Vegetarian recipes

[HettyMeg]

Have recently gone vegetarian and wondering if anyone has good Christmas recipes/ideas? We won't be cooking for Christmas dinner itself but looking for any nice festive meal/nibble suggestions

I like this for a light meal around Christmas time.

https://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/christmas-pilaff/

I think there might have been a veggie Christmas thread last year if you use the search bar, lots of good ideas there, just need to dig it out 😅

Delia Smith vegetarian sausage rolls are delish! Even the meat eaters in my house devour them!

I’m the only vegetarian in our family so I make halloumi wrapped in vegi bacon and have those with all the trimmings of the roast.

I made croustade of mushrooms a couple of times. It’s a Rose Eliot recipe. It’s like a quiche, but the base is made of breadcrumbs, nuts, garlic and butter then baked like a pastry case. The original recipe cooks mushrooms and mixes them with a bechamel sauce but you can just add sour cream to the mushrooms, pour them over the base and bake again.

This is a delicious dish, has a number of steps but is worth the effort.
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/aug/09/how-to-make-the-perfect-vegan-moussaka-recipe-felicity-cloake

This is what the veggies in our family request every year:

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/mushroom-chestnut-rotolo

https://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/ottolenghis-butternut-crunch-pie/ - this was really popular when I made it last Christmas

Also these are so delicious and easy to make. Using bread instead of pastry worked really well (I used a tip from the comments to roll the slices of bread a bit to make them slightly thinner) www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/caramelised-mushroom-tartlets

This is the best nut roast I’ve ever had https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/vegan-nut-roast.html
And off the same website, I like these Brie and cauliflower steaks https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/brie-and-cauliflower-steaks.html

Chestnut and mushroom tart https://www.sainsburysmagazine.co.uk/recipes/mains/chestnut-and-mushroom-tart
Maple roast parsnip soup https://www.bosh.tv/recipes/maple-roasted-parsnip-soup

I also made this for Boxing Day and it was very tasty www.nigella.com/recipes/pumpkin-and-goat-s-cheese-lasagne

Butternut dauphinoise recipe | Good Food

We are not vegetarians, but there would be a riot if I didn't make this every year.

I've just got the Bosh! Meat book from the library and planning to make chicken. The recipe calls for plant based chicken bouillon powder - what do people use and where do you get it? I'm seeing Telma Chicken Bouillon which looks to be vegan. Anyone tried this? Thanks.