazon.com/ came on time!).
In any case I am involved in the conversation: my favorite “meat and potatoes” dish is… with the meat (which I continue to eat!). It’s chicken with baked potatoes: the potatoes are cut into pieces and also join in small slices of onion and tomatoes, salt, pepper and oil … real good!
Everyone – Thanks so much for sharing your comments! Browsing through this book further, Robin defines “meat and potato” dishes as comfort food meals… so anything that leaves you with that “stick to your ribs” feeling. There are a lot of ethnic-inspired ideas in the book, so it’s pretty well-rounded as far as “comfort” food goes!
Barbara – You are most welcome to participate in the giveaway. I originally set those terms according to Amazon’s sister sites, thinking I’d order the book directly from Amazon.ca for say anyone from Canada, etc. But I should have known… Amazon.com ships practically anywhere in the world, which opens up the giveaway to virtually anyone who enters. Yay! I’ve edited the original post to reflect this. Apologies… I’m still very new at this contest stuff. I’ll get it figured out one day!
My fav meat dish was stew and dumplings. I have looked at getting his book cuz my Hubby is a big meat and potatoes fan so I think there’d probably be some great recipes that he would like. I’m excited to see what you cook from this book!
Since my daughter Sophia (15 yrs) became a vegetarian, a whole new world of cooking has opened up for me! I have had to rethink a lot of her favourite recipes. I have worked out a great “meat pie” (beloved of Kiwis) using brown lentils. She actually loves it, which is amazing, as she is such a fussy eater, taste, textures, etc. At first I was amazed she had turned vegetarian, and said “How can you be vegetarian – you don’t like vegetables!” So it has been good for her, she now eats more vegies than she used to. I am so glad I found your site! I am looking forward to lots of inspiration. I know Amazon delivers to NZ as I order books from time to time. Here’s hoping…
I really miss chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes with gravy. It was an occasional meal because I knew how bad it was. I have yet tomake one.
I love “chicken” pot pie! mmm so tasty
I miss going out and eating a Hamburger but ever since watching Food Inc. I can’t stand the smell of the meat department and getting food to fix for my family is getting harder and harder to do. I would love to know how to make my own burgers so I could eat them again since the one’s that you buy are so expensive (veggie ones). Thanks!
I make seitan fajitas. I also like seitan mu shu pork. Or a tofu or tempeh hash. So many yummy dishes
Most of my favorite comfort foods are actually vegetarian anyway, so that isn’t really an issue for me. The food I miss from growing up actually is (this is embarrassing!) Steak-Umm sandwiches. I don’t know why – but they were so delicious… I started keeping Kosher in college, and I haven’t had any luck finding either vegetarian (which I am now, but wasn’t for a while) or Kosher versions that approximate the real thing…
So glad I stumbled across your blog!
Thanks everyone! The giveaway is officially closed now. Sorry for the delay but I will announce a winner tonight or tomorrow!!