Anyone going veggie this Christmas?

[Biff600]

No mention of this sh*t ?
Tastes like Christmas....................................wrapping !!

 

[derrick]

I’d like to have my traditional turkey or one of the alternatives but my wife has gone vegetarian now so I might have to follow. What non meat alternatives are there? I think I might enjoy that just as much but wouldn’t know what to get.

You gonna start wearing a dress aswell.

 

[Hugh Manatee]

Probably our fifth Christmas? I make a ten inch Yorkshire pudding each and fill it with the usual Christmas roast minus the meat. Roast and mashed potatoes, roast parsnips, carrots, anything we can from the allotment and at least two types of stuffing. We'll go on a long walk to find some sweet chestnuts and these will form the basis of one of the stuffings. I'll also make some good rich onion gravy as well.

I will do a small tray of pigs in blankets as well as my son and wife quite like them.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Bit off the wall, maybe, but tempted to suggest a whole roast cauliflower? Caveat - I've tried a few recipes, and none quite "perfectly hit the spot" ... but I've got close .

God almighty

 

[Chris S]

No mention of this sh*t ?
Tastes like Christmas....................................wrapping !!

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Quorn roasts are quite nice. They also cook in about 45 minutes.

 

[growingvegetables]

God almighty

Ahhhh - He liked it too. Coming back for Xmas lunch

 

[Dirk]

I might have fried egg and chips for my Christmas Dinner.

That's what we have every Christmas day. Done it for the last 20 years or so.

 

[srw]

So far we've had:

Nut loaf - aka meatloaf without the meat.
Veggie sausasages - aka sausages without the meat.
Vegan wellington - beef wellington without the beef.
Several iterations of roast dinner without the roast.
And roast cauliflower - which is, admittedly, not based on a meat dish.

None of the suggestions have any seasoning to speak of. There's half a world out there of cuisines based on mainly vegetarian dishes with interesting combinations of herbs, spices and seasoning. Where are the dhals, the stir-fries, the bhiriyanis? Even, for heaven's sakes, the pestos, the hummouses or the grilled cheeses?

It's enough to make a carnivore continue eating meat!

 

[AndyRM]

I'm making soup, a stir fry, roasted tofu and smoked hummus and. Had a trial run cooking for 8 in a decrepit kitchen tonight and I reckon I should just about be able to manage.

If not, f*ck it, there is a cracking Indian place at the end of the road.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I would quite happily sit down to just the veg. on Christmas Day.

 

[growingvegetables]

None of the suggestions have any seasoning to speak of.

Not quite - just haven't found the right seasoning for the roast cauli yet .

There's half a world out there of cuisines based on mainly vegetarian dishes with interesting combinations of herbs, spices and seasoning. Where are the dhals, the stir-fries, the bhiriyanis? Even, for heaven's sakes, the pestos, the hummouses or the grilled cheeses?

You're right!

Aye - but I'm spoiled. Your dhals, stir-fries and biryanis are ... often on my table. Your pestos and grilled cheeses ... naaah.

Irani veggie recipes? Or Turkish? Imam Bayildi (trans - "the imam fainted").

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Has anyone mentioned Aubergines???

 

[Keith Oates]

Not recently.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[growingvegetables]

Not recently.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry - the post above his.

 

[slowmotion]

I would quite happily sit down to just the veg. on Christmas Day.

I'd certainly pass on the turkey, but I would need some decent gravy with the veggies that remained. Maybe some bacon too.