I need to make a meal for 10 people, 3 of whom are vegetarians. Any ideas for a good 'middle ground' food?

Question

In the past for our friday meal, we've done Hamburgers w/ Boca burgers, grilled cheese, pasta, and more. I want something... filling, that tastes good, but doesn't have meat in it (or has meat on the side, that isn't the center point of the meal, much like having a meatloaf would kinda require it). Any ideas?

Answer 1

Try gilled tofu, egg, beans, and nuts

Answer 2

spagetti cabonara without the bacon or shakshouka

very simple

boil pasta of ur choice

fry some mushrooms, add cream and simmer for about 5 mins while stirring then turn heat off and add one egg and mix.....add to pasta

u could have chicken for those who want to eat meat..this goes great with chicken

or

shakshouka(middle eastern dish)......very simple

fry

onions, mushrooms, tomatos and whatever vegies u like could use capsicum, zuchinni etc

fry until soft

add a litle bit of garlic and small amount of tomato paste and mix

then add one can of peeled sliced tomatos mix then on a lower heat crack as many eggs as u need for 10 ppl (whole eggs)

cover and simmer gently until the egg turns white.....i like my eggs runny so i dont cook for so long

it tastes great with greated cheese on top and serve with some crispy bread or toast

u can watch a clip on youtube if ur unsure just type in shakshouka

Answer 3

Here you will find recipes and videos to a variety of vegetarian treats

http://www.ifood.tv/network/vegetarian/r...

Answer 4

A really simple answer to this is to make a big stir fry, and wait until the end to add meat to it (or don't at all!) so your vegetarians don't have any in theirs. Its extremely healthy, very tasty and a great summer food! :)  

Answer 5

vegi stir fry with rice

pasta???

Answer 6

Vegie lasagna is my favorite, but you can also try: vegie eggrolls, stir fried vegetables, fried rice, egg noodles w/ vegetables, vegie pizza, rice noodles w/ vegetables, tofu sauteed in tomatoes, papaya salad.  Try to think of different ethnic foods and you will have so many options!

Answer 7

A great meal idea that pleases both the vegan and non vegan are:

Cheesy Bean and Cheese Enchiladas

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

    1/2c flour

    1/2c nutritional yeast

    1 teaspoon salt

    1 teaspoon garlic powder

    2 cup water

    1 teaspoon mustard

    4 tablespoon margarine

    10 tortillas

    2 small cans enchilada sauce

    3 cans beans (white kidney, pinto, black), drained

    2 medium onions, chopped

    1 can olives, chopped

    1/4 cup chopped cilantro, 1/2 cup salsa (optional)

Directions:

In medium-large saucepan, combine flour, nutritional yeast, salt and garlic powder.  Add water and mix thoroughly.  Heat on medium heat until bubbling and thick.  Remove from heat and add mustard and margarine.  Set aside 1/2 cup of cheese sauce in separate container.  Add onion, beans, olives, cilantro and salsa to sauce. Mix it up.

Pour a 1/2 cup of enchilada sauce in the bottom of a 9x13 pan.  Place a tortilla in pan and cover in enchilada sauce.  Spoon in filling.  Roll and push to one end of pan.  Continue until all tortillas filled.  Pour the rest of the enchilada sauce on top and then spread reserved cheese sauce on as last step.  Bake at 350 until brown, 30-45 minutes.

Serves: 6

Preparation time: 45 m

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Barbecued Seitan Ribz with mashed potatoes or potato salad, ratatouille, mac and cheese, and biscuits. - http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2007/05/bar...

Veggie Pot Pie

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

    1 frozen pie shell, or fresh dough if you have time

    2-3 cups veggie broth

    1-2 potatoes

    3 medium carrots

    a variety of veggies such as green beans, zuchinni, mushrooms, or just about anything.

    1 package frozen spinach

    vegan grated or sliced cheddar to cover pan in two layers

    lots of good spices: garlic,

    cumin, tarragon makes it savory, whatever you like.

Directions:

Thaw pie she'll and try real hard to take one 1/2 out of the tin w/o it breaking into a million pieces. If you manage, you are a god(dess).  Meanwhile, cook chopped veggies (NOT spinach, just keep it till later).  Cook in micro or oven till about 3/4 cooked.  To make sauce, heat broth in large kettle, add spices, and lower heat.  Add slowly either cornstarch or flour (I use flour), till slightly thickened.  You can add dairy free milk and use veggie buillon cubes.  Add to this cooked veggies and coat them w/sauce.

Meanwhile, layer 1/2 cheese on bottom of lower crust.  Spoon in veggies and sauce, then add spinach on top.  add rest of cheese on top of that, and close it up as best as you can w/ the torn top shell. at least mine always tears. bake at 400 for about 45 min, till crust is brown and delicious cheese and juice oozes out.

Serves: 3-4 hungry adults

Preparation time: ?less than 1 hour

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The Un-Meat Loaf

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

    1 cup cooked brown rice

    1 cup wheat germ

    1 cup instant oats or oat bran (uncooked)

    1/2 cup walnuts, chopped fine

    1 cup mushrooms, chopped fine

    1 medium onion, chopped fine

    1/2 bell pepper, chopped fine

    1 medium carrot, shredded fine

    1 teaspoon dried thyme, marjoram or sage

    2 tablespoons fresh parsley finely minced

    2 tablespoons soy sauce

    2 tablespoons prepared mustard

    ketchup

Directions:

Combine all ingredients and mix for 2 minutes with a wooden spoon.  Pack in to a 4 x 8 loaf pan sprayed with Pam and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until lightly browned.  You may wish to top the loaf with ketchup after about 40 minutes, then continue baking the final 20 minutes.  Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.

NOTE:  The vegetables should be chopped as finely as possible.  If you have a food processor this would be a great time to use it.  Put each vegetable and the nuts in one at a time, pulse until finely ground. Then dump in to a big bowl with all other ingredients for final mixing.

This recipe freezes well too!  Just wrap in foil and then in a freezer bag.  To reheat either slice and warm in the microwave or reheat covered in a 350 oven for 20-30 minutes.

Serves: 8

Preparation time: 1:10

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Beef Stroganoff

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

    about 1 pound of seitan, (I use Beef Minit Meat) prepared & cut into strips

    1 large onion, diced

    6 cloves of fresh garlic, minced

    2 cups of Imagine Brand Cream of Mushroom Soup

    2 tablespoon Tofutti Better Than Sour Cream

    2 cups of sliced white mushrooms

    1 teaspoon sea salt

    1/2 teaspoon garlic salt

    black pepper to taste

    cooked pasta of your liking

Directions:

Emma’s Beef and Mushroom Stroganoff

This stroganoff tastes exactly like the dish my dad used to make when I was a kid.  Since becoming vegan, I never thought I would have it again.  Delicious!!

Prepare your Seitan and cut into strips.  In a large frying pan heat up your olive oil on medium heat.  The heat is very important, because you want to brown the onions.  You don’t want them undercooked or overcooked, just a nice brown color.  Add 1 large white onion, diced.  Add 5-6 cloves of fresh garlic diced fine.  Sautee mixture until onions are browned.

Add your mushrooms.  At my house, we use a BUNCH of mushrooms. (about 2 cups) and saute them until soft on low heat.  Add 1 teaspoon of sea salt, ½ teaspoon of garlic salt, and some black pepper.

When mushrooms are soft, add in your Imagine brand Cream of mushroom soup.  Add 2 dollops of sour cream to the pan and mix well until creamy.  Then add in your prepared seitan strips.  Cook on low 15-20 minutes so that the seitan can soak up all the delicious gravy.

Serve over pasta, or add your pasta to the pan & mix.  This will be the BEST vegan stroganoff you have EVER had!!  I usually pair this meal with a yummy garden salad.

Enjoy

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Answer 8

I'm the only veg. and good-cook in a family of meat eaters, when I cook for the whole family I make classics- eggplant parm.(broil the eggplant, just as yummy but without frying), Bean Chili(meat on the side, or use imitation ground meat, in the chili it tastes the same), Quiche(sans bacon), spinach lasagna...All crowd pleasers

Answer 9

Vegetarian pizza is delicious.

I went to California Pizza Kitchen once and I ordered a vegetarian pizza with Japanese eggplant and I was with someone who doesn't like vegetables at all, but he even thought it was really good. You can probably look for recipes online for it =)

Answer 10

Pasta niciose salad is really good.  You can have the option of tuna.

its an italian salad derived from the niciose region of italy, you can google it easily there are millions of recipes online

Or nori rolls, they are vegetables rolled in seaweed (all vegetarians love it) they are easy to make, you can als make a creamy basil dressing to go with it.

pasta salad is better than regular salad since it doesn't wilt like regular salad and can be made way ahead of time.  CREAMY BALSAMIC and BASIL ITALIAN PASTA SALD IS REALY REALLY GOOD.  

Answer 11

You could have a large taco bar.  Set out all the ingredients in different bowls, soft tortillas and crispy shells, lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, re-fried beans, black beans, corn relish, taco-flavored meat, 2-3 kinds of shredded cheese, picante sauce, sour cream, jalapenos.  Have bowls available for those who don't want a tortilla and will make a taco salad.  Set out spicy ranch dressing too.  

Answer 12

Try some stir fry, just cook chicken or beef and put it aside for non veggers. You can also try gyros or falaffels! They're super filling and vegetarian.(The good part is that they're deep fried!)