Does this sound okay for vegan options?

[FuckingBUTTERbeans]

I'm doing some tapas bits for my DB and SIL in a couple of weeks when they visit and SIL is vegan. We'll have bread and some cheeses, so will get some vegan cheese in, and then:

Garlic mushrooms
Green beans
Patatas Bravas
Quorn meatballs in tomato sauce (doing lamb ones for meat eaters)
Corn on the cob

Will do plenty as some dishes will be shared, but does this sound okay? Anything else that would be nice to have?

[treeeeemendous]

Ok so I don't know how to dm on here 😳 but I have some great recipes for dips and fritters and pesto stuffed mushrooms which are amazing.

[treeeeemendous]

I'll try and do you some recipes. I can't post here as from a book

[FuckingBUTTERbeans]

fourquenelles Username is a reference to an old thread on here. I'm not actually against butter beans

Ihaventgottimeforthis I wouldn't mind, but my DB, who isn't a vegan himself, only gets to eat meat at other people's houses, so he'll be looking forward to that I'm happy to make lots of different things.

Thanks for all the great ideas everyone.

[hellojim]

I haven't tried making mayo but the Hellman's vegan mayo is very nice. And I agree that Birdseye vegan meatballs are great - you could do patatas bravas and then serve with the meatballs just cooked in the oven without extra tomato sauce.

[Ihaventgottimeforthis]

There's so many great ideas here, how about going all vegan?

I'm a committed meat eater but have a shockingly limited repertoire of vegan and even veggie meals.
I'd love to try some of these and it would be a great spread. And nice probably for your SiL.

[Cherrybakewellard]

Hellman's vegan mayo is fine, would t know the difference if I wasn't told.

[RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie]

You can buy ready made gigantes plaki in tins or jars, if you wanted something nice and easy just for the vegan.

[InsideOutChickenParm]

Leon do a really nice vegan aoili that you can buy in sainsburys

[fourquenelles]

Just clocked your user name too!

[WaffleCash]

Courgette fritters are great, we just make them like onion bhajis - gram flour, spices and grated courgette

[fourquenelles]

Gigantes plaki (Greek-style baked beans) - the big butter beans. Lovely!

[hm246]

The Asda own plant based range halloumi ‘meatballs’, has vegan cheese in them, (I’m not a vegan) taste amazing!

[tabulahrasa]

Not quorn ones I’ll add, they’re too hard. Defrosted Linda McCartney ones work though... but they still taste like sausages so only work for some things.

[tabulahrasa]

@FuckingBUTTERbeans

tabulahrasa I was going to do what I would do with lamb mince, some seasoning, garlic, a little onion and tomato puree to make them more mouldable, but as Sisyphus has said it doesn't work like meat mince, maybe that won't work.

The fritters sound nice, Remus. I'll include those.

Ah - I thought it was something you’d done before, I was after tips, lol ... no, it’s not at all like meat in that way.

I usually use sausages for things that want moulding.

[RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie]

Vegan feta is okay cooked; not so nice on its own (soapy). Courgette and vegan feta fritters would be lovely - make plenty because the carnivores would probably like them too!

[NannyR]

The Birdseye green cuisine meatballs are vegan and quite tasty.

[FuckingBUTTERbeans]

tabulahrasa I was going to do what I would do with lamb mince, some seasoning, garlic, a little onion and tomato puree to make them more mouldable, but as Sisyphus has said it doesn't work like meat mince, maybe that won't work.

The fritters sound nice, Remus. I'll include those.

[tabulahrasa]

@anotheronebitesthecrust

I don’t think quorn do a vegan mince either

Neither they do...

I’d seen the other stuff and assumed they did tbh, I’m not vegan just don’t eat meat.

[Ihaventgottimeforthis]

Ooh courgette fritters with chilli, mint and a vegan feta type cheese would be nice.
There's a few recipes out there for vegan croquettes, if you can be arsed. That's a nice hearty thing for tapas.
Padron peppers, for everyone?

[SisyphusAndTheRockOfUntidiness]

Instead of trying to make vegan versions of meat dishes, try making things that are naturally vegan, using vegetables, beans etc. AFAIK it would be be pretty difficult to make meatballs from quorn mince, it doesn’t really work like meat mince.

[anotheronebitesthecrust]

I don’t think quorn do a vegan mince either

[anotheronebitesthecrust]

Quorn meatballs aren’t vegan - some supermarket own brand veggie balls are

[RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie]

Instead of meatballs, if you can be bothered, you could make some sort of fritters - sweetcorn fritters or courgette fritters maybe (if the latter, leave courgette out of the roast vege mix).

Vegan garlic mayo is okay - nicer than vegan cheese.

[tabulahrasa]

Some quorn is vegan, some isn’t, the meatballs aren’t.

But seeing as you’re making them from mince then you just need the vegan mince...

Can I ask though, how are you making meatballs from quorn mince?....

[FuckingBUTTERbeans]

Really? She eats a lot of Quorn. I was going to make them out of Quorn mince. I don't know if they do ready done ones.