Self catering holiday with a veggie for a week

Haven't read the whole thread, sorry, but most pesto isn't vegetarian btw

You’re assuming she will cause an issue! It isn’t hard for her to have the same meals minus the meat or a simple alternative!

@Octavia64 bless her, sounds like you’ve all navigated that brilliantly - your mum should have all the carnivorous delights she wishes 💕

You could do what my family do for me and you have the beef wellington and try and remember not to put meat gravy over all the potatoes, maybe save her a couple. If you forget then she can have a sandwich.

@WhyamIinahandcartandwherearewegoing

So my mum is 79 and has dementia.

She will eat veggie/vegan food but she grew up during/after the war with meat and two veg type parents. She loves meat curries having spent time living in Africa.

If we feed her veggie food too much she'll very politely suggest going out for lunch and promptly order a very large platter of meat which she will demolish in short order.

So we have come to a diplomatic solution that when everyone is all together we eat vegan and gluten free in the evenings (coeliac and buddhist) but we all either go out for lunch and order what we want or have a picky bits type lunch that for my mum is basically a meat platter.

Your daughter is NOT vegetarian; she is a pescatarian. Vegetarians do not eat any animals of any sort (that is, no sentient being / nothing with a face, which includes fish and seafood in general). Please tell her not to call herself vegetarian, as it causes problems for those of us who really are vegetarian as some caterers assume that fish is OK.

All this nice beef Wellington and a decent red wine yah in my hygge apartment after a day in the hills is cringeworthy.

You've been watching too many films.

Do a beef bourginon in one pan and a mushroom one in the other. It's literally one extra pan and all you do is miss out the beef. Hardly taxing.

God knows why you're having veggie breakfasts?!

I'm not one of the people complaining (I rarely eat meat and probably wouldn't notice whether or not I'd gone a week without it), but I'd find it hard to go a week without cheese. I'd cope if I had to but I can't imagine it would be enjoyable.

Absolutely, and even that’s too hard for op. Ridiculous

I do think the posters saying they couldn’t last a day/week/whatever with meat sound a bit childish. Would you say that about literally any other food??

Yes, that’s what it is

1983 for me!

I eat meat everyday and would never go a week without it. I wouldn’t even go a weekend without meat! Is it really that strange to eat meat everyday?

You do realise that the GF is vegetarian not vegan? Lots of dead animals are created in producing eggs and dairy.

Blimey, OP, you're on your high horse a bit.

I don't eat meat. I do make meals that include meat, however. I'm a great cook, and like you, I also find cooking on a winter holiday a nice thing to do.

Almost all meals can easily be adapted/substituted to make a version for a non-meat eater who does eat eggs and dairy. It's really hardly any bother, and very much part of cooking for people you like, to provide them with something they'll enjoy.

You just don't like her, do you?!!!

But that then to me starts feeling like a chore. One wellington that I make all the time with a glass of red and some music = fun. Making an additional veggie version using a new recipe, twice the cookware etc = pain in the arse

I think you need to be upfront with her about this, and let her know so she can make alternative arrangements, no one would want to be the cause of all the over thinking and resentful feelings you are having.

We are quite big meat eaters, but one of my siblings is vegetarian and it's never been a big deal to do a variation on a theme. Like make a curry base then take out a portion and put extra veggies or paneer in it, while adding meat to the main pot. Or if you are making a pastry for a wellington too, use some of it and some of the mushroom layer to make a small mushroom pie. Or if it's a roast type meal, roast some cauliflower steaks alongside. This is only a big deal as you are making it one.

Good spot

I hope we havent discovered she is using ,,,,, gasp,,,, a ready meal!!!

Cooked breakfast. (Pack of veggie sausage )

Goats cheese salads

Soups

Veggie casserole ( fry some chicken and add that to meat eaters plates)

Toad in the hole is easy for both meat eaters and veggies. You can use the same batch of batter, do a big meat sausage one and a smaller veggie sausage one for the girlfriend. With creamy mash and onion gravy (you don’t need meat to make the gravy. Onions, bit of beer and some bisto granules- most gravy granules are veggie)
The best veggie sausage imo are Cauldron Lincolnshire sausages which are in the chiller aisle.

So we have sorted the beef wellington

Have we, though? The op still thinks she can get a Wellington in the oven in under 90 minutes start to finish. So she's either making a crap Wellington, or not making it from scratch, or making some entirely different dish which she mistakes for a Wellington, or has several sous chefs prepping different elements at once. 😂

That doesn’t make sense though because meat eaters can eat vegetarian food but vegetarians can’t eat meat.

Why should anyone have to?
There are four of them I assume it's two couples. Why should 3 of them eat what the other one wants for the whole week.
I'm a meat eater who will happily eat some veggie meals but if I want to eat meat on holiday I will.
OP don't let it worry you, it doesn't have to be hard.
Have a nice time

Surely it depends on volume. I had 50g of cooked chicken with my salad at lunch.

I could have the same again at tea, but I think I have some feta to use up, not sure whats there.

Maybe the gf can just eat meat for the week, I’m sure mumsnet can give her some amazing wand easy recipes to try new stuff.

Well it specifies to cut down on red meats but not other meats. I dont eat a lot of red meat as it doesnt agree with me, but I'll eat it if I can

The diet itself is more than compatible with eating meat once or twice a day, it doesnt say you cant have chicken at lunch and salmon at tea, what it emphasises quite rightly is to increase and include various types of vegetables and other items like pulses and nuts

I eat cheese every day, nuts every day, lots of milk every day, chicken every day, tuna/salmon or prawns nearly every day. Some tofu. Veggies and dried fruit (I dont eat fresh fruit)

I eat a largely mediterranean diet, lots and lots of olive oil and salad stuffs, however i eat very very small portions of things.