Free from + Vegetarian Afternoon tea

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Doing afternoon tea, got most of the menu planned but need to make some things that are free from milk, gluten and also vegetarian. Do you think these would be good? Any suggestions would be helpful too.

*Egg and free from mayo
*Guacamole and sundried tomatoes
*Sheese (vegan cheese spread I think) or vegan cheese
*Salad with mayo

On free from white bread

All cakes will be bought as I'm not confident enough to make the free from cakes and make sure its exactly right but hoping I can do the sandwiches.

Just do normal cheese if vegetarian.

@MyDcAreMarvel yeah, that will really work for the person with allergies

they can't have milk or milk derivatives unfortunately

Vegan cheese is awful.
Is it the same guest who has all these requirements? We have these requirements in the family but in a mixture of requirements across a few people

Gluten free crackers with an option of milk free or no milk free cheese.

I’ve just made this recipe as suggested by by another MN.

Fruit salad with a choice of dairy free or ‘normal’ pouring cream.

yes same guest

Well I personally hate egg and tomato but obviously others don't.

Humous and grated carrot? Not sure if it fits all the criteria.

Quorn do sandwich meat now so it's obviously vegetarian but again not sure if it fits?

Vegetarian pates?

thanks. I know she doesnt mind vegan cheese but I might ask her which as presumably some are better than others but I want to make it so she actually gets a treat and doesnt have to get involved in food prep.

Cous cous or bulghar wheat salad maybe

They sound good.

Sliced Felafel and avocado with a wee bit of honey for moistness is also nice, or sliced onion bhaji’s with mango chutney and some salad. Or houmous with grated carrot and apple, plus a little bit of chilli/jalapeños or sweet chilli sauce if they like a wee bit of spice.

vegetarian pate may work.

oh yes falafel is a good one, thanks. I knew you'd come up with some interesting answers!

Free from crumpets
Hummus & falafel mini pittas
Cucumber & vegan cream cheese (the nicest of the bunch of vegan cheeses)
You can look up vegan cupcakes recipes they’re very easy to make
Look up deliciously Ella, minimalistic baker, oh she glows for recipes :)

Look at the M&S vegan range for inspiration:

www.marksandspencer.com/l/food-to-order/health/vegan

thanks. This is making me feel better. 6 days to go and can't believe I left it til now to plan the food.

-Hummus and falafel wraps (gluten free wraps obvs)
-Avocado and tomato sandwiches
-fried mushroom & onion wraps with rocket or pea shoots
-roast veg (ie peppers, onions, carrot) wraps or rolls, with or without spicy marinated tofu.

That sort of thing!

Double check any bread, though I know that schar is usually a safe brand and their seeded white is really good. A lot of white bread is a bit rubbish annoyingly, I miss white bread!
Check what free from cheeses that they like as they are hit and miss, though I find tesco and asda own brand cheddars are Decent if you can't ask, the tesco goats cheese and asda soft cheese are also nice enough.
Picky bits like olives are good?
Minimalist Baker has some lovely beetroot chocolate cupcakes, we devour them and they are so easy to make.

Some ready made falafel has wheat in so you'll need to check that (cauldron does), cous cous isn't safe for gluten free but you can get free from cous cous which is decent if you want to make some form of salad.

You can get small corn (gluten free) El Paso tortillas which you could use for mini wraps or little tacos.

thank you! yes will be double triple checking absolutely everything.

Hoummous sandwiches
Veggie sushi
Onion/potato Bhaji
Vegan chocolate Rice Krispie cake

Smashed avocado. Not sure what you would put with it in a sandwich - I have only ever seen it on toast!

Cucumber sandwiches (with the crusts cut off!).

rice krispies are not gluten free

Not for this guest but I was going to do rice crispy cakes for the others but we decided they might not be fancy enough so Im doing cupcakes instead.

Mayo is generally dairy free.

I was going to suggest falafel because I love falafel! but wasn't sure they fit into the afternoon tea category.

I was going to say mayo is dairy free too, creamy sheese is a nice diary free soft cheese, I've mixed it in with mayo, grated cucumber, pinch of salt and lemon juice to make a kind of tzatziki, it goes down a storm at shared lunches at work, that with gluten free pita and falafal or dairy free soya/quorn pieces is amazing, I'm sure you can get mini pita's.

A local tea shop made me a dairy free afternoon a while ago and she made scones using soya milk and teamed it with a lovely strawberry jam, we also had an onion chutney and ham sandwich that was lovely, could your friend have quorn slices with chutney? Read the labels though as some chutney's have milk in, forgot to check one time and paid dearly.