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Old 22-11-2014, 17:31
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We haven't eaten meat fot a few months and unless my younger two insist on eating chicken on Christmas Day we're having a meat free menu. I love the sound of Rose Elliot's Chestnut pate En Croute, may have to blitz the mushrooms and onions in the processor to appease my son.
I searched through ancient threads on here last weekend and found a recipe for a Cashew nut roast that looks good ( I can't seem to find it today) also some goat's cheese and caramelised red onion tarts or parcels.
What are other non meat eaters having on Christmas Day?
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Old 22-11-2014, 17:51
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For lunch, I'm having the same traditional Xmas foods as the rest of my carnivorous family members, except the turkey is going to be substituted with some quorn chicken Kiev type concoction - maybe a supermarket own brand substitute.

For the later meal, we'll have a lot of Indian vegetarian snacks- thanks to a brilliant friend who loves cooking!

YUM !
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Old 22-11-2014, 18:13
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Meat free Christmas!!, Heavens above, that's like saying Santa free Christmas.

Seriously though i wouldn't be adversed at all to a meat free Christmas. In Fact you have me thinking. Any ideas? I was thinking a spanking Nut Roast. If you look at the cost of meat I could get all top notch stuff take my time and just do it right for 1/2 the price of a turkey.
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Old 22-11-2014, 18:17
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For lunch, I'm having the same traditional Xmas foods as the rest of my carnivorous family members, except the turkey is going to be substituted with some quorn chicken Kiev type concoction - maybe a supermarket own brand substitute.

For the later meal, we'll have a lot of Indian vegetarian snacks- thanks to a brilliant friend who loves cooking!

YUM !
Mmmmm Indian snacks! We have a vegan grocers in Derby that sell delicious pakoras and Samosas, the best I can rustle up are oven baked bhajis.
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Old 22-11-2014, 18:18
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Sam sneads lely thanksgiving menu
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Old 22-11-2014, 22:00
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to be honest I am working so probably a cheese sandwich, but last year I had a quorn roast.
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Old 23-11-2014, 13:02
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Made this last year and it was yummy


http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1...quash-jalousie

The recipe makes way more filling than is needed though.
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Old 23-11-2014, 21:26
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If you're not avoiding meat due to vegetarianism, just have the vegetables and don't worry about 'replacing' the meat. Have extra gravy to liven-up the vegetables and try a bit of mint sauce to go with the cauliflower.

Slice and boil carrots, then very lightly cover them in butter and black pepper by tossing them in the pan after you drain them. It transforms the taste completely. You can do the same with chick peas, parsnips, sprouts and other vegetables.

Instead of gravy, you could make a proper sauce with some stock cubes, such as a white wine style sauce with cream and mushrooms in it. That always goes well with any vegetables.

And if it's just meat you want to avoid, what about having fish for Christmas?

I've never tried baking stuffing made from a stock cube and olive oil or butter before (rather than the real stock from the bird), but perhaps something like that would work reasonably well?

One of my things to do before I die is having a massive doner kebab with extra chilli sauce, salad and chips for Christmas dinner. Doesn't look like it's going to be this year, but one day I'll get there...
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Old 23-11-2014, 23:49
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I'm planning on having egg and chips.....with white sliced bread fr diping and making chip butties

Lots of salt on the chips and pepper on the fried eggs

I try and eat healthy stuff all year round but let myself go for a week over Christmas and have huge piles of chips every day with fried eggs or steak puddings, meat pies etc
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Old 24-11-2014, 00:33
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Made this last year and it was yummy


http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1...quash-jalousie

The recipe makes way more filling than is needed though.
That looks lovely but my younger two don't like mushrooms and my son tends to pick apart 'mixed up' food, Takes him ages to get through a stir fry. I did mention that I wasn't planning to cook Turkey but offered to get some chicken breasts in for Christmas but he insisted he's happy not to have meat, bless him.

If you're not avoiding meat due to vegetarianism, just have the vegetables and don't worry about 'replacing' the meat. Have extra gravy to liven-up the vegetables and try a bit of mint sauce to go with the cauliflower.

Slice and boil carrots, then very lightly cover them in butter and black pepper by tossing them in the pan after you drain them. It transforms the taste completely. You can do the same with chick peas, parsnips, sprouts and other vegetables.

Instead of gravy, you could make a proper sauce with some stock cubes, such as a white wine style sauce with cream and mushrooms in it. That always goes well with any vegetables.

And if it's just meat you want to avoid, what about having fish for Christmas?

I've never tried baking stuffing made from a stock cube and olive oil or butter before (rather than the real stock from the bird), but perhaps something like that would work reasonably well?

One of my things to do before I die is having a massive doner kebab with extra chilli sauce, salad and chips for Christmas dinner. Doesn't look like it's going to be this year, but one day I'll get there...
We're still eating fish, I would like to make something like a salmon en croute but I'd probably over cook it on the day.
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