To not prepare/provide a veggie 'dish' for Chrimbo dinner?

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I'm all sorted for next week, pressies bought/made and wrapped. Meat and stuffing in freezer. Getting veg and puddings and booze on Tuesday.
Feeding 10 (four if us, 6 guests) for Christmas dinner, no problem, love a full table :)
Last minute invitation given to our friend, who will be rhe only veggie at the table.
I honestky cant be arsed to prepare a special veggie dish for the main course.
Starters are veggi - Cashew and swee tpotato pate and Pumpkin and honey soup (ill make this without chicken stock)
Loads of veg, roasties, parsnips, sprouts (now not with bacon) carrots, peas and beans, mashed carrot and swead and potato and leek gratin (sp?).
Ill make some sausage free stuffing & gravy. All three puddings are meat free :)
Veggies - would you be happy with this as a christmas dinner? Or would you expect a meat replacement... e.g. nut roast?
Not in the uk, so no easy couldren/LMc to chuck in the oven... Id have to make from scratch.
AIBU to not bother, I think the above is more than enough?

I've gone veggie this year. We're going to SIL's for Xmas, who loves doing huge xmases. I was going to take a small nut roast and some LM sausages plus some bisto for veggie gravy with me (cooked already, may just need warming in the aga). Now I'm wondering if I'm being rude after this thread?

There's plenty of people saying they would be happy, people saying add something else, someone hates this, someone likes that, someone saying they would appreciate something extra....

I get that you're pleased with what you've done, and you've got an idea what he likes and are and looking for a consensus, but I don't really understand not asking the actual guest to make sure

I don't eat meat and I cook at Christmas.
I always cook meat for DH and DD.
I love all the veg and the trimmings, and Yorkshire pudding - so that is what I have, I am not keen on nut/quorn roasts, and things so I don't bother.

This year I intend on having some delicious home made Yorkshire puddings along with roast veggies, other veggie, veggie stuffing, veggie gravy, etc. - yum!

So, OP - I would be more than happy with your selection.

Honeyroar - that doesn't sound rude at all. I'd speak to SIL about it just so that she knows, but provided it's just a question of reheating then I'd be delighted if that a guest has what they want.

I'd happily eat that all.
If you want a really quick and easy meat replacement though, you could just do a roasted portabello mushroom stuffed with the veggie stuffing.

Just read the previous replies and mushrooms seem to feature in quite a few!

I don't like fake meat. I'd eat it to be polite but would never make it for myself.

I wouldn't have room in my oven for a postage stamp so could heat anything extra.

It all sounds fab. I'd like gravy but the cheese sauce would be ok.

Yes, im now tempted to do something mushroomy!
I might cashew up my sprouts also.
My gratin will have cheese sauce made with cream :) No fat spared for this meal.
Oven space an issue, so probably mushroom stuffing, instead of apricot? Meaty stuffing done in freezer.

He's already said to not go to extra bother, but I thought maybe I should. Hes very polite!

There's plenty of protein in the meal, as protein is found in virtually all foods.
It sounds good to me. My christmas veggie meal is often cauliflower cheese with veg and I feel full afterwards.

I assume the roasties won't be roasted in goose fat...

For veggie gravy, I just use the granules (the ones in the green tub). It's made in a cup with boiling water added, so no need to use the hob.

I would be a bit upset if you invited me but couldn't be arsed to make something for me,
I would, however, probably offer to bring something.
I wouldn't be bothered about food group balance it is just nice if someone realises that I am not eating the meat.

Oh yes, I just noticed a lot of people are mentioning mushrooms. Not all vegetarians like them!
I don't (in fact they make me gag), and don't understand why people think they are a substitute for meat.

For one meal though, do you really give a stuff about protein? Have a protein heavy breakfast or supper if you're that bothered. If I'm invited for a meal, I'm not checking to see if it's balanced to my standards, I eat it and am grateful for free food smile. One meal a bit light on protein won't kill anyone.

I thought that too. I do notice on threads like this that its the meat eaters who get bothered about protein. Do people think it is only found in meat?

As a veggie I'd be very grateful you hadn't added chunks of bacon/goose fat to all of the vegetables, and would happily tuck in

It's sounds lovely and there is plenty of variety.

I was veggie for years - the meat substitutes at Christmas were never great. I think your menu sounds fine but tbh if I was your mate I'd have offered to bring my own turkey sub...I hated putting people out and it meant I ate something better than Linda McCartney or Quorn.

My veggie roast dinner always features the easiest dish ever - Swiss egg!!

Take a ramekin dish, fill it with grated cheese, break egg on top, bake for 25 mins. Takes up no room in the oven, and is absolutely delicious with a roast!

Sounds fine to me - I'm a veggie and I love roasted veg, I never expect anyone to make a special meal for me. It's only one meal - no one is going to starve going with out a specific protein element.

I was going to suggest that if he has the soup as his starter he could have the cashew and sweet potato pate with his roasted veggies for his main course - that would be nice.

We're a vegetarian house and we're having Christmas dinner minus the turkey. So about 10 types of veg, sage and onion stuffing, yorkies, gravy. It's more than enough food without cooking a turkey alternative.

I'm always happy with just the veg

Although i do like extra yorkshire puddings to "make up" for the lack of meat

And i do know that for some people yorkshire puddings aren't part of the christmas meal...but there is something seriously wrong with those people

Not arsed/cant be arsed is probably a much over used phrase in this house, with very little weight to it

I guess the acid test would be how your guest would feel if they knew you'd said it, which of course they won't.

kaki

If you're all vegetarian, is there any reason why you're not cooking a main as part of your Christmas dinner? There are some amazing recipes online, many of them very easy to cook.

Ten different vegetables plus gravy and Yorkshire puddings sounds a bit underwhelming to me.

I also hate mushrooms so might be worth checking whether he does (unless you already know of course)

Why does she only need to check if he likes mushrooms and not any other of the ingredients of the meal?

None if the vegetarians in my family make an additional vegetarian item for their Xmas dinner. They just eat the roast dinner. Your menu sounds lovely with two veggie starters. What more could you want
Also there is so much difference in what people like in terms of nutroasts, mushrooms, meat substitute s people seem to love them or hate them.