To ask what you’d cook for a vegan dinner party?

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Hosting a vegan dinner party for 6 people. One of them is allergic to all nuts.

I’m not a great cook and stressed. What should I make that seems impressive? Just a main and dessert

I make this for dessert - so easy - you can also just make the filling and have individual desserts in ramekins. I buy cartons of coconut cream rather than faff around with the tins…!
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/easy-chocolate-tart

lentils will replace minced meat in pretty much any recipe - so cottage pie, spagbol, lasagne (bechamel with plant milk), stuffed peppers etc. Need to 'beef up' the seasoning is all

Mushroom bourguignon for main. Or cauliflower steaks with roasted veg and gravy
Starters...maybe pear and walnut salad or beetroot salad. Or lots of soups are vegan
For dessert trifle ...plenty vegan cream in supermarket. Or simply a selection of fruit..Strawberries etc with whipped vegan Greek yoghurt..alpro do a lovely one....and delicious green n black organic dark chocolate on the side

Vegan Traybake Recipe | M&S Recipe | M&S

check the vegan pesto is nut free.

Perhaps you ought to research the cruelty involved in the life of a dairy cow. Artificially impregnated throughout their life, calves removed at birth amongst much anguish to mother and their offspring. Their udders artifical bloated to contain as much milk as possible. Please have a heart . Watch the documentary "Cow"

Guaranteed to make me want a cheese sandwich and a milkshake.

Why would you do this to yourself?

Mushrooms bourgignonne

Aibergines parmigiana

Butternut squash stuffed with lentil & roasted red pepper salad

Asparagus & green pea risotto

Gnocchi primavera or with spicy tomato & courgette sauce

Chickpea & broccoli tagine

i usually do a normal dish & substitute meat with breaded aubergine slices or butternut quash chunks.

Pudding - prob some sort of choc cake made with oil instead of butter & vegan ice cream, or fruit tart

There are 3 within 2 miles of my house so it’s reasonable to expect that other people also live near Asian markets. There was one near where I lived in Yorkshire, another in Lancaster and there are hundreds in London.

If it doesn’t work for OP then she doesn’t have to do it. It was a suggestion that would work for many people in the Uk… not sure why you’ve decided that your scenario is more common than mine or that it makes my suggestion pointless for everyone on planet earth.

So fucking rude

It was a suggestion. Not a command. Not every suggestion has to work for everyone on Earth.

I think a vegan puff pastry with veggies is a great idea, or mushroom wellington. For sides and starters, maybe gazpacho and a roasted beetroot and lentil salad.

No beetroot please, no mushrooms and no butternut squash.

I'd do a curry feast.

Chickpea curry (chana)
Aloo gobi
Tarka daal
Onion bhajis

Flatbreads
Rice

If you're not much of a cook, I can highly recommend Holy Cow sauces and cooking kits - they are really good and nice and easy.
https://www.holycowsauces.com/product-category/curry-sauce

so fucking touchy

Homemade babaganouse and humus served with good pittas.
quorn chillie with avocados, vegan cheese, rice.
I agree with others - buy pudding.

You’re the one ragging at someone for making a suggestion on a food post. Because something doesn’t perfectly suit your life… so strange

Mexican!

Guacamole + salsa + vegan queso + vegan sour cream + chips

Chili

Roast veg / jackfruit tacos (other varieties here: https://www.delishknowledge.com/18-easy-vegan-taco-recipes-the-best/)

Churros (you can buy vegan ones from M&S or Ocado)

Mexican cinnamon-chocolate pudding (eg. https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1012538-vegan-chocolate-pudding-with-cinnamon-and-chile)

https://shop.hammertown.com/blogs/journal/yotam-ottolenghis-multi-vegetable-paella-from-our-archives

This gets good reviews

I don't mind the items I mentioned, it's their ubiquity I object to.

Lentils and beans are good.
Something like ful medammes on a bed of saffron basmati rice with a side salad and flatbreads would be easy and a bit different.

Not everybody likes curry or chilli, and curries aren't particularly easy if you don't normally cook them.

My favourite vegan dessert is crumble made without butter.

Guacamole and different breads
Fajitas with faux chicken or tofu or a variety of veg if they're the 'non-faux-meat' types
Chocolate cake with vegan ice cream or cream substitute or toffee sauce for pudding.

OR
Soup or an interesting salad with beans, good quality dressing and olives, seeds etc (check for allergies)

A creamy butterbean dish (loads of recipes online)!

A lighter pud, maybe a traybake or something from here? https://zardyplants.com/lifestyle/no-bake-vegan-desserts/

I would personally love this challenge!

M&S do a decent range of vegan foods (although some look rather processed). The confectionery looks nice and the vegans I know all have a sweet tooth. You can check the ingredients online to see if the products contain nuts. M&S also has a vegan recipe section on their website but again you will need to look out for nut content. Avoid the obvious fake meat/dairy products as PPs have advised. I believe you can pre-order to pick up or have it delivered. And I would buy a posh olive oil too.

www.marksandspencer.com/food/search?referrer=food-catalogue&searchTerm=vegan&searchRedirect=vegan+desserts

Because drinking milk once you're over weaning age (and from a different animal) is bloody weird.

Vegan? Oh Lordy!
I’d buy it in, because even though I can cook I would be bound to mess up and include something I shouldn’t by accident. 😂
’Cook’ do some nice vegan stuff, apparently.

And I would serve a puff pastry (vegan) tart such as leek, with a home-made tabbouleh salad (using bulgur wheat).