Christmas Dinner for Vegetarians...

embee

So... the reason Im posting is because christmas is fook all time away, and in my family we have a tradition of taking turns to cook the Xmas dinner. Last year it was my bro, so this year its me. Im looking forward to it, but Im a little stumped menu wise. Both my dad and my sister are vegetarians, and weve always done the Quorn Roast and a nut roast for them, but its getting kinda tired and Id like to do something different. Also, my aunt and her partner are joining us and theyre vegetarians too. Myself, my ma and my brother are meat eaters, and we'll get a boned & rolled turkey and a joint of beef (we dont like ham) so were taken care of. I dont want to take the easy way out and lump them with a plate full of vegetables..... and I want it to be something festive.... ie veggie lasagne wont really do. Anyone got any suggestions?

bashibazouk

Have a look at http://www.epicurious.com/s97is.vts?action=filtersearch&filter=recipe-filter.hts&collection=Recipes&ResultTemplate=recipe-results.hts&queryType=and&keyword=christmas+vegetarian&submit.x=19&submit.y=4 - the recipes at epicurious are yum. I just stuck in Christmas and vegetarian as keywords and it's returned some cool stuff. I'm a veggie and gotta think of something exciting for myself this year

quaalude

I'm a vegetarian, so last year I got really large breakfast mushrooms, stuffed them with a breadcrumb, basil, cheese and hazelnut stuffing, and roasted them in the oven, along with whole cloves of garlic - drizzling some extra virgin olive oil on before cooking.
It made excellent substitute for turkey or whatever.