Oh my god help me… cooking for someone important

[Sexnotgender]

And these are the dietary restrictions…

Can’t think of a bloody thing😭

Diabetic
Vegetarian
No mushrooms
No cheese
No thing spicy or fatty

Need main course and dessert ideas please.

Is it a date or a formal kind of event? You'll probably get better suggestions in the food & recipe section?

To account for no cheese or fatty food as well as vegetarian I’ve had a quick search of vegan dishes. Something here might be good: https://www.olivemagazine.com/recipes/collection/best-vegan-dinner-party-ideas/

Roasted vegetable tart with a crunchy green side salad

Dark chocolate brownie with creme fraiche

(God what a dull culinary life this person must have! shame)

Not a date, it’s a dignitary of sorts.

Thank you. It’s a combination of people, I’m the vegetarian, which does complicate matters.

Really delicious bread with several different types of salad. Bean pate.

Ratatouille might work.
If the diabetic is low carb it cuts out an awful lot that you could otherwise use.

Does oil count as “fatty”.

Could you do a roast with a separate veggie option for you? Then people can pick and choose the bits they want or is that not posh enough?

Fatless sponge cake for pudding?

What about a massive salad?

Beetroot risotto

Poached pears with amaretto (could swap out, fairly low sugar pudding)

Ratatouille galette

Roasted aubergine with pomegranate, roasted grapes, nuts and a yoghurt dressing

Roasted butternut squash and sage risotto. So delicious.

That all sounds amazing. Off to google recipes…

That’s a good shout actually, I’ve made that loads but I put cheese in it. Is it nice without?

Ottolenghi will have some good ones I imagine

You beat me to it.
But do a trial run as I've found one or two his recipes oddly bland.

What about something like a vegetarian tagine with couscous?

To me a risotto isn't a risotto without parmesan! I wonder could you get that similar salty unami flavour from yeast flakes stirred through? I usually add a knob of butter too but maybe that would make it oily....

Loads of ideas here:

https://www.theguardian.com/profile/meera-sodha

I think I'd do a buffet, tbh. It's too difficult to combine all those things. I was going to suggest making curries and side dishes but one of them doesn't like spicy food. Would they be OK with something like a Korma?

I often make risotto without cheese or butter, it's just as tasty the trick is to use a nice broth. I do put mushrooms though 😂

I believe they have Crohn’s so being very mindful of not adding anything that might impact them.

Truffle oil is your friend here