Vegetarian Christmas dinner?

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I'd be really grateful if the vegetarians here could tell me what they're cooking and eating on Christmas day or Boxing Day please, with links to recipes if at all possible.

We're normally a meat-eating family but my son has become vegetarian at university and I'd like to do meat-free meals while he's home, especially on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

Thanks for your help. 🙂

Do you have another copy 🙏
This ones behind a paywall

@IamEarthymama @DrPrunesqualer this sounds so nice and very easy to do. Where do you buy chestnut purée from? I’ve never seen it I don’t think!

I am tempted to make it but there’s only me, DH and DD for dinner and they are both having beef so it seems a faff just for me.

I’ve made this a few times for Christmas or New Year’s Day dinner and it’s incredible. Sweet garlic and celeriac pie. It’s a bit faffy but 100% worth it and even better the next day when you get to snaffle the left overs.

https://annajones.co.uk/recipes/celebratory-celeriac-sweet-garlic-pie

You used to be able to buy chestnut purée in a tin in Tescos Asda Waitrose etc but I haven’t seen them for ages

So now I just blend chestnuts
They're in most shops
Like these below

ps. It’s a great mix for sausage rolls aswell and freezes really well

@MyMelody123 do you need do anything with the ‘honey and water sauce’ that the garlic was cooked in please ?

I can usually get a pouch of Merchant Gourmet chestnut puree.

Any recommendations for ready prepped roast spuds that aren't frozen? The Aunt Bessie type give me indigestion.

Its a BBC good food recipe. Cant see how that is behind a pay wall. If you google nut roast recipes its usually in the top 2 recipes.

It all reduces down into no liquid and you’re just lovely caramelised garlic at the end 😃

@DrPrunesqualer fantastic thank you. It sounds stupid but it never even occurred to me to just blend the pouch of chestnuts!! I have a couple of pouches in already. So I might make the effort and give it a go and we can have the rest as leftovers.

I can't guarantee that they won't cause indigestion but I occasionally get the M&S chilled roast potatoes and they are good. TBH, not as good as my home-made roast potatoes, but very nice indeed.

@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g thanks.
My roasties are always perfect.
I usually prep all the veg the day before, and DP finishes everything while his meat is cooking.
But he gets his knickers in a twist about timings when he's not cooking everything and I'm fed up of the stress.
His roasties are rubbish 😆, it's taken me years to train him into peeling the spuds first.

Oh dear oh dear oh dear! They really do have to be peeled. If you want skin on, you go for baked potatoes or wedges.

Oo
is this a contentious issue then

I’m a skin on for roasties 😋

@DrPrunesqualer but how do you get them crispy?

I'm doing a Quorn roast with all the usual Christmas veg. I'm not a huge fan of meat replacements but I have to have "turkey", stuffing and cranberry sauce sandwiches Christmas night! Preferably with a Bond film...🤣

Par boil, drain and shake
Drizzle with oil
Don’t put foil over in the oven

What 😱
Not Love Actually

@DrPrunesqualerI've never seen it (runs away and hides!)

Suggest you keep it that way 👍

But it’s Christmas 🤪

@DrPrunesqualer I’ve not seen it or any RC films, therefore the Waitrose ad really confused me 🤔 so someone explained what KK meant by the cue cards remark and I watched the clip on YT which has convinced me even more that I don’t want to see it. It’s so weird

@7catsisnotenough so you may have been confused by the ad as well !

@CalzoneOnLegsI'm easily confused at the best of times 🤣

Or….hasselback? Agree 100% skins are not part of a roast potato regime.🥔

talking of skins somebody mentioned on a ‘what to buy at Aldi’ thread about their skin on fries, I got some Friday and can confirm they are good. My decent oven chip quest is finally over. 🍟

I’m off to Aldi tomorrow but will have to resist the skin on fries. The only way I can accommodate them is to buy another fridge. (I’m this close…)