Christmas day ideas for a vegetarian

I've made this recently - it's easier than a nut roast or wellington and if she likes cheese will be a hit. You can make it as small or large as you like and I just use puff pastry instead of filo to make life easier. You can also use whatever cheese you want (I use gorgonzola and mozzarella, which is in some of the older Delia recipe books).

https://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/international/european/italian-recipes/roquefort-cheese-and-apple-strudel-with-spiced-pickled-pears

Nut roast! The celebration nut roast recipe from 'The vegan health plan' by Amanda Sweet.
And mushroom and chestnut pie. For example -   https://www.vegansociety.com/resources/recipes/special-occasions/chestnut-and-mushroom-pie

I am asked to make these even when we are not hosting Christmas

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she isn’t into nuts or mushrooms which seem to be the staple

Oh. That's pesky. If she's into cheese then some of the suggestions in the thread look great!

timmys
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Toad in the Hole using her veggie ‘sausages’? As you are already making Yorkshires it’s minimal hassle.

Came here to say this. In fact, I wonder if I can wangle that at our house too 😀

On sausages, my go-to is Cauldron. Others may be 'better' in so far as being a closer analogue to pork, but I always come back to the Cauldron.

I assume you don't need to be schooled on the basics like not covering vegetables in lardy run-off from the turkey or what have you.

Generally, left to my own devices I'd just skip the "meat" part of the dinner or chuck a burger under the grill, it's not like we won't be eating leftovers until 2024 anyway. Having been veggie my adult life I don't really feel the need for a meal to have a centrepiece. If I were to have anything it'd be a Quorn roast, but that's largely to appease my partner who feels like I'm being short-changed otherwise. I argued that it's pointless for one person, it's really tasty when fresh but kinda naff when cold and the remainder will sit in the fridge "for sandwiches" for a fortnight before being binned. But apparently The Sister wants some this year so it looks like that's what we're doing.

This may just be me, but I am so very bored of the stock answer to the problem of "vegetarian" at a traditionally carnivorous gathering being either cheese or mushrooms. I can't eat the former and am no great lover of the latter. Truth be told I'd be more than happy with my own bodyweight in uncontaminated spuds and Yorkies and a bucket of onion gravy. I'm half-tempted to have a punt at a home-made nut roast this year.