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Hello all,

I'm cooking christmas dinner for 6 this year and one guest is veggie. Rather than cook a seperate vegetarian dish, I thought I'd cook some really great vegetable dishes that she could have as a "main" but would also sit well with the meat (most probably turkey or similar).
Nice idea in theory... but where the hell do I get the recipes from?!

Any help much appreciated

I'm not vegetarian but have had a quick google
and come up with

this parsnip/cranberry/chestnut loaf

or squash/barley/spinach pie

or melty mushroom wellington

check out the list here

I have been in the position of your guest, and I prefer your approach to being singled out with 'here is your individual nut roast'.

There are some spectacular Ottolenghi dishes, like this roasted sweet potato with pecan and maple, or these roasted pumpkin wedges, or this fennel, feta and pomegranate salad.

Or buy the Guardian on Dec 6th - Ottolenghi Christmas special.

handbagofoblivion - that's what I thought. I just want everything to be delicious and if you want some meat as well, then fine.

OmicronPersei8, Furball - these sound great! Thanks everyone for your help.

God bless the guardian!

Go online to BBC Good Food and search the veggie recipes - or check out their christmas mag (in the shops now...)

I'm veggie and would love to come to yours if that's wht you're doing

One thought tho' don't forget some veggie gravy/sauce.

just saw that the Ottolenghi xmas supplement is from 2008.

Of course the good news is that it's already online. Ottolenghi Christmas special

Aha... Well, even better then.

Good call Blackduck - I think I'll just do a veggie one and then everyone's a winner!

Will keep you posted on my efforts as I think it's probably a good idea to give some of these a try before christmas day...

Last year as a veggie, I had:
Dauphinoisse potatoes;
Roasted parsnips, sweet potatoes, carrots and red onions, with cumin and orange zest;
sprouts with parsley and chestnuts;
stuffing;
savoy cabbage;
a port gravy.
It was lovely!

Dp just had turkey alongside. We had a veggie starter too (nibbly stuff) but I've forgotten what it was.

JANEITE - yes! Exactly the kind of thing I was thinking of. The Dauphinoisse potatoes is an especially good call... who doesn't like those?