Need a meal to impress a vegi

[RichB]

Oh well, give him both ends of the beef wellington and make some non-meat gravy especially, that must impress him.

[Wadeski]

I've got a veggie girlfriend so i feel your pain

veggie curry (use chunks of squash as the "meat") is good, lots of coo milk etc to give it some richness.

otherwise, middle eastern food often goes down well - make some falafels, hummus, grilled halloumi cheese, lebanese salads etc.

plus you can grill some nice rare kebabs of beef fillet on the griddle after the halloumi

[dougc]

Wadeski said:

coo milk etc to give it some richness.

Quality typo...

[Dogwatch]

VR6time said:

Depends on wht type of vegi? Vegan, chicken and fish, or just veg and dairy?

An important point. Pa-in-law is a veggie and in the 30 years have known him he progressed from 'nothing with a face' to almost full-on vegan (gave away all his leather coats, belts, shoes etc.). Drove ma-in-law up the wall trying to cater for him.
I long ago came to the conclusion that there is no such thing as an ordinary veggie, the more serious you are about it the more you look down on less committed types as not being 'proper' veggies.

[zakelwe]

How about a veggie hotdog made out of mechanically separated carrots?

Regards
Andy

[miniman]

Gary Rhodes book "Gary Rhodes at the Table" contains a recipe for a layered mushroom and onion suet pudding. Bloody lovely. Quite meaty in texture too. If you fancy it let me know and I will scan in the recipe for you.

[RichB]

miniman said:

Gary Rhodes book "Gary Rhodes at the Table" contains a recipe for a layered mushroom and onion suet pudding. Bloody lovely. Quite meaty in texture too. If you fancy it let me know and I will scan in the recipe for you.

Using one assumes "vegetarian" suet

[miniman]

Hmmm... now I'm thinking that the veggie I cooked it for probably wishes I'd thought of that...

[Lefty Two Drams]

Lemmonie said:

chin beard

Where else would it be?

[horton]

I know this reply is too late, but I will comment anyway.

I am vegetarian, so I shall comment from an opposite point of view to most people.

When I cook for my girlfriend and want to cook her meat, I make the basic meal, cook her meat and whatever meat substitute I want, divide the meal into two and add her meat into one saucepan, mine into the other.

95% of the time when either of us cook, it is vegetarian as it is just easier, but once in a while I want her to eat meat as she seems to like it.

[Murph7355]

ascayman said:

grilled wild mushroom Risotto for main course ...

+1 but I'd do the oven baked version as it's a piece of piss to make (pretty much impossible to screw up!).

Serve it with a rocket salad with balsamic/good olive oil, and some garlic bread (or garlic & tomato).

http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/cuisine/europea...

Don't get too hung up on types of mushrooms, though the porcini are needed. Just mix the rest up with anything interesting the supermarket has. Madeira is also key.

[dhf]

An easy starter

for pudding either Lemon Possett or my 10 minute Chocolate souffle,mail me for details

[Murph7355]

dhf said:

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An easy starter

for pudding either Lemon Possett or my 10 minute Chocolate souffle,mail me for details

Not sure how a veggie will contend with beef shins though

As a veggie alternative to gelatine, try Agar Agar. Can be a bit of a 'mare to judge how much to use though.

[Shaolin]

Give him a steak and claim it is "meat substitute" if he questions it remark on how clever they are these days, it's so like the real thing.

[calibrax]

Ask them if they would cook meat for you if you went to dinner at their house. If they say no, then why should you make them a special veggie meal?

So, if you are having steak, chips and peas, they can have chips and peas...

[dhf]

i seem to remember that all vegetarians were woofing down the McCartney Veg. Meals and loving them until they were told told the ingredients...... i used to sell a sliced smoked salmon product which had gelatine in it,eat fish get CJD ! i have had a few Veg.girlfriends over the years and its funny what they will and won't eat, FL or what...don't we love them....

[H_Kan]

calibrax said:

Ask them if they would cook meat for you if you went to dinner at their house. If they say no, then why should you make them a special veggie meal?

So, if you are having steak, chips and peas, they can have chips and peas...

I wouldn't cook meat for somebody at my home. I am vegetarian and am not prepared to cook with non-veg ingredients in my home.

However, I would make sure that if I have invited people to my home, then they will get a nice meal which is enjoyable to eat. If you could look beyond the blinkered view that you need meat in a meal then you might discover that there are some very tasty vege dishes about.

If the OP has asked the chap round for dinner then he should make an effort to cook something suitable for the guy. Nobody has forced him to invite the chap around.

In another example, if somebody is allergic to nuts then I wouldn't expect them to serve me nuts, nor would I include nuts in something they make for me.

OP, I would suggest that falafel with halloumi, baba ganoush, hummous etc would make a nice meal.

[thetapeworm]

I'm a meat eater but often use Quorn pieces in place of chicken in curries, it's the only acceptable meat substitute I've ever tried really but cooks like tender chicken no matter how much you try to kill it.

[Don]

thetapeworm said:

I'm a meat eater but often use Quorn pieces in place of chicken in curries, it's the only acceptable meat substitute I've ever tried really but cooks like tender chicken no matter how much you try to kill it.

Interestingly a small minority of people have a violent allergic reaction to Quorn. (Same as anything, I suppose). My mate gets projectile vomiting. Hilarious, but knowing this, I wouldn't feed it to him.

[dazco]

Frankie Boyle;

There is a vegetarian option......... you can fk off