OK, against better judgement, I’ve found myself in a situation where i need to cook for a vegetarian.

Any advice on what I should cook that will impress but is simple?

A lifetime of building meals centred around dead animals has left me ill-equipped for this challenge.

She’s not vegan and eats fish if that helps…

Thanks in advance, with STW’s help, I should be able to nail this girl challenge. 😉

eats fish if that helps

It doesn’t help the fish 😉

maybe a nice Tuna steak where you’d have had a pork chop, then?

meatless spag bol is pretty nice.

I’m not keen on Fish – people are always telling me it tastes like chicken…so just give her chicken and tell her it’s fish!

She’s not vegan and eats fish if that helps…

She’s not vegetarian either, then. Or a “fussy eater” for that matter.

What would you cook if meat was an option? There’s usually equivalents.

How does soup grab you? My Thai Chickenless Noodle Soup is tremendous.

How the heck does fish taste like chicken?? Thanks for the suggestions so far, but this meal has to impress…

Not sure spag bol would wow her socks off, never mind anything else!

And cougar, soup is a drink, not a meal… 😉

rattatattatttouilllee? Mussels and chips?

Sweet potato curry.

end of thread.

Im not a veggie but I have been know to cook a very nice veggie lasagne. Will look for recipe now.

Edit: Its been a while but I think this is it. http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/11954/ricotta-and-spinach-lasagne

You’ve been eating the wrong soup.

Ok then. Sunday lunch. Use a Quorn roast instead of meat. Everything else is either veggie already or can be made so.

jacket potato, beans and cheese.

served naked with some melted butter dripping down ‘little shibby’ as you say in your sexiest voice “are you sure you dont eat meat?”

if that doesnt do the job, have you heard about my budgie the little helicopter trick?

Phil, that’s twice you’ve made reference to Little Shibby… Would you like to join us? haha

Not sure spag bol would wow her socks off, never mind anything else!

just use one of the fancier pastas 😉

Curry, lasagne, chilli etc.. Just sub out the meat bits and use loads of veggies and maybe some beans/pulses.

although personally I’d prefer a mountain of rice to go with it.

does she eat shellfish? Stick some tiger prawns in there for a bit of token dead flesh (very impressive looking too)

edit: mmmm:

Hope you can cure her of this appalling ailment….

this without the sausages and double the tomatos

The ultimate winter coucous

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/feb/16/foodanddrink.recipe

had it last week and its delicious!!!!

i’m starving now… and i’m not even a veggie!

Risotto with smoked haddock, a few king prawns and a poached egg on top. Easy to do (but watch your timing), beautifully tasty. Serve with a nice bottle of white and you’re guaranteed a shag happy diner.
The problem is what do you cook her next time!

maybe you should have offered to make her breakfast first 😀

Fussy eater? 🙄

make a simple ragu: gently fry a diced onion and a diced garlic clove in oil DON’T BURN THE GARLIC add tin of tomatoes, oregano, basil, veg stock cube* some worcester sauce and a splurge of puree, red wine if you want, reduce.

brown off some sliced aubergine under the grill. (leave the skin on)

place it all in a baking tin, in layers like a lasagne and cover with grated mozzarella, at about 130-150 for 20 mins or so, or until the cheese is browned nicely, serve with simple salad and a nice Italian bread

*some veg stock cubes have chicken in them! be careful.

edit: be careful not to add too much salt, stock cube should be enough, but black pepper to season, if it’s a bit bitter, add some sugar to the ragu (not too much though)

That sounds ace emsz!

Ta,

Her knickers will fall off, trust me. 😈

There speaks the voice of experience… Thanks Emsz!

Vis à vis the chicken in stock cubes… Can they tell if you don’t tell them??

And Organic355, that coucous sounds awesome… That’s been printed off. 🙂

She’s not veggie, just weak 🙂

Check if she likes cheese, let me make this quite clear NOT ALL VEGGIES LIVE EXCLUSIVELY ON CHEESE!!!

I’d go for a sweet potato, mango and chickpea curry I got from an Oxfam cookery book (stereotypes ahoy!), with some decent well cooked rice and a nice naan. Pull the stops out for desert, real ladies love desert 🙂

Vis à vis the chicken in stock cubes… Can they tell if you don’t tell them??

Yes, a day later when I have ‘looseness’.

would she classify freshly clubbed baby seal as ‘kind of fish’?

No, I used chicken-y stock cubes for ages until I found out!!

brassneck I know that curry recipe!

Maybe I should just wean her back onto it… I’ll have her eating meat by the end of the night. 😉

I read emsz post in my head and it turned into a Marks & Spenser advert. I could visialse the cooking being narrated by a smooth talking celeb, I’m hungry again now it sounds delicious and I’ve only just had lunch.

Vis à vis the chicken in stock cubes… Can they tell if you don’t tell them??

If you do, I hope she finds out.

NOT ALL VEGGIES LIVE EXCLUSIVELY ON CHEESE!!!

Amen, brother. I can’t eat cheese, and finding a restaurant that does even one vegetarian meal that isn’t cheese-based is remarkably difficult.

Check if she likes cheese, let me make this quite clear NOT ALL VEGGIES LIVE EXCLUSIVELY ON CHEESE!!!

Really? Whenever you go to a restaurant the veggie options almost always involve goat’s cheese. 🙂

Thai Green Curry is nice with fish. Smoked haddock risotto is a good shout too – never tried a poached egg on top though, sound awesome.

Vegetarians coming to dinner? Simply serve them a nice bit of steak or veal. Since theyre always going on about how tofu, Quorn, meat substitute etctastes exactly like the real thing, they wont know any difference.

Invited by vegetarians for dinner? Point out that since you`d no doubt be made aware of their special dietary requirements, tell them about yours, and ask for a nice steak.

capt, veggie here, but I cook meat all the time for my friends who aren’t, and TBH I cook a mean steak.

all those meat subs are shit anyway, and I wouldn’t eat them, there’s so many gorgeous veg recipes that I can do in a flash, I’d be bonkers to spend money on that stuff.

Invited by vegetarians for dinner? Point out that since you`d no doubt be made aware of their special dietary requirements, tell them about yours, and ask for a nice steak.

I’ve cooked meat for friends, just warned them the inevitable botulism is their problem.

And on the cheese thing, there’seven stealth cheese.. not on the menu, a dish that has no need of it, but there it is.

A friend has a theory that all savoury food is improved with cheese. I disagree.

emsz, i have no doubt you cook a damn mean steak.. been side tracked all after noon reading Viz Top Tips following on from another thread on here.

And as i was a Master Butcher amd Slaughterman in a the dim and distant past I have no serious input to make on this thread, so just posted some utter tosh!!! 😀

capt, I realised after I wrote that you were doing ‘viz’ 😆

master butcher sounds cool though. You don’t do it now?

Not any more emsz, work as a Podiatrist in wound care… oh, hang on.. 😕

tofu’s not a “meat substitute”.
quorn is athlete’s foot with good PR.

just saying…