If not much of a cook ! What would you cook if you wanted to make someone feel cared for but they don’t eat meat

If fish eaters 3 fish (from Iceland) Wellington.
If they eat eggs, Quiche Lorraine + vegetable or salad of choice.

there’s just nothing worse than when everyone’s tucking into a delicious roast with all the trimmings and the veggie option is quiche and salad.

The one I mind is when the meat eaters get a meal centred around the meat but the veggies get a meal centred round a piece of pastry or a piece of roasted veg.

Quiche and salad sounds great but not when everyone else is tucking into a delicious hot roast dinner.

Veg lasagne

2 or 3 curries, rice, chapattis... so easy and looks like you have spend hours.

Coconut dal is an absolute doddle (vegan and gluten free) I'd do a roasted cauliflower and peppers curry and a mushroom curry. Takes me around 30 minutes to make the lot. If you aren't confident you can use a pre bought paste for the mushrooms and the cauliflower curries, but it's easy to make your own in a food processor

@WinterCrow , they are vegetarians, so they won't be eating fish.

@Grealish Personally I wouldn’t enjoy half the meals suggested. Me neither.
Soup isn't a meal IMO, and mushroom risotto sounds awful.

Baked potato, veggie chilli, grated cheese ,sour cream. Apple crumble and custard.

The above are what I'd like someone to make for me now, as I'm alone curled up with a cold, but instead I have baked potatoes and a box of chocolates, which isn't bad either. :)

Do it, it's absolutely delicious 😋

Homity pie.

Sicilian caponata.

Garlic mushrooms, baked sweet potatoes and roasted cauliflower with cheese sauce.

I've been meaning to make that!

This is one of my absolute favourite veggie meals - it's indulgent and delicious. ottolenghi.co.uk/pages/recipes/curried-cauliflower-cheese-filo-pie

OP, do they eat any fish or eggs?

I'd go for chilli

As a vegetarian, you seem like a very thoughtful host! I’m very used to people saying “oh sorry I completely forgot!” And just rooting me a margherita pizza out of the freezer.

I do think it’s hard to suggest meals without knowing their preference- but I would definitely suggest thinking what you’d serve up if you were hosting meat eaters and then just adapt the meal from there. Personally I wouldn’t enjoy half the meals suggested. I hate that vegetarian meals seem to be synonymous with healthy chickpea and lentil concoctions.

Maybe a nice pasta dish? Vegetarian lasagne is a good suggestion but could be tricky if you’re not used to cooking.

Also if you’re having meat eaters and non vegetarians at the same dinner- I really love when everyone’s eating the same thing! Even if mine is a veggie version of it- there’s just nothing worse than when everyone’s tucking into a delicious roast with all the trimmings and the veggie option is quiche and salad.

Baked camembert is super tasty and very easy:

Good bread - best toasted or really crusty

Camembert, honey, garlic, some nuts.

Take camembert out it's packet and put it in a relatively small pyrex baking dish.

Take the skin off the garlic, stick some cloves into the camembert.

Drizzle a good load of honey over, sprinkle with nuts - hazelnuts work well, most would be okay.

Bake at a lowish temperature until it's all melty inside - maybe 15-20 mins at 150 degrees.

Eat with crusty bread and whatever veggies you fancy.

@Comedycook I can see why and so just wanted to warn OP to check.

My definition of meat is flesh of any animal. As a vegan, I have also been asked if I eat fish 🤣

If someone said vegetarian...I'd think no meat AND no fish. But as they just said no meat, I assumed fish was fine

Baked eggs and spinach

Fry some thinly sliced onion and mushrooms in butter or olive oil until soft but not browned. Add garlic, salt and 1 tsp tarragon, fry for a further minute.

Add a load of spinach - we use about 1/3 large bag of frozen for 4 eggs (to serve 2), cook gently until the water from the spinach is evaporated. Turn up the heat and when it's sizzling, add a splash of white wine, cook until it's dryish again and turn off the heat.

Arrange the mixture in a flat layer in an ovenproof dish and make a dimple for each egg with the back of a teaspoon. Gently break an egg into each dimple and sprinkle a tiny pinch of paprika on each yolk.

Bake at 190 until the eggs are just set (start checking them after about 10 minutes) and serve immediately.

It goes well with any carb and you can make the spinach mixture ahead of time.

If someone said they didn't eat meat, I'd assume they also didn't eat fish, because fish flesh is meat. So I'd check this first OP.

I do get why @Comedycook cook might think of fish and meat as two different things though, because I've heard a couple of people who are 'vegetarians' say they eat fish.

What sort of thing do you/they like to eat? Most traditional pasta dishes are vegetarian (and gorgeous). Something like pasta alla norma is a lovely winter warmer.

There are also lots of delicious vegetarian curries. Served with rice, naan and some chutneys?

Shakshuka is very popular with my friends. Served with some lovely fresh bread and a green salad?

Or something noodle based like Pad Thai?

I think I’d make a lovely macaroni cheese.

I would be thrilled with anything home cooked for me. I rarely have a meal cooked for me. It's such a lovely thing.

Veg lasagne.
Home made soup, nice bread and some cheese
Any veg pasta dish
Veg chilli

Just anything!

Do you need recipes? Keep it simple.

this but with a baked potato instead of rice!

Mac and cheese or a curry?

Love the suggestion of mushroom pasta too or a risotto?

Roasted vegetable traybake with honey halloumi ontop

Lentil cottage pie

Creamy mushroom and leek pasta

Broccoli and cheddar soup with crusty bread