Christmas dinner
Posted by mitsuhachi on Dec 05, 2009 · Member since Jan 2008 · 1 posts
It's my husband's and my first christmas away from our family, just the two of us (since we just moved) and I have no idea what to make for christmas dinner. Our family is huge, so it was always food for a multitude, so.
Any suggestions? What are you guys having?
VeganSapien: where did you find the recipe for the Chocolate Almond Kahlua Cake? I LOVE Kahlua :)>>>
DalVeg,
Its in the cookbook "ExtraVeganZa" by Laura Matthias. It has Kahlua Frosting, too. I've never made it before, but have always drooled over the recipe. Now, I am finally going to whip it up...yummm...
We alas, are not doing Indian food. We've decided on sushi (hubs is a trained sushi chef *swoon*) and miso soup, and we shall invent vegan gluten free tempura!
I thought they used rice flour for tempura. Isn't that gluten-free? (I like to know these things, in case I send my grandma something w/ gluten accidentally)
We do simple for Christmas. I want to spend time playing with everyone's toys and enjoying the company, so we're going simple this year.
Giant stuffed potatoes.
Bowls of goodies for everyone to decide what they want on their taters. Everything from vegan sausage, grilled onions and cheese, to mushroom, peppers and non-veggie things for the carnivores who come to visit.
Change of plans for me. I will be makeing the Noodle-less Veggie Lasagna from this site. It looks and sounds yummy. :) After reading everyones post about making tamales, I want some.
for those of u that r making tamales... which recipe do u use? their aren't very many recipes for them on this site :(
VeganSapien: where did you find the recipe for the Chocolate Almond Kahlua Cake? I LOVE Kahlua :)>>>
DalVeg,
Its in the cookbook "ExtraVeganZa" by Laura Matthias. It has Kahlua Frosting, too. I've never made it before, but have always drooled over the recipe. Now, I am finally going to whip it up...yummm...
Thank you! It sounds too good to be true.
I just got invited to my familys christmas. So i will not be frantically cooking/running around trying to figure out what i can possibly make out of whatever the heck i can find
for those of u that r making tamales... which recipe do u use? their aren't very many recipes for them on this site :(
There's a tamale factory/restaurant w/in walking distance of my house, and another across the street from my work. I'm too lazy to make them when someone else does it better. I'd love to try sometime, though.
We alas, are not doing Indian food. We've decided on sushi (hubs is a trained sushi chef *swoon*) and miso soup, and we shall invent vegan gluten free tempura!
I thought they used rice flour for tempura. Isn't that gluten-free? (I like to know these things, in case I send my grandma something w/ gluten accidentally)
we didn't end up doing sushi, lol but the mixes we saw at the Japanese store we frequent all used wheat flour as a base.
We had
French Onion soup with gf toasts and swiss uncheese
Roasted Acorn squash stuffed with pecan and cranberry wild rice blend
Balsamic glazed green beans and mushrooms
Spiced apples and pears with crystallized ginger and home made pralines.
Stuffed portabella mushrooms
Roasted sweet potatoes
Corn bread
Green bean casserole
Sauteed zucchini
Pumpkin pie.
Wine and belgian-style beer.
hi!.....well 4 my christmas dinner...i usually stay up 4ever making stuff...but here are some quick meal dishes....
~ Tofurky
~ cookies-
~ mashed potatoes
~Green bean caserole dish...
~Plain green beans with vegi hollanday sauce...
~ soups
~mac and cheese casserole dish
~Salad
GREAT SALAD RECIPE
Ingredients:
~Head of lettuce
~Bag of plain spinach
~Italian dressing
~Blue cheese crumbles
~Walnuts- toasted
~cut up carrots
~ halved strawberries
~water crest
All u do is mix up pretty much as much as u need in a bowl...and bam! easy salad
i'll be bringing some vegan dishes to share. I'm thinking of doing roasted asparagus or green beans (possibly a casserole), stuffed mushrooms and a warm quinoa salad...then xmas day dinner the asparagus or green bean, whatever I didn't do on Eve, a salad with vegan ranch and some kind of tempeh.
VeganSapien: where do you get your vegan zuppa toscana recipe? I just tried making that and it was gross and flavorless, but i want to try it again.
are you crazy? LOL the recipe is here on VW, made it countless times, read my reviews, and it is phenomenal!!! not low fat/ cal by any means but freakin fantastic!
Push this to the top! What's everyone making, I'm curious!
Push this to the top! What's everyone making, I'm curious!
My gmas hosting so she's buying the standard tofurkey and there will be mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes, corn, and salad... i will bring vegan ranch and prob a pumpkin cheesecake :)
After reading this post, I'll be making sushi for Christmas! What a great idea!
Red peppers and avocados... ho ho ho...
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