Vegetarian Christmas Dinner Reviews

Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a decent roast dinner. I'm sure everyone would agree!! So, why at the college dinner were we offered mushroom risotto, why at the work do was I given stuffed peppers? Not a roast potato in sight! My home Christmas dinner will be different. 3 years ago a friend passed on the recipie for a nut ...  Read the complete review

I have been a vegetarian for five years and I managed to tame the meat-eaters in my family. At first they started moping when I said I would cook a vegetarian Christmas Dinner. But my mum couldn't be bothered to cook the traditional goose (Germany) and so she gave in. I made a nut roast in puff pastry with vegetarian gravy, sprouts, carrots, ...  Read the complete review

I have been a vegetarian for almost 14 years now, so the problem of what to cook on Christmas Day no longer really exists. Our Christmas dinner is now just as traditional a part of our festive season as a turkey dinner used to be in my childhood. We don't tend to have a starter, as we enjoy a nice big main meal. For this, we have some ...  Read the complete review

Lots of vegetarians are good cooks and like to try new recipes. Well, this is a luscious mincemeat recipe using vegetable suet which is widely available. Once you've made it, you will realise that homemade mincemeat is so easy (albeit time consuming!). Your visitors will be wowed by this - I promise! Cherry and Apricot Mincemeat ...  Read the complete review

Except for a slight accident at Iceland when I bought (and ate part of) a meat lasagne instead of the veggie one I was after, I've not eaten meat (or animal products) for three years, and it's not difficult finding and creating lots of veggie meals, but meat eaters seems to have a very big hang-up about what to cook people who are vegetarian, and ...  Read the complete review

Every year since i turned veggie 13 years ago, my parents have made an effort to make pretty much all side dishes with christmas dinner be vegetarian, and so the only thing I miss out on is the turkey itself(which I was never all that keen on - I never understood why anyone would want turkey when chicken was cheaper and tasted better, but that is ...  Read the complete review

Last year was my first christmas as a veggie and I was paranoid about making life harder for mum. Part of this is because even before becoming veggie in my second year at uni I was quite a fussy person. I never liked fish and am not too keen on raisons and stuff. This means in christmas past I have never eaten our family starters (salmon or ...  Read the complete review

In my house it would probably be Oh Gawd what do we feed the Meatie? Having been a veggie for some time as is my partner and little treasure, I'm often asked the question but what do you actually eat? This question is normally followed by but you eat chicken and fish don't you? Then you get the pitying look, as if to say you'll grow ...  Read the complete review

Being somebody who doesn't eat meat, I know it can be a problem to know what to serve as the main course for someone like me at Christmas. Apart from the usual Linda McCartney style meals and things like vegetarian sausages, you can now get a Chicken style vegetarian roast. They stock it in Tesco's but I think you can get it in ...  Read the complete review

Being a veggie at Christmas is the perfect excuse to treat yourself! Compare the costs and time involved in going for the full turkey and trimmings, to the fantastic range of specialist vegetables, luxury ingredients and, of course, tasty liquers or wines... and enjoy the difference! Being a veggie can mean looking beyond the turkey as ...  Read the complete review

I’ve been a vegetarian for well over 3 years now, if your going to cater for a vegetarian this Christmas or any other time in fact, it’s important to understand a little bit about them. Firstly it’s important to make it clear that contrary to some people’s beliefs, proper vegetarians as defined by the official ...  Read the complete review

Regardless of your eating habits etc., Christmas should be on of (if not the most) enjoyable days of the year, Christmas dinner, plays a large role in making the day special. When all your family are tucking into there Turkey and roast potatoes, why should you be sitting there watching them, and wondering why exactly it was ...  Read the complete review

In general, there are two main reasons why people become vegetarians. It is either the taste, or the ethics. Personally I go for both. I have been a veggie for six years now, and that means six Christmas's. The first year I was only ickle, and my mom thought I would grow out of it, so she cooked me a really interesting substitute. ...  Read the complete review

For those veggies out there who don’t mind meat replacement products that taste kind of like the original meat version.I have a suggestion… Recently I have been buying the latest Quorn offering, which is a “chicken-style Roll” that you bake in the oven. For those who want to try it it’s in the freezer compartment. ...  Read the complete review

I cooked Christmas dinner for eight people last year and one of them (my mum) is a veggie. If you are in a similar situation this year dont panic...its easy!! First of all, you need something to replace the turkey. There is a vast choice on the market so you might do well to ask the person what they prefer. My mum has a nut roast which ...  Read the complete review

I am a (semi) vegetarian and have been for the past 9 years I think although I do eat fish, just not any meat. So, when it comes down to having the most well prepared (possibly) and most time consuming meal of the year (definitely!) then I really have to have something interesting as I don't eat the turkey that everone else has. If ...  Read the complete review

When my eldest daughter became a vegetarian some years ago I had only just mastered the art of gluten free cooking..( Using gluten free flour can be a nightmare).And frankly I was not amused, as most of my best loved recipes included meat.. But I quickly learned that being vegetarian, did not mean dishes had to be tasteless or repetitive..I ...  Read the complete review

As a vegetarian with a non-veggie family, I know that many meat-eaters find catering for a vegetarian at Christmas rather daunting. Here are a few hints: Just cutting out the turkey doesn't make a meal vegetarian. Ordinary gravy contains meat products; stuffing and roast potatoes cooked with the turkey or in lard are not vegetarian; ...  Read the complete review

When people talk to me about my being vegetarian the things I often hear said are "I couldn't give up Bacon sandwichs" and " I couldn't survive with my Christmas turkey dinner"!!! However, I have been a vegetarian for 12 years now and am a healthy, happy person who doesn't just eat vegetables all the time! It is ...  Read the complete review