Our freezer has three drawers. The top one is reserved for frozen berries, fruit and ice cream. It’s always jam-packed. The second drawer is for all kinds of frozen veggies, usually a mix of peas, spinach, broccoli and corn. In the third drawer we keep our leftovers. There are often a couple of unmarked and forgotten soups and curries in the bottom, a bag of bread, a roll of Perfect Pesto and, on lucky days, we also have a bag of these veggie ‘fish’ bites. They are our vegetarian take on a classic. As with most food that you can eat with your hands, these are very kid-friendly, but adults seem to love them too.
Even if they don’t imitate fish exactly, they do have the right light feeling and with a squeeze of lemon on top and dunked in tartare sauce it all feels rather convincing. We have created the recipe so that the potatoes are baked at the same time as the ‘fish’, which is also very convenient. Make a double batch of the cauli ‘fish’ so you’ve got an extra portion in the freezer for lucky days.