DecafSkinnySausage
Tue 20-Nov-12 11:03:57
I have 9 already who will get the usual turkey and trimmings etc. A vegetarian friend is also going to come and I need ideas for a turkey substitute she can have with the veggies, cranberry sauce etc. (Stuffing and gravy will all have meat so needs to be stand-alone otherwise.)
To make things slightly more complicated she is on-call for a hospital so there is a chance she won't even be there to eat it! So nothing too fancy and preferably something I can freeze ahead as I am also working solidly for the 72 hrs prior to Christmas day.
I am thinking some sort of tartlet/mini quiche but I am stuck for flavours that will go with the rest of the Christmassy menu - everything I see seems to be tomato/asparagus/more Mediterranean.
That red Bisto thing BLEW MY MIND yesterday.
Red Oxo has actual beef in it.
HeathRobinson
Wed 21-Nov-12 09:52:30
Master - thanks. I never knew that. 
I suppose sausagemeat is the same sort of texture.
I make cornbread stuffing. I bake a little loaf of it then cut it into large chunks. You soak it in a vegetable or chicken stock then stir it into ordinary sage and onion stuffing. Add chopped pecans, chopped cranberries, season and bake.
Sorry! Yes I cook the stuffing in balls for about 25 mins.
OccultGnu
Wed 21-Nov-12 15:30:20
AngryFeet - thank you, I will plan a "something special for me" on Christmas Day rather than me knocking myself out cooking stuff for the meat eaters and pouting in a corner with a pile of sprouts.
Chippychop
Wed 21-Nov-12 23:11:29
Well thanks [heath] that's helped me out!
ethelb
Thu 22-Nov-12 11:00:32
My sister often got a veggie pie (think higgledy pies) to have with the veg and gravy. Then insisted it was fine to have meat gravy 
Cauli cheese a fab idea. I have a veggie gluten-free relly coming Christmas Day and it sounds perfect.
for the thread and ideas! [SMILE]
Hurrah, Taffeta!
To be honest, mine (DM) is so used to being offered things she can't have that I think it was a revelation. My challenge this year is to make vegetarian g-free trifle with jelly and sponge in it...
Quorn is a bit Marmite for veggies- The meat texture is often too much. And around 4.5% of the population is allergic to it too- if I eat it I get dreadful stomach ache for the rest of the day.
dumbelina
Fri 23-Nov-12 16:17:36
Horatia - my Dad makes trifle for me using Quick-jel which is vegetarian and incredibly easy to use. Can't help with gluten free sponge though.
blouseenthusiast
Fri 23-Nov-12 16:21:55
Don't do quorn, is the devil's food.
coldcupoftea
Fri 23-Nov-12 16:42:56
The M and S nut roast is awesome. I would just get that, if she doesn't come you can all just have a bit, it's yum!
Thanks dumbelina will have a look...
Wilding
Fri 23-Nov-12 18:23:52
I'm vegetarian and veggies are usually fine for me - I would definitely do vegetarian gravy though, roast potatoes are a sad thing without it. Couldn't you also just do a couple of balls of stuffing without the sausage meat in? Cauliflower cheese sounds like a great compromise - as people have said above, Quorn doesn't agree with everyone.
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