Eldest daughter has gone Vegan...what Christmas nibbles to feed her?

PC_Dave

RandallFlagg said:

I'm going to read this thread to her

Best Christmas present ever.

RandallFlagg

quarky said:

Do a roast lump of tofu.

They say you are what you eat.

Bridgehouse

Think yourself lucky.

She could have gone Vogon. In which case you'd be subject to hours of shit poetry.

ourmaninthenorth

Give em a bowl of sprouts...that'll put their resolve to the test. 

EricTheWeary

Indian snacks tend to be the go to nibbles - veg samosas, pakoras, bhajis, packets of Corfresh snacks, etc. Hummus and pittas or crudités easy enough stuff to buy. If you want to make something you could look at the BOSH.TV channel on YouTube which is step by step vegan recipes. 
The supermarkets do vegan ranges but they don't tend to be very exciting. Lots of vegan burger and rissole and nut roast type recipes out there although finding your nearest Indian sweet shop or large grocer and getting samosas,etc, in is the easier and possibly tastier route. 
If you want some posh chocs the Bendicks dark chocolate range is all suitable for vegans and in supermarkets this time of year. 

Kilgore

Sandwiches made with 'wafer thin' ham. They won't even notice.

rlw

Crisps.

57Deluxe

apparently Lady GaGa is a vegan...!

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menamestom

 There are loads of options really, good suggestions from @erictheweary above.

Dips are always good, it's really easy to make things like aubergine dip or mushroom pate.  There's loads of Mediterranean stuff, olives, patatas bravas, salsa's etc, all quick and easy to make. 

If you're used to having mini pork pies and loaded potato skins in such scenarios, rather than looking at it as either a headache or vegan piss taking session (hard to tell where you are really coming from here ), look at it as an opportunity to broaden your own culinary knowledge.   Even meat eaters should be eating vegetarian or vegan a good part of the time, even if you don't think of it as so.   Some of the suggestions you might actually enjoy......

DefaultM

If you're doing a buffet then get houmous, pittas, linda McCartney sausage rolls, pringles, falafel, samosas, spring rolls, oreos, supermarket own brand mint thins.

There's loads of stuff, but the main thing to remember is that if it was once alive and then hacked to pieces then neither will want to eat it. Her partner however will be happy to drink their breast milk and eat their periods as he's a sick fuck.

Phil_aka_Pip

DefaultM said:

the main thing to remember is that if it was once alive and then hacked to pieces then neither will want to eat it.

Carrots Julienne anyone?

Veganic

Holland and Barrett if you have one near.  They usually have seasonal offerings. Linda Mc sausage rolls may be acceptable but you can make your own as jusrol is vegan.
If it is buffet stuff then a rice dish, a pasta dish, loads of humous, Indian nibbles, nuts etc. 

Don't forget the alcohol. Co-op wines are labelled.

And dessert.  You should find a Christmas pudding and just add soya cream or soya vanilla dessert.

Do a list before and let her sign-off as any mistakes will blow up out of all proportion.

And don't forget to buy them a puppy.

Jalapeno

Baked spuds with yoghurt & spices or baked beans instead of cheese/tuna

I used to do a mean spicy Chestnut stuffing for a veggie pal of mine (breadcrumbs, horseradish etc), he used to have all the Christmas veg (provided not roasted in goose fat) with vegan gravy and loved it.  Did it with and without nut/tofu roast.

Also - do sprouts with chestnuts instead of, or as well as bacon

beed84

The words ‘Bon appetit’ plated up with alphabet pasta.

Octafish

RandallFlagg said:

BRISTOL86 said:

RandallFlagg said:

Any suggestions?

Retract the invite? 

Very good! Actually, I don't recall a formal invitation being issued, it was more of a "we'll be over during the holiday". I could just tell them they're not welcome as we don't like Vegans.

Look at it this way. If your daughter invited you to her house for food would she make the effort to cook you a meat dish? Besides how can she live with herself eating food prepared by a meateater, in a meateaters house with people wearing leather shoes and the like!

PC_Dave

Chocolate covered sprouts. And make sure they say thank you. 

DiscoStu

Have you got a blender?  Buy a bag of kale and nuke it in the blender.  Pop a bit of tinsel (ethically sourced) on top and there you go.
They go mad for that shit. 

LuttiS

The Quorn mince is a great mince beef alternative..  I'm not full on vegetarian, just don't eat a lot of meat - when in a sauce there is not a lot of difference between Quorn mince and regular.

If you do roast potatoes watch out how you cook them - My first properish job was a waiter many years ago.. had this vegan in who was very vocal about the whole thing.. changed the roast meal to accommodate. Told them that the potatoes were cooked in duck fat.. they said that's fine. I imagine for most other vegan that's not fine

Octafish

LuttiS said:

The Quorn mince is a great mince beef alternative..  I'm not full on vegetarian, just don't eat a lot of meat - when in a sauce there is not a lot of difference between Quorn mince and regular.

If you do roast potatoes watch out how you cook them - My first properish job was a waiter many years ago.. had this vegan in who was very vocal about the whole thing.. changed the roast meal to accommodate. Told them that the potatoes were cooked in duck fat.. they said that's fine. I imagine for most other vegan that's not fine

If it's decent beef mince (as opposed to the insipid supermarket stuff) there really is.

DefaultM

Phil_aka_Pip said:

DefaultM said:

the main thing to remember is that if it was once alive and then hacked to pieces then neither will want to eat it.

Carrots Julienne anyone?

Phil_aka_Pip said:

DefaultM said:

the main thing to remember is that if it was once alive and then hacked to pieces then neither will want to eat it.

Carrots Julienne anyone?

Thanks a lot, now I can only eat dust (once I've picked out the mites obviously).