Post #68801 by Futura Girl on Sun, Jan 11, 2004 3:53 AM

when you're trying to figure out what to serve a vegie - vegetarians usually don't eat anything "with a mother" or that "has eyes to look at you." and fishys are very much live animals.

these days, there are so many great meat substitutes, it's not that hard to just substitute any recipe you have with 'meatless' meats.

i personally think veat is the best commercial product on the market for most applications. - good to cook up and use in lieu of shredded pork, etc. (use the veat "bites" as opposed to the "nugget" variety). You'll find it in the frozen section - occasionally i have seen it trader joes and some regular markets. otherwise try your local health food store.

also don't forget to use vegetable stock instead of chicken stock!!!!! that's a big no no.

unless they are hardcore vegans - a little dairy in the mix probably will be tolerated, but think twice before you use eggs.

in the case where it's being mixed in something for texture - you can use silken tofu. if you need eggs for coagulation - use potato starch.

You'd be surprised what you can find at your local health food store.

we've thrown a few cocktail parties now with tastey vegetarian canapes and nibbles and many meat-eater friends didn't even know they were eating vegie - so it can be done.

good luck. what a wonderful host you must be to be so considerate - on behalf of your vegie friends i thank you.