Basically title. I’m easing into my 1 year anniverary and wanting to come up with something that I can make and take to the in-laws since I don’t want to put them out too much for my sake. They all eat omni and I don’t expect them to cater to me. Last year I did tofurkey sausages and they were ok and they might be a fallback if I don’t come up with something else. I was gonna get a Field Roast roast but it’s $19 at Nat Grocers and yeah, I’m not spending that kind of money on something that only I am gonna eat.

I’d like it to be close to traditional but am open for alternative suggestions since, well, I love food. Right now I am thinking about doing vegan mashed potatoes since that is easy mode and I can scale it down to 1 or 2 helpings.

But other than that idk. Welcome to all ideas, so what you got?

Disclaimer: literally zero allergies or food aversions so I am open to anything. TIA.

Will check back after church crap…

  • carpoftruth [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Mushroom Wellington is excellent as a main and has many recipes online. Basically, savory mushroom filling wrapped in puff pastry.

    On the $19 field roast, my partner made one of those from scratch for a family meal and it was great. I’ll get the recipe and post back later today. I think the recipe came out of the book “the vegan butcher”

    I feel for you on the omni family front. It’s taken a lot of work for my partner and I, but over the years we’ve shown the rest of the family (that are mostly omni if not insane carnists) that vegan food is good for a feast and now we do big family meals all vegan

    • LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      Mushroom Wellington is excellent as a main and has many recipes online. Basically, savory mushroom filling wrapped in puff pastry.

      My partner and I made some mushroom galletes before. We just used a simple olive oil crust, some oyster and shiitake mushrooms, and some onion gravy. You can take the idea of a vegan filled pastry and do quite a lot with it!

    • roux [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      I’m def interested in that recipe for the roast. I wanna try to make seitan as a project this next year at some time because store bought us super expensive for not a lot. It would be an easy thing to toss into pasta or ramen when I’m not feeling beans.

      Gonna look for the mushroom Wellington recipe too. That sounds good with my mashed potatoes I wanna make. And maybe some mixed veggies on the side or roasted fresh veggies?

      My in-law family is alright. They don’t make a big deal about what I can and can’t eat like I think other families do. My wife’s cousin was quizzing me on what I can and can’t eat during thanksgiving but it was friendly small talk to questions. Nothing malicious. And when we go out to eat my in-laws make sure it’s a place I can eat at. We have a few vegan friendly Americana style restaurants and the Thai places are pretty good at catering to vegans. So there are some safe places for sure. I just mostly want to take the initiative to make my own food so it doesn’t cause conflict. And of course others are welcome to try what I make. No one wanted my vegan pumpkin pie tho, and aside from being slightly underdone, I thought it was bangin’.