what are you cooking on the day for the vegetarian in your life?

[Willmafrockfit]

help me decide for dd and her friend

If I have a meat substitute, it's Linda McCartneys' veggie sausage roll. Otherwise I just load up on the Yorkies and roast potatoes.

Just anything with pastry 🤤

My dd usually just has everything but the meat, we make Yorkshires too. She’s not been keen on nut roasts and will not eat fake meat. This year she tried the Higgidy Cauliflower & Broccoli cheese pie and loved it so we are getting one of those for her.

DD just has all the veg, roast potatoes (in olive oil with garlic and rosemary), fake pigs in blankets and gravy

Mushroom (various types) and baby corn stroganoff with saffron rice.

I have this every year - it’s amazing!

@Howmanysleepsnow

Which veggie pigs in blankets do you do?
I wrapped my own last year and they were ok but not brilliant.

@biscuitcat

I have copied that roulade recipe into my file. It looks delicious.
We are down to 8 for Christmas dinner this year and 4 are vegetarians.
I need to up my game!

DH is vegetarian and every year cooks himself a lentil loaf. There is enough for boxing day too. I cook turkey, beef, Yorkshire puds, roast potatoes, mash potatoes and 4 vegetable as well as sausage meat and stuffing balls and gravy.

www.greatbritishchefs.com/recipes/mushroom-pie-recipe

Sorry, forgot to comment - this is what DH made last year and it was amazing

Ottolenghi roast pumpkin with lemony breadcrumbs- and stuffing too!

thank you all so much
so glad i asked

I cook Delia’s Parsnip Roulade every year as the family like it so much. We normally have the M&S nit roast too.

My advice though is please don’t leave the roulade until Christmas Day. I make it the day before as it’s one of those Delia recipes that’s brilliantly reliable but has lots of steps - seperate the eggs and whisk the egg whites, makebreadcrumbs, bake the Swiss roll bit, cook parsnips, purée them.

The recipe call for Sahe Derby cheese but you can use tasty cheese like cheddar and add some sage to the breadcrumbs stuffing.

I now make two as DD is gluten free and she always hopes for leftovers to take home.

Sage Derby Cheese

Some photos as it gets sent out to herald the start of the festivities 😂

The picture with two shows the gluten free one next to ordinary. DD and DH prefer not to eat gluten and are gluten sensitive rather than celiac so I’m not worried about keeping them completely seperate.

Im going to cook a homemade nut roast today using one of the recipes in this lovely thread as a trial.

They are being bigger than they look in photos - length of baking tray

I made this recently and it was divine (and made a change from nut roast).

Bonus is that you can make it ahead of time and double bonus, non veggies can use it as stuffing.

It looks beautiful and special too

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/jewelled-squash-chestnut-mushroom-wreath

All the shop bought vegetarian options around Christmas are so sweet- cranberry in everything, caramelised this that and the other, a touch of orange. Some veggies must like it but I don’t. As a PP said, I’m usually happy with a big plate of veggies if done nicely and a nice variety, with potatoes and Yorkshire puddings etc. Other than that, something in pastry like leeks and spinach with cheese.

We like the Quorn Roasts and usually get a vegan gammon roast ordered online or from Holland and Barrat. Yes it’s processed etc but it keeps it’s as similar to a traditional Christmas dinner as you can get. We used to do nut loaves etc but it’s not the same.

The other day I was cooking roast and had a bit of paxo stuffing to use up. I bunged in some nuts and chopped cooking apple and it was really tasty so I am going to do a variation on christmas day as the veggie option. Might add a bit of cheese and mushrooms too.

lightlypoached that’s beautiful. I might try that and this Anna Jones chestnut and squash creation that pp linked to

annajones.co.uk/recipe/squash-chestnut-roast

Dd1 and I will have a leek and smoked cheese pithivier (i think it's a river cottage recipe). It's easy to make before hand, and is really nice cold the next day with leftovers.

@caringcarer Which recipe does he use for the lentil loaf, please?

I’ve mentioned this vegan haggis recipe on other threads. It’s so delicious and easy (especially if you use a food processor but I usually make it by hand). It’s my go to for all roast dinners and after the first day or so the leftovers are delicious as a filling for veggie sausage rolls with a spread of chutney and maybe some grated cheese. Last year I made it into a big sausage roll effectively with puff pastry and the chutney and cheese. Served on its own it’s nearly like another stuffing which all the meat eaters love too. A photo of the roast and it served with all the trimmings.

This is me!
As long as I've cauliflower cheese I'll be happy