Vegan dinner guest?

Question

Tonight I'm having a vegan friend to dinner, and I can't get in touch with her to ask what "alternative" entree I should serve for her. Ideas, please?

Answer 1

Fruit salad

Water with crushed mint in it

Spinach romaine salad

Answer 2

I'm not sure what you are having as your main dish but pasta dishes with tomato sauce are quick and easy...most people have pasta in the house.

Answer 3

A lovely plate of vegetable sticks; celery, carrot, cucumber and scallion.

Answer 4

Potato

Plain Baked/fried/boiled...

Herb Roasted

Mashed potatoes made with plain soymilk

Garlic Mashed

With Gravy made with plain soymilk

Rice

Plain

Herbed mushroom/ pilaf/Rosemary/curry etc..

Wild rice/Brown rice

Pasta w/

Garlic & oil

Herbs

Lemon



oil herbs

Polenta

Stuffing

Groats/Bulgur

Couscous

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VEGAN SALADS



Tossed salad

Caesar

Greek olive

3 bean salad

Broccoli/sunflower/Baco

BLT salad

Cold asparagus salad

Corn/bean salad

Coleslaw

Oriental cole slaw

Pineapple coleslaw

Coleslaw with raisins/apples

Carrot Raisin

Copper penny salad

Marinated cauliflower

Fruit Salad

Tropical with pineapple/coconut

Waldorf

Peanut Carrot

Carrot Pineapple

Gazpacho

Strawberry/craisin spinach

Mandarin

Karinamanu (cukes &vinegar)

  

Vegetables

Canned, Fresh, Frozen

Steamed

Stir fried

Roasted vegis

Boiled Edamame (Soybeans in the pod)

Onion rings

Blooming onion

Broccoli Polonaise

Candied Sweet Pototoes

Carrots with Tarragon

Fennel Carrots

German Cooked Cabbage

Gingered Carrots

Glazed Asparagus

Herbed Broccoli

Italian Eggplant

Maple Nut Carrots

Caramelized Orange Glazed Carrots

Scalloped Corn

Cantonese Vegetables

Vegetable Toppers

GARNISH

Carrot curls

Carrot Shreds

apple rings

Chives/onions

Flowers

Herbs

Lemon

Oranges

Olives

Paprika

Parsley

Peas

Pimento

Pepper

Tomato

Color sauce/

red/green pepper

carrot

soy cream



  

Vegan Appitizers,

hors d'oeuvres, Pupus

Sushi Rolls

Summer Rolls

Spring Rolls

Pie Dough Baked around..mushroom, vegan sausage, olive, merinated tofu or seiten...

Bread Sticks

Pita Breads

Pita Crackers

Flat Bread

Garlic Toast

Pin Wheel Bread

Crackers

Tortilla Chips

Vegetable Tray

Dips...

Hummus or other Spreads...

Black Olive, Spinach, Sundried Tomatoe, Artichoke, Mushroom, Smokey, Ranch, Herbs, Picante, Guacomole, Bbq sauce...

Dipping Oil

Mushrooms in Garlic

Pickles

Teriyaki Tofu

Merinated Tofu or Seiten

Burritos/Wraps Sliced... Vegetable, refried bean, hummus..

Meat like Balls

Cheeseless Pizza Slices

Vegan Weiners

Popcorn

Merinated Vegetables

Sweet Breads

Answer 5

I wonder how much Vegans hate going to dinner parties where the host doesn't know much about their world ...

Granted, I don't know what you were planning on cooking for everyone else, but my no fail vegan meal for friends tends to be a grilled Eggplant, Heirloom Tomato and Soy Mozzarella stack with basil, balsamic vinegar and a splash of olive oil.

If your going for something a little more Asian, you can make a Veggie stir fry and make your own sauce with a cup of vegetable stock, 2 teaspoons of Mirian, 1 tablespoon of cornstarch and a tablespoon of sugar, with some Soy Sauce to taste.  After the veggies are cooked up, you add the sauce and it thickens up to a nice stir fry sauce you control the content of.

If you want to get everyone involved in the Vegan experience for desert, i'd suggest a Strawberry Bruschetta ... take a nice plain Focaccia and drizzle a little lite olive oil, and then sprinkle a mix of white sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon on top, and toast for a few minutes.  Take a pound of strawberries and dice them thin with a few leaves of finely chopped mint, and mix with some sugar.  Place that on the bread and toast on high for about a minute (or under a broiler) and you will have a lite desert that is friendly for everyone.