anitra

i am having dinner with several die hard vegetarians and need to find a great veggie entry. any suggestions?

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maleficent

Since it's summer and veggies are in prime season --

what about

Pasta Primavera

1/2 c sliced olives
1 yellow zuchinni squash (small, cut in half, then in diagonals)
1 c roma tomato (chopped)
1 c broccoli flowerette (seperated into small flowers)
1 cup slices mushrooms
1 lb penne pasta
2 tbs fresh garlic
1 cup white wine
sea salt
Parmsesan Cheese)
Directions:
Saute vegetables and garlic in a small amount of oil until tender crisp. Add wine and cook down. Mix in cooked penne pasta. Add parmesan salt and enjoy.

You can substitute any kind of veggies actually --

I don't know the difference between vegetarain and vegan, but I know my health food store sells vegen pasta and the vegen paremsan cheese.

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westothemax

Vegans consume no animal products whatsoever. I have a bottle of vegan wine, since apparently most winemaking involves the use of isinglass [link] for clarification.

See the vegan.com FAQ for more information: http://www.vegan.com/faq.php

This is my girlfriend's favorite website for vegetarian and vegan recipes: http://vegweb.com/

I would avoid fake meat, unless you know your friends are fans of it.

The pasta recipe Maleficent posted sounds good... there was also a good grilled portobello sandwich recipe that was posted here a little while ago. You could omit the bread and just have grilled portobello 'steaks'. Maybe that and some rosemary-garlic potatoes, or a salad. Hmm I'm getting hungry...

dtheriault

2 things that I do when having lots of picky eaters over.

1. Soft shell tacos.

Get flour and corn tortillas- if you want to be really crafty make them yourself (they're soooo much better.

Then put a ton of fixings out. Soy Taco meat, black beans, sauteed mushrooms, cheese, radish sprouts, cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes, sauteed chopped potatoes, olives etc....

or

2. spring rolls: spring rolls are made with rice paper that you buy dried in an asian market. You dip the large round sheets in warm water then roll them yourself.

I put out bowls with the following: mushrooms, avocado, cooked rice noodles, bean sprouts, jicama, lettuce, mint and basil leaves, etc... then put out some bowls with different asian dipping sauces.

good luck.

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anitra

thank you so much for your ideas. everyone here is wonderful. they all sound so good i'm going to have a hard time deciding.

these friends i'm having dinner with are really my core group of friends. we have been in a carl jung study group for about 8 years. we do study other things but mainly stick to jungian thought.

we have pot luck dinners whenever we have creative nights. they always bring such wonderful things to eat and i try to bring something different each time. i consider myself a gourmet cook but alas i am a meat based person. i do love portobellos and they do taste just like steak to me.

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