vegetarians/vegans... what are you having for Christmas dinner?

[thisisyesterday]

I am uninspired.
we're veggie/vegan family here and need something lovely to make that will go with a roast.
am a bit bored of nut roast

I'm not vegetarian, but we often have Mushroom Wellington from the Cranks Bible. It looks really festive as you plait the puff pastry as you fold it over the mushroom/nut filling (easier than it sounds). I've also added cranberries to the filling before to make it look even more Christmassy. If you don't have that recipe book (though I'd totally recommend it), the recipe is also here:
www.nadineabensur.com/vegetarianrecipes/mushroomwellington.html
enjoy

DH and I are vegetarian and usually have a Quorn Roast- not very imaginative but with everything else to do it's difficult to fnd time.

In (pre DC) years gone by I've done Delias savoury cheese choux pastry ring filled with mushrooms.
Or squares of filo overlapped in a shallow tin to look like at star then baked and filled with roast peppers with garlic - yum.

Not having any meat replacement this year but usually do a nut cutlet or spinach & mushroom roulade. Last year we had the Quorn roast with stuffing inside and it was awful. So this year we're going for no meat replacement and extra dessert - yum!

We always have the Quorn roast, plus potatoes/sprouts/other veg/stuffing. Yum :)

I'm looking for a good nut roast recipe if anyone can point me in the right direction

We always have nachos/tacos..

DP is a veggie and every year buys a new cookbook and does something new - there is NO WAY he'd settle for a quorn roast! He's done some lovely things in the past - filo pie with spinach/pinenuts/cheese and stuff with chilli jam was a favourite.

I was thinking of the mushroom wellington but was worried that mushroom-y mixtures tend to be quite watery IME - doesn't the pastry go soggy? Haven't got the time to do a trial run.

We are a veggie family and aways have the mushroom wellington from the cranks bible - it is lovely and you can make it a week or so in advance and freeze till it's needed so it saves time on the day. I have in previous years thought I should look for different recipes and do a different meal each year but deecided against it. Why should I this is our 'tradition' and the wellington goes really well with roast potatoes and parsnips etc.

Def not watery - as there is so much nut and breadcrumbs added to the mushroom mix if anything I add more liquid sherry than the recipe requires - it does need time so do it in advance and freeze. The first time I made it I had my first experience of Mastitis and my 5 mo pfb ds to deal with it was very stressful following the many stages - since then it has been a breeze!

Try the Vegetarian Recipe Club, here. Its where I'm getting my ideas from. Think I'm going to try the luxury festive roast.

I often don't bother doing a veggie thing and we just have everything else, bar the meat. Dp always does a dish of dauphinoisse and we have stuffing, roasted vege etc so there's always plenty to eat without replacing the meat. If I do something else, it's usually stuffed butternut squash.

I'd be interested in any recipe that could serve as stuffing for the meat eaters and the main for the veggies, if such a thing exists!

The Linda Mc roast with the stuffing is vile.

The Quorn plain one is okay- it's mainly the extra bits that make it special.(Roast spuds, carrots with almonds, sprouts, parsnips, gravy, yorkies...)

I'm going to try the Jamie Oliver 'dosas' this year, they are here.

Not exactly traditional but will make a change from something wrapped in puff or fillo pastry.

I'm doing a mushroom wellington again this year, I'm the only veggie so I just do what I fancy really. DH is working on Christmas day, so I also thought it would be nice for him to take to work to have cold.

I've just started a thread on recipes with a freezing question, if anyone can help.

We always have a ut roast ad I like the traditio of it, plus it goes really well with all the accompaimets - star of the show here is lots of roast potatoes + parsips.
Perhaps some Yorkshire puddig this year too.
Usually caulifloer cheese o the side.
Plus carrots ad sprouts.
Craberry ad apple sauces.

Hopefully I might muster myself to make a homemade ut roast this year like I used to before DCs - I used to make a lovely oe with a mushroom layer i the middle ad a gooseberry sauce alogside.

I always otice the magazies are always suggestig what else you could have besides ut roast, but they always have a "how to cook a perfect Turkey" for the meat eaters ! We like a bit of traditio at Christmas

Mid you dosas are very tasty too crikeybadger

For years I've made a 'chesnut and aduki loaf' (includes red peppers too) from one of Sarah Brown's books. Pastry provides scope for seasonal decoration and I usually do a spicy tomato sauce to go with it.

Last year we had individual nut and mushroom wellingtons, as DP had been asked to provide the main veggie dish for a friend's wedding in December and did a couple of trial runs, tweaking the recipe to perfection (they were good), so we had quite a few in the freezer.

Hmm, chestuts always seem sooo Christmassy to me lotti as my Dad always used to do a proper, from scratch, chestut stuffig for years whe I was a child. Perhaps I'll get some chestuts to go with my sprouts this year as I always thik that combo looks good ad festive (sprouts ad chestuts similar size so works well )

I would recommend this nutroast. Easy to make and really yummy.

We always have home made pasta with a wild/exotic mushroom sauce. But there are only four of us - no need to cater for anyone else.

Thaks lilith

Tis ice to feel a little ispired !

My family aren't vegetarian, but they don't really care about having a 'traditional' Christmas dinner, so we choose something different each year that we would all really enjoy. Sometimes it's something different and complicated that we wouldn't usually cook, sometimes it's something very simple and ordinary. Eg, last year my parents had pasta and pesto, my brother had a pizza and I had quesadillas! The year before I went all out and made a Greek meze/Spanish tapas style feast.
I think my point is, if you are not hung up on the traditional Christmas dinner aspect, there are so many more options that could be tastier especially for vegetarians :)

We tried makig home made pasta oce with a fried who'd bee o a course.
Seemed very tricky ad was't etirely successful
Iterestig to see how it's doe though

Yoh, Juggling you need to ask Bob for an N please.

The Quorn roast is lovely, we are having that. Though we are hosting family, so meat will be served for the non-veggies.