HELP - VEGAN coming for lunch

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need inspiration all my usual veggie staples have cheese in them so need something else - prefereable easy and quick to make as i dont have much time plus id like ot assemle it before they gedt here to spend time with my friends

arrrgh why do people leave it to the night before to tell you of diet changes ???

WHY??

I am cooking for 6 adults and 2 x 7 year olds who hate anything green .

thinking of garlic bread , salad and WHAT ELSE ?

My vegan staple is veg curry, have done a lovely nut one before and curries can be done in advance.

Or you could do buffet style, with vegan dips, meze type stuff , your garlic bread and salad stuff.I take it you'd make your own garlic bread with sunflower marg or something?

Puddings are a bit tiresome too, You could go with fruit salad/piles of berries, ice cream for you and soya cream/alpro custard for vegans.

giant flat mushrooms, drizzled with olive oil, lots of herbs, garlic, wrap in foil and bake in the oven - serve in a crusty baguette like a steak sandwich.

or big pan of vegetarian chilli with jacket potatoes, or made into burritos.

Firstly - take a deep breath, it wont be as hard as you think it will. It is annoying it's such late notice, but I guess they either forgot you iddn't know or were worried about telling you... it can be difficult.

Let's start with what you are making for everyone else?

How about mushroom & chestnut shepherds pie with sweet potatoes added to the mash topping to make up for the lack of butter in it.

Or a good veggie curry.

Risotto? With parmesan on the table for non deviants?
Spaghetti bol?
Make your own pizza which is ok with a good range of veg on it without cheese

If you're doing garlic bread check the fat you're using. Sainsburys free from and pure are ok but most others contain butter milk.

Annoying when people don't tell you their diet has changed. Mind you, as a veggie with a dairy intolerant bf son (which means I can't do dairy) my mil pretty much failed to feed me with 2 weeks notice and I ate a LOT of peanut butter on toast that first visit. She's much better now and has cooked a wider range of vegan dishes in 4 months than she managed veggie meals in 13 years!

how about nigella's mexican lasagne but with dairy free cheese?

Is very yummy

Fajitas are good messy food for 7yos.

Also Swedish glace ice cream is surprisingly edible nice.

fab excellent ideas - not doing separate food just all the same and everyone will eat it !
liking the buffett type choice easy to buy for !

Butternut squash risotto.

soup and fresh bread

Pasta bake using tomato based sauce, with some crusty bread and salad.

mmmmm Mexican food,
Guacamole, refried beans, soya chilli, chilli sauce, tomato salsa, salad, tortillas, yummmmmmmmmmm

and sour cream for everyone else

How about falafal with chilli tomato sauce served on Pearl Barley risotto?
That is our vegan staple (we are veggie, but have a dairy intolerant friend who comes for supper regularly so we eat vegan food when she is here).
Also veg curries, big old bowl of vegetable soup and bread?

Ethnic is always good.
If you're feeling very stressed, then go to the supermarket and pick up some felafel, hummus and pitta (check labels for vegan-friendliness obviously). You can then add olives/jars of peppers etc. and a salad and it will be lovely and, best of all, no cooking and lots of time chatting with friends. :)

my vegan friend loved this (a fairly regular one for us when we want to be healthy!)

harissa beans with roasted tomatoes and wilted spinach

just don't give the kids any spinach!

ps watch out for pasta and noodles as a lot contain eggs!

Mediterranean food. Stuffed tomatoes or aubergine, hummus, salads, veg stew with saffron and tomatoes, tabbouleh and couscous as well as falafel as mentioned above.
Then blackberry and Apple with Swedish place, we too got used to it. Or if you have time an exotic fruit granita.
Also potato waffles as from Iceland. Our vegan friends swore by them for kids.

There is a fab recipe for choc cake which is vegan - you could serve this with berries? And everyone else could have it with cream/ice cream/creme fraiche etc.

Would you like the recipe?