Christmas food

Terri26

hey guys,
just wondering what people are doing for Christmas. Any simple ideas or recommendations of where I can buy something I can throw into the microwave or oven!

Benny_Cake

I got the Avoca nutloaf last year. It was delicious (even used some for a sandwich with cranberry sauce!), the only problem is that it only stays fresh for a few days and can't be frozen, so you have to leave it fairly close to the big day to pick it up. Definitely going to try and do that same this year.

FouxDaFaFa

I had a cashew nutloaf last year, can't remember the brand. It was nice but like Benny said, has to be bought pretty close to the day.

I came across this recipe for a Beet Wellington yesterday and I think it sounds nice but I'm not used to working with pastry so I don't know.

I made this butterbut squash, brussel sprout and apple stuffing last year and I'll definitely be making that again.

--LOS--

You can ask the health shops about getting something in/reserving something for you but that is usually just fake meat stuff, so dunno if that's appealing.

I would find it easier to make something myself but that's just me (sorry maybe someone else is better help).

I have had fake meat things some years but blehh

I've made nutroast and brought it home, you can make that in advance. I made a lentil and nut wellington another time, I just use the jus roll pastry sheets (which are vegan), put the filling in the middle and roll it up.

I've seen nice recipes around for Christmas, I'll come back to it

--LOS--

Here's a couple of wellingtons/roulades

http://mouthwateringvegan.com/2012/12/07/lentil-mushroom-spinach-spicy-nut-roulade-your-perfect-sunday-roast/

http://mouthwateringvegan.com/2013/12/03/double-stuffed-savoury-christmas-log/

Sonic Death Monkey

No turkey this year for the first time ever. I'll perhaps have some fish, but I'd be interested in the Avoca nutloaf.

Is it just a case of going in and picking one up whenever or should I order one?

flikflak

--LOS-- wrote: »

Here's a couple of wellingtons/roulades

http://mouthwateringvegan.com/2012/12/07/lentil-mushroom-spinach-spicy-nut-roulade-your-perfect-sunday-roast/

http://mouthwateringvegan.com/2013/12/03/double-stuffed-savoury-christmas-log/

Ohhh that roulade looks lovely!

Benny_Cake

Sonic Death Monkey wrote: »

No turkey this year for the first time ever. I'll perhaps have some fish, but I'd be interested in the Avoca nutloaf.

Is it just a case of going in and picking one up whenever or should I order one?

I tried to order last year, unfortunately they only take orders if you're order is over a certain amount. They told me that there would be no problem in picking one up, so I went in to the Rathcoole branch the Sunday before Christmas and got one. It shouldn't be a problem.

Some great ideas here. Will be at the in-laws this Christmas so I'll probably go the simple route!

Sonic Death Monkey

Cheers. Definitely going to try and pick one up.

afterglow

Terri26 wrote: »

hey guys,
just wondering what people are doing for Christmas. Any simple ideas or recommendations of where I can buy something I can throw into the microwave or oven!

Hi
Cornucopia now have their christmas take away menu up on their sight, you can order it, then pick up on either 23rd/24th dec for christmas dinner. I know they have a few choices, but having been to a vegan christmas dinner there the other day I can personally recommend the nut roast which is one of the choices.
Hope this helps
Main web address is cornucopia.ie then i think you just click the shop link and you should see the menu there.

Tar.Aldarion

Their menu looks very nice all right! For the lazy:
http://www.cornucopia.ie/shop/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Take-Away-Xmas-menu.jpg

Sonic Death Monkey

That looks great in fairness! Risotto sounds delicious.

I was afraid I'd be met with an array of dishes with aubergine. I hate aubergine. :mad:

henryporter

Sonic Death Monkey wrote: »

That looks great in fairness! Risotto sounds delicious.

I was afraid I'd be met with an array of dishes with aubergine. I hate aubergine. :mad:

I used to hate it until I learned to cook it right - nothing nicer than aubergine 'meatballs' with a marinara sauce on pasta.

Sonic Death Monkey

henryporter wrote: »

I used to hate it until I learned to cook it right - nothing nicer than aubergine 'meatballs' with a marinara sauce on pasta.

Nah I've tasted it in a variety of dishes. I just don't like it.

Tar.Aldarion

Try some baba ghanoush, drooool.

henryporter

A couple of ideas here too: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/dec/14/vegetarian-christmas-dinner-nigel-slater can be made vegan by substituting the butter.

Bootsy.

I'm going to give this nut roast a go. Haven't made one before but looks handy enough.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llv-Jutv7zs

Zombienosh

I haven't decided what I'm going to do this christmas, last year I made a pretty damn good nut roast/loaf.

loveisdivine

This is our first vegan christmas. I was planning on going all out and making something really special but I've now decided to just focus mainly on the trimmings as its the bit we like msot anyway. I'm gonna do marinated tofu steaks to go with everything.

I want to do 2 kinds of potatoes, roasts as 1 obviously, but what to do for the 2nd?

BMJD

mash 'em with some roasted garlic and rosemary

henryporter

loveisdivine wrote: »

This is our first vegan christmas. I was planning on going all out and making something really special but I've now decided to just focus mainly on the trimmings as its the bit we like msot anyway. I'm gonna do marinated tofu steaks to go with everything.

I want to do 2 kinds of potatoes, roasts as 1 obviously, but what to do for the 2nd?

Croquettes?

Tar.Aldarion

Mah of course, silly question

loveisdivine

Mash could be good. I'd have to add lots of vegan butter though, as its christmas!

--LOS--

loveisdivine wrote: »

This is our first vegan christmas. I was planning on going all out and making something really special but I've now decided to just focus mainly on the trimmings as its the bit we like msot anyway. I'm gonna do marinated tofu steaks to go with everything.

I want to do 2 kinds of potatoes, roasts as 1 obviously, but what to do for the 2nd?

That's the best way I think, make a few side dishes and dig in. This is my favourite way to do roast potatoes now which I stole from Tar...

peel and par-boil potatoes, drain them, mix them in a bowl with olive oil and lots of nutritional yeast and roast them in the oven, gives them a really nice taste.

For mashed potatoes, I just mash them with soya milk and a bit of soya butter and salt, pepper.

My Aunt always does this weird thing with mashed potatoes, once theyre mashed she adds in the turkey juices and stuffing and mixes it up and puts them back into the oven to roast, maybe that would still be good with veg stock and stuffing instead?

Or you could even do potato gratin?

or colcannon is another option

or just baked potatoes with the skins on

I think I could just eat potatoes for christmas and be happy :P

Killer_banana

Had an awesome lentil and sweet potato shepherds pies last year. Going to make a pastry wrapped lentil loaf this year. http://itdoesnttastelikechicken.com/2014/11/22/puff-pastry-wrapped-lentil-loaf/ Going to eat with the various sides the rest of my (meat eating) family are having.

As for potatoes we usually have roast and croquettes but you can't go wrong with mash either.

henryporter

This year we are doing the vegan dinner for two meaters and a vegetarian - Gina be tough but we'll see how it pans out - first course french onion soup, second, course cashew nutloaf with chocolate chili gravy, roast, mashed and croquette spuds, roast parsnips, Brussels sprouts with chestnuts fried up in maple syrup, then dessert is a choice of vegan Christmas pudding or a vegan raspberry Victoria sponge. Loads of homemade vegan mince pies on offer as well. Getting hungry just writing this

--LOS--

Holy yum ^

Enjoy everyone whatever you're all having

Staff Infection

Made a combination of two wellingtons/roulades as posted by --LOS-- , cheers for the recipes. It ended up grand and made for some fine leftover sambos for the past few days with tabasco lashed into the sambos for good measure

--LOS--

Yours looks great I made one of them before Christmas with sundried tomatoes, spinach, nuts etc, but I kinda forgot that with pastry if you have layers of filling it stops the pastry cooking so I had wrapped it a bit too much (if that makes sense?). Lesson learned anyway. I kept it simple for Christmas day, was only feeding myself! But still wanted a pretty traditional feed so I didn't buy much, all I bought was kale, parsnips, mix of carrots, potatoes and seitan. So I just used them in different ways; colcannon, mashed carrots and parsnips, roast potatoes, carrots, parsnips and kale, stuffing, seitan and gravy. This.

Staff Infection

Ah Cheers, went all out for Christmas I suppose. Will have to do colcannon next year myself, thinking of using sprouts instead of cabbage to make it more festive but tis probably a bit early to be planning next years crimbo meal

--LOS--

Bit early yep I sorta had enough sprouts before Christmas, put myself off them for a while -_-