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Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Location: Hereford

Posted: Tue Dec 23, 14 1:28 pm Post subject: Not Christmas dinner for non meat eaters

We all know Christmas dinner is fine and dandy, with goose and turkey and stuff, but that the real deal is Boxing Day, with cold pigs, stuffing, left over cold cuts and sharp pickle, with bubble.

But, what does the discerning vegetarian eat on Boxing Day? Life is rough enough for them anyway, with their mental life choice, but to be restricted to cold red cabbage and bread sauce, seems like something from a Gulag. I'm looking for something to replace the cold cuts. Any suggestions?

Current thinking is leek, roast garlic and dolcelatte flan. She will have let over tofu roast, too, but that's bad enough when warm.

sean
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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 14 1:32 pm Post subject:
M'Hencha

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
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Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Tue Dec 23, 14 1:35 pm Post subject:
feta spinach filo pie?

sean
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Tue Dec 23, 14 1:37 pm Post subject:
Mushrooms stuffed with mashed parsnip & Parmesan. (Though Parmesan's out if they're strict about it.)

gardening-girl

Joined: 25 Feb 2009
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Location: Somerset.

Posted: Tue Dec 23, 14 1:43 pm Post subject:
My veggie visitor is having Pumpkin and Chestnut gratin.

joanne

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Morecambe, Lancashire

Posted: Tue Dec 23, 14 1:47 pm Post subject:
Feta, Red Pepper and Spinach Quinoa Balls? https://littlegrazers.com/feta-red-pepper-and-spinach-quinoa-balls/#.VJlyOAASs

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
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Location: Leeds

Posted: Tue Dec 23, 14 1:48 pm Post subject:
I used to do some sort of variation on the roast christmas veg or hearty soup. but now i've cured her of the malaise so I dont have to.

derbyshiredowser

Joined: 11 Feb 2007
Posts: 980
Location: derbyshire

Posted: Tue Dec 23, 14 2:49 pm Post subject:
Our vegetarian guests are sleeping in the caravan and due to the house fridge overload unbeknown to them we have the turkey stored in the caravan fridge.

earthyvirgo

Joined: 24 Aug 2007
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Location: creating prints in the loft, Gerlan

Posted: Tue Dec 23, 14 2:54 pm Post subject:

Keep it simple.
Salads.

As an ex-veggie, I still like nothing better than a table groaning with different salads. Colourful coleslaws. Couscous and chickpeas, dill and potato salad, Puy lentils, pear and stilton, tabbouleh, cold chargrilled vegetables (peppers, courgette, aubergine). Raw cauliflower, walnuts and sultanas (nice in a mayo or a vinaigrette).

As long as the dressings/mayos are spiced up a bit, it doesn't have to be fancy.

EV

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
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Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Tue Dec 23, 14 3:14 pm Post subject: Re: Not Christmas dinner for non meat eaters

Nick wrote:

discerning vegetarian

What a juxtaposition

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Tue Dec 23, 14 3:21 pm Post subject:

Nicky Colour it green wrote:

feta spinach filo pie?

Seconded. Pete's Eats calls in Greek cheese and spinach pie. It's ace!

jettejette

Joined: 01 Jun 2013
Posts: 225

Posted: Tue Dec 23, 14 9:51 pm Post subject:

In our vegetarian household we have a kind of cheese and stuffing plait with all the roast type trimmings on Christmas day and either a risotto (pea and mint is a great favourite) or a curry for boxing day.

I have tried to introduce different dishes over the years but my famiy are very conservative and entrenched in our tradition, so any experiments are off limits until the festive season is over.

I do get my way New Years Day though

sally_in_wales
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Location: sunny wales

Posted: Wed Dec 24, 14 11:14 am Post subject:
Stilton and pickled walnut pasties have been popular here at times, assuming you have both kicking round in the post main day debris

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Wed Dec 24, 14 3:31 pm Post subject:
Because she was keen on it, and I had the stuffi made roast garlic, leek and gorg quiche. It looks fine. Just not as fine as cold goose. She's a good vegetarian, she just doesn't like meat. She's happy for th eras ties to be cooked in goose fat, and so on. There's also bubble, salads and cheese so she won't starve, even if it's not proper food.

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