Healthy Vegan - Vegetarian Welsh Cawl Hot Pot

In anticipation of St David's Day, I made this Welsh Cawl Hot Pot yesterday afternoon. Most people in the U.K are familiar with Lancashire Hot Pot made more famous by a barmaid called Betty (now deceased) in a popular British soap drama called Coronation Street. It was Betty's signature dish at the Rovers Return Inn - a English pub. Hot Pot is a slow cooked recipe traditionally made with lamb and vegetables, but as this is a vegetarian blog I made mine with some vegan mock 'lamb' meat pieces. I also decided to give this Hot Pot a Welsh touch with the addition of leeks and good Welsh cheese. Actually this can easily be a vegan Welsh Cawl Hot Pot, if you omit the cheese, but as I had some Dragon Welsh Caerphilly and Colliers Welsh Cheddar I opted to use them. Although not authentic in any way, I enjoyed my vegetarian Welsh Hot Pot alternative. It delivered on flavour, texture and substance. there was also some gravy j...