There's more to life than Nut roast!

michelle09

We do a Melanzan alla Pargmigiana (http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/10033/aubergine-tomato-and-parmesan-bake-melanzane-alla-). Should still go pretty well with the rest?

The other major vegetarian dishes I do tend to be Indian food - Paneer is great for protein.

Spendless

I think I'm going to go with this for teenage daughter.

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=289820831

Bettie

MrsTinks wrote: »

My vegetarian friends are fed up with "vegetarian versions" of ANYTHING! They honestly prefer if I just do them lots of yummy veg instead. SO a really good mix of potatoes, carrots, parsnips (ok keep them in a separate tray!), cabbage or sprouts, vegetarian stuffing balls (mine are anyway but maybe not everyones are?) and I do peas and sweetcorn too...

My lunch will be similar. I do chestnuts with the sprouts and cauliflower cheese plus my stuffing is made in a cake tin and rises like a cake. I won't bother with any turkey substitute this year. I was having the quorn roast last year but forgot to get it out of the freezer :rotfl:
I don't want pastry on my plate as I get bloated and too full up then there's no room for the afters.
This year I am disappointed with the Christmas v options in my local restaurants, a few have offered risotto which is ok but doesn't go with sprouts roasties and gravy imo . Another offers goose fat potatoes. Or for veggies salad!

Cherry24

I've just pre-ordered this chestnut, parsnip and camembert pie for my Christmas dinner https://christmasfood.marksandspencer.com/parsnip-camembert-and-chestnut-pithivier/p/p60062697

iammumtoone

Nothing wrong with having the same thing every year, its what the meat eaters do - they eat turkey every year. For meat eaters Christmas dinner is just a fancy roast and most people eat a roast at least once every few weeks.

Its not the food you eat that makes it Christmas dinner, its the way is served with the table spread and your posh dinner service. Plus of course the people you eat it with.

JuzaMum

http://www.veganvillage.co.uk/recipes/wellie.htm

this is nice and vegan too. The chestnuts come in 200g packets so I just scale the recipe up

We like this too
http://fabflour.co.uk/recipes/ainsley-harriotts-root-vegetable-and-nut-crumble/
I used Cheezly instead of real cheese which works justs as well

sillyvixen

I will be cooking Turkey and all the trimmings for 4, my oven is not very big so my dinner will all the veg an roast potato with cauliflower cheese, I will bake it in advance so the top is browned and microwave before serving (there is not enough room in the oven to do it fresh). But I feel this will be more forgiving if reheated fancy mushroom and chestnut pie I spent ages on last year and just went soggy on reheating!

kerri_gt

My OH is veggie, I've made but roast, bought nut roast before, he doesn't like mushrooms (which a lot of veggie dishes seem to have...mushroom risotto seems standard veggie offering in many restaurants) and there's only so much goats cheese and beetroot one can eat (again seems to now be standard veggie offering).

I was getting frustrated trying it find him something special for the big day that he'd actually enjoy, finally he actually requested what he wanted.....quorn sausages,

Mrs_Ryan

I'm not veggie but there is very little meat I will eat and I don't like turkey. I do actually like nut roast and have been looking everywhere for a frozen one without luck am going to try Waitrose nearer Christmas. Can't make my own as we have no cooker until our new kitchen is installed in Feb. If anyone knows where I might get one I would be grateful!

kerri_gt

Mrs_Ryan wrote: »

I'm not veggie but there is very little meat I will eat and I don't like turkey. I do actually like nut roast and have been looking everywhere for a frozen one without luck am going to try Waitrose nearer Christmas. Can't make my own as we have no cooker until our new kitchen is installed in Feb. If anyone knows where I might get one I would be grateful!

Do you have a Cook! store near you? I love their food, yet to find anything that doesn't taste fab

http://www.cookfood.net/menu/christmas/christmas-day/build-your-own-christmas-lunch/nut-loaf/