Christmas Dinner

Burnsy2023 · 1 Dec 2007 at 21:42

Ok, so I am cooking Christmas dinner for about 12 people, you know the traditional meal with all the trimmings. However, I have just been told that one of my guests is a communist, err, vegetarian.

What would you suggest to cook for her which is just a good as the meaty meal I cook for everyone else?

Burnsy

basmic · 1 Dec 2007 at 21:43

Give the veggie what she likes - vegetables!

Seriously, just give her a little extra veg, making up for her choice of no turkey.

Glaucus · 1 Dec 2007 at 21:45

well the veg and the roast is the same.

i would do some sort of mushroom and filo parcel instead of the meat. easy and tastes great, goes with gravy.

Mushroom, pine nuts and cheese, with breadcrumbs. Should make a good filling.

I'll have a look for a recipe tommorow.

Burnsy2023 · 1 Dec 2007 at 21:49

Acidhell, sounds good, different yet still not too much of a compromise

Burnsy

Azagoth · 1 Dec 2007 at 21:51

Make her sit in the garden and contemplate the error of her ways, to be honest!

Glaucus · 1 Dec 2007 at 21:54

blurrghh quorn..

Quorn is the vegetarian version of microwave food.

there's loads of dishes that aren't designed to have meat in them and taste great.

Burnsy2023 · 1 Dec 2007 at 21:55

Moses99p said:
FISH!! all veggies like fish. Fact.

She like quorn or anything like that?

I have no idea, I just wanted something to pass by her to choose from

Burnsy

camels5 · 1 Dec 2007 at 22:08

veggies don't eat fish !!

neil3k · 1 Dec 2007 at 22:12

give her bread.

pitchfork · 1 Dec 2007 at 22:17

My veggie mate has a nutroast in place of a turkey, look into that.

Some veggies eat fish. I was surprised though, i know a guy so hardcore he won't have cod liver oil.
Personally i reckon if she eats fish, a salmon en croute would be good.

yermum · 1 Dec 2007 at 22:19

Buy a couple of those extra large portabello mushrooms and make a kind of beef wellington with them. You may need to work out whether you have sufficient room in th eoven first, though as all the other traditional stuff takes up a lot of oven space. If you don't have the room, then you may need to make something that either goes on the stove / hob or in a microwave.

Good luck and don't forget that you won't be able to roast the potatoes as you really should, ie. in goose fat, nor add bacon to the sprouts as some people do.

JodieO · 1 Dec 2007 at 22:20

I'm a vegetarian and I usually have everything but the meat, can you ask what they would like? I'm doing dinner for 11 this year and am doing lots of food, 8kg turkey, stuffing, roast potatoes, I think I'll do the potato and celeraic mash again, brussel sprouts, carrots, brocolli, cauliflower, sweetcorn, parmesan encrusted parsnips, yorkshire puds and I think something else too which I can't remember. Might do smoked salmon starter or soup and rolls and will be having homemade christmas pudding with cream/ice cream and/or homemade mince pies. Can't wait

Vixen · 1 Dec 2007 at 22:21

Wouldn't it be easier to ask her what sort of thing she likes? A lot of vegetarians can be fussy and won't necessarily like a random vegetarian meal.

JodieO · 1 Dec 2007 at 22:22

pitchfork said:
Some veggies eat fish.

Not a vegetarian then, no vegetarian eats fish as vegetarian by definition means no meat or fish. Vegetarians also don't eat anything that derives from animals or fish such as the cheeses with rennet in etc.

Glaucus · 1 Dec 2007 at 22:22

JodieG said:
I'm a vegetarian and I usually have everything but the meat, can you ask what they would like? I'm doing dinner for 11 this year and am doing lots of food, 8kg turkey, stuffing, roast potatoes, I think I'll do the potato and celeraic mash again, brussel sprouts, carrots, brocolli, cauliflower, sweetcorn, parmesan encrusted parsnips, yorkshire puds and I think something else too which I can't remember. Might do smoked salmon starter or soup and rolls and will be having homemade christmas pudding with cream/ice cream and/or homemade mince pies. Can't wait

Sounds good I'm doing one for friends either next weekend or the weekend after. I'll post a thread up tomorrow with recipes in..

I don't really like x-mas pudd. So I;'ll be doing a bannoffe pie and missisipy mud pie, instead.

meghatronic · 1 Dec 2007 at 22:24

Just shoot her. Easier in the long run.

Or a nut roast.

JodieO · 1 Dec 2007 at 22:25

AcidHell2 said:
Sounds good I'm doing one for friends either next weekend or the weekend after. I'll post a thread up tomorrow with recipes in..

I don't really like x-mas pudd. So I;'ll be doing a bannoffe pie and missisipy mud pie, instead.

I look forward to seeing them

I used to think I didn't like christmas pudding until I tried the delia smith recipe, I had compliments from everyone on it and it really was lovely, even I liked it hehe. I forgot that I'm also making chocolate truffles, irish whiskey truffles and a very rich chocolate torte which is divine

Glaucus · 1 Dec 2007 at 22:27

JodieG said:
I forgot that I'm also making chocolate truffles, irish whiskey truffles

You're now cooking for 13.

It's not taht i hate x-mas puds. I'd rather just have something else.

Although my sis made ice-cream covered in christmas pud covered in filo and baked. That was awesome.

JodieO · 1 Dec 2007 at 22:30

AcidHell2 said:
You're now cooking for 13.

It's not taht i hate x-mas puds. I'd rather just have something else.

Although my sis made ice-cream covered in christmas pud covered in filo and baked. That was awesome.

Hehe

I like to taste a bit of everything

That sounds absolutely gorgeous, my mouth is watering!

cheets64 · 1 Dec 2007 at 22:33

Tell them to go and fight with the birds outside for nuts and you will roast them, Christmas Dinner is the best meal of the year, its just a helping of meat, alcohol and puddings