| Stuffed vegetables make a great main course when | | | | including the egg, and stir well. Fill the onions with this |
| you're trying to eat healthily or lose weight, and they | | | | mixture, place them in a baking dish brushed lightly with |
| look good too so can form the centre piece of a | | | | oil, cover and bake 45 minutes, or until onions |
| dinner party. | | | | are beginning to brown. |
| These two recipes are adapted from Victorian recipes | | | | Serve with a a green vegetable such as broccolli and |
| which appear in 'Early Vegetarian Recipes' (see and | | | | vetetarian gravy or tomato sauce. |
| are simple to make. | | | | Baked Vegetable Marrow with Onions and Sage |
| Spanish Onions Stuffed | | | | A large marrow |
| 6 large Spanish onions | | | | A pinch of salt |
| 25g / 1 ounce cooked vermicelli or rice | | | | 2 onions chopped |
| 1 tblsp bread crumbs | | | | 1 tbls sage chopped (or 1 tsp dried sage) |
| 1 tblsp olive oil | | | | ½ tblsp olive oilsalt and pepper to taste |
| 1 egg | | | | Wash and cut the marrow in half lengthways. |
| 1 tsp skimmed milk | | | | Scrape out the seeds and fibres. Rub the marrow |
| 1 tsp chopped parsley | | | | over inside and out with a little salt and let it drain for |
| ½ tsp salt | | | | an hour. Meanwhile cook the chopped onions in the |
| ¼ teaspoon grated lemon rind | | | | oil, over a low heat. Mix the onions, sage and salt and |
| ½ teaspoon mixed herbs | | | | pepper. Fill up the halves of the marrows with the |
| ¼ teaspoon pepper | | | | mixture. Close them and tie together with a |
| Olive oil for baking | | | | little string. lightly oil a dish, and bake in a |
| Boil the onions in salted water for 10 minutes, then | | | | moderately hot oven for about 45 minutes or until the |
| remove the skins and scoop out the centres, chop | | | | marrow is soft. Serve with a brown sauce and a |
| these very fine and add to the other ingredients, | | | | mixed salad. |