I've organised a church function and think we should do a vegetarian dish?

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In fact I'm certain of it as a lot of people like it (including me) and a lot are vegetarian.

Does anyone have a fairly easy to moderately easy dish, preferably one pot, that is tasty and that I can make to feed say 20?

I'm doing a meat dish too, plus salad and bread. But I want the vegetarian dish to be really nice as they're sidelined a lot of the time.

TIA

a vegetarian moussaka

Thanks I'll have a look at a recipe for that.

Ratatouille?

Chickpea and smoked paprika stew?

I like veggie chilli with kidney beans and lots if different coloured peppers- it's one of my favourite big pot dishes and you can even do meat chilli to match which is nice.

Aubergine and tomato casserole.

Layers of fried aubergine and tinned chopped tomatoes, add a few herbs and salt and pepper, top with yoghurt and breadcrumbs (yofu works too).

Just bake for 20 mins.

Peppers (halved) stuffed with cooked rice and chopped mushrooms, you can add cheese and they are the only food I genuinely believe taste better in a microwave.

Aubergine Parmigiana from Jamie O

or spinach and feta tart from Nigella

Also going to suggest a veggie chilli

Or mushroom stroganoff?

There are many delicious veggie curries. I love sweet potato curry but you can't overcook it or it disintegrates.

Please please no sodding aubergine!

Cubes of paneer cheese, a few tins of chopped toms, chick peas, and a jar of mild curry sauce mix. It works really well with a tika masala or tomato based curry. Serve with a bowl of creme-fraiche on the side so people can dollop a spoon on top. Great with salad and bread.

Thanks everyone great ideas. No Stealth I won't be using aubergine don't worry Also probably not spicy as they can be fussy buggers and don't want it all leaving. Plus I'm trying to raise cash for the church so cheaper the better. Think the chickpea and paprika idea may work thanks? I

Oops posted too soon. I can probably make that the day before too.

Day before probably better!

With most veggie stew/chilli/curry dishes, they taste better if you make them the day before so it will be a bonus.

Veggie curry has mass appeal. (Unlike aubergine )

Spinage and feta tart is a good suggestion.

Also onion and feta tart. (Yum yum )

Mild veggi chilli, suitable for vegans and DCs is what we do for school.

It's lovely too, I'm not a veggi, but I'm not into hot chilli and pinch a ladle full of this one.

Make extra, horse meat fuss may mean people are cagey about cheap mince.

The meat option is going to be a broth I think? It goes down well and I'm not in charge of that bit, just homemade bread and the veggie option.

Veggie curry may be the best idea? I could make a load of chappatis too they're easy and cheap. Or a mexican veggie chilli and put out tortilla chips and suchlike?

Startail do you have a recipe? I've got a month so no hurry I'm just keen to get it planned so I can get the tickets and poster done.

Sadly no, it was made by a Mum Who's vanished. My DDs have gone to one secondary and hers to another.

I think you just need lots of veg, onions, carrots, spuds, peppers, courgette, tinned tomatoes, kidney beans, a bit of chilli or chilli sauce (often easier to get right), and I'd add a veggi stock cube rather than salt and lots of pepper.

The Rose Harissa Tunisian stew from Nigella's Feast, she serves it with meatballs but more often that not I just serve it with the veg. Recipe is here. It's not too spicy if you follow the recipe - I normally put a load more harissa in and it's not too spicy. You can get the rose harissa from Sainsburys. It is really lovely and with pomegranate and coriander on top looks lovely. www.kitchenkapers.com/meatballs-and-couscous.html

Thanks Startail.

That sounds tasty GetOrf thanks.

So rutabaga is swede?

Yes rutabaga is swede

It is really good - easy to cook and so delicious.

You could serve it with flatbreads or something.