I love to cook, but as I eat meat virtually everything I cook has meat in it. This weekend I've got a couple of friends staying and their daughter; the mum and the ten-year-old are both vegetarian. Can anyone suggest recipes that might be appropriate? There's only four of us so I can push the boat out a bit (not the 15 mentioned in the other thread :o). I'm going to pull some leeks and maybe do them with cheese sauce, which a friend suggested as a side dish. What else can I do for a main course?
How about a veggie lasagne ? Easy to make - bit of a faff - but looks like you have gone to some considerable effort. You don't say how strict they are? My sis will eat normal cheese and egg pasta - some don't. I do a cheats version. home made ratahouille (sp) sauce and pasta layers then just put the cheesy sauce on the top. Make the rat quite wet as the pasta will soak up the juice. Serve it with garlic bread. Another cheat, use garlic infused olive oil and cut the french stick right through the middle rather than butter little circles.
I adore risotto - easy to make, serves plenty, always leads to seconds, goes very well with freshly baked bread & salad How about butternut squash & chestnut risotto, or 3 cheese, or mushroom ? ... mmmm, wish my kitchen was finished.
I'd slice the leeks very finely and mabe stirfry with something else - should make a nice accompanyment.
Happy cooking !
Hiya
I have made this Pumpkin Lasagne for my veggie OH and it has gone down very well :)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/pumpkinlasagne_70658.shtml
I'm about to post a recipe for Agean Pitta pockets seperately so check that out.
Also have a decent recipe for bean burgers that can be made with most sorts of tinned beans if you want it.
Another thing we have quite regularly is Vegetable Curry, just with some spuds, carrots and pumpkin/sweet potato/parsnip and a jar of Lloyd Grossman curry. We microwave the chopped veggies first to soften. Serve with rice, couscous, or naan.
The River Cottage celeriac and chilli gratin - best thing I've tasted in ages!
Cheers,
Rob ;)
ps - tried to do a link to the recipe but Hugh Furry-Wotsit's deleted it - sorry!
We have friends coming for dinner at the weekend - one a bit of a gourmet and another who is vegetarian + doesn't eat eggs or rice ??? Can't make up my mind what to do and whether to do meat for the carnivores and veggie for the vegetarian or veggie for all..
I've got the cheese sorted at least. Thought maybe rennet could be a problem but apparently not.
Any help and suggestions most welcome.
Thanks.
If you're feeling brave you could do a Thai green curry. It's vegan and complicated and very gourmet 8) so covers all the bases, though you'd have to find some vegan bread or do couscous instead of rice to go with it. Thousands of ingredients, though apparently it's quite easy to actually cook. I'm not brave enough. :-[
Have you tried Dan's other site Recipes4All? There is a vegetarian section there with quite a few nice sounding recipes!
http://www.recipes4all.co.uk/index.php?board=13.0
Been a veggie for years, although I hate cooking. Try the following site. Personally I would prefer not to have a specific "vegetarian" dish when eating out, but have the same as everyone else, but without the meat. Double helping of cauliflower cheese, roast potatoes, sprouts, etc. who needs the meat!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/vegetarian_and_vegan/
Thank you for all the ideas. I'll mull them over and make up my mind shortly.
Well I thought I'd share with you what we actually had. 8)
We started wwith champagne and nibbles (it's the British way I'm told ;)).
Starters was bruschette: lightly toasted sourdough bread rubbed with garlic and olive oil with a topping of cherry tomatoes roasted with garlic, black olives, fresh buffalo mozzarella and a handful of assorted baby leaf salad leaves with a balsamic vinegar dressing.
Main course was a vegetable korma ( courgettes, carrots, swede, parsnip), with a mung bean and spinach daal and a wonderful aubergine and tomato concoction. We followed this with oatcakes and an assortment of cheeses: tome de chèvre, gorgonzola - creamy, melting, to die for - Strathdon - an excellent Scottish blue which I cannot recommend enough (available at Sainsburys), Jarlsberg and a fabulous brie made with unpasteurised milk and just perfectly ripe. :) :) :) :)
Dessert was fruit - mango, raspberries, strawberries, kiwis and blueberries with creme fraiche and the cream left over from the korma. All washed down with red wine and coffee and cognac to follow.
Really quite delightfully decadent ;D ;D
mm mm mm :P
Thanks for letting us know - it sounds wonderful. I only live 18 miles from Edinburgh - when can I come for a meal! :D
Well as long as you're not vegetarian ;) I've never spent so long preparing a meal in my life! Meat's much easier.
What a Fabulous Feast! Well done!
Quote from: grawrc on January 15, 2006, 20:25:59
Well as long as you're not vegetarian ;) I've never spent so long preparing a meal in my life! Meat's much easier.
See post above!!
Well done you !
I shall keep these recipes in mind when my vegetarian brother-in-law
next visits ;D