Searching for a vegetarian recipe for a dinner party

[MissHoneychurch]

Hello everyone,

next month it is my b.day and I am inviting friends over for dinner. I want to make a vegetarian menu. I do have recipes for the appettizer and the desert already. Now I am searching for a main course which is a little bit out of the ordinary but also can be prepared in advance.

Any ideas?

[Tesha]

1. Happy Birthday!

When you say out of the ordinary - do you mean elegant too?

[MissHoneychurch]

2. Somewhat

mainly what I mean is, I don't want to serve pasta or rice with veggies. I want to serve something one doesn't eat daily.

[Tesha]

3. so a lasagna is out?

its easy - make-ahead - and feeds many...
and it can be loaded with wonderful veggies.

[MissHoneychurch]

5. It is a possibility

I think I do have a very yummy vegetarian lasagna recipe. Made with ricotta cheese

[Tesha]

4. For elegant...

there's Crepes or a Grilled Vegetable Gratin

whoa... Epicurious to the rescue!

http://www.epicurious.com/tools/searchresults?type=advanced&search=vegetarian&operator=All&att=&att=&att=122&att=&att=&src=&exclude_other=

this search is full of wonderful choices!

[supernova]

6. I saw a wonderful stuffed red pepper recipe

on the cooking channel a day or so ago. Red bell peppers stuffed with eggplant.

They halved and cleaned out large red bell peppers, Halve the eggplants and roast cut side down in the oven to get soft. When the eggplants are roasted, take them out of the oven to cool a little. Scoop out the flesh and stuff the red pepper halves.

I'll see if I can find the recipe. It was on cooking channel, I believe.

edit: Couldn't find it, but here is a version. You can leave out the anchovies of course.

http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Eggplant-Stuffed-Peppers

[Coyote_Bandit]

7. Many Ideas Here

http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2005/12/recipe-index.html

Every recipe I've tried has been delish.....

[grasswire]

8. I go to two dishes...

...one is spanikopita, the other is Emeril's savory bread pudding made with spinach, loads of cheese and artichokes. It's delicious.

If you went with spanikopita you could serve grape leaves too, and a greek salad and good breads and a mezze platter with greek cheese and stuff.

Depends on how much you want to cook, also.

[NMDemDist2]

9. be sure to check the Vegan group here too, the have lots of recipes

over there I think

[beac]

10. try this website:

http://www.vegkitchen.com/

Click the "Recipes Galore" link near the top. :)


The "casseroles" section has several that would fit your make ahead requirement: http://www.vegkitchen.com/category/recipes/everyday-meals/contemporary-casseroles/


Do check back and share your final menu! :hi:

[hippywife]

11. This is really awesome!

We love it!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=236&topic_id=78695&mesg_id=78739


Hope you have a great dinner and a wonderful birthday, sweetie. :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

12. Thanks hippywife

but unfortunately that dish won't make it on the table. My brother will be coming too and he hates mushrooms. But thank you for the recipe.

[beac]

14. My sister is a mushroom-hater too.

If we didn't look a good deal alike, I'd swear we weren't related. Seems I got ALL the fungus-loving genes because mushrooms are one of my favorite things.

[trud]

15. mushrooms, boo!

Glad to hear I'm not the only one :-)

[MissHoneychurch]

13. Thanks all for the links and the tips

I will let you know what we cooked.