You can then suggest a simple veggie main course that could be made by the host, point them towards a Vegetarian Society approved ready meal or even take one along for yourself. After all, despite what some food manufacturers would like to tell us, vegetarians love food too!
Everyone’s Favourite Pirate: Tony Bishop Western tells it like it is…. Is Christmas a challenge for vegetarians and vegans?
It needn't be. Even if you are spending Christmas with family who belligerently insist on celebrating a time of peace and goodwill with death, destruction of the planet and a strain on the blood pressure you can make your own little TV dinner and wrap it up in foil so it can sit in the oven by the side of the traditional sacrificial fowl.
Christmas is a challenge for most domestic chefs and one more thing to worry about can often push them over the edge - offering to self cater will often be welcomed.
If you have been veggie for ages you may have it all under control by now! My favourite is to get lots of seasonal ingredients - nuts, cranberries, dried fruit, chestnuts , mushrooms, curly kale and chop it all up and encase it in puff or filo pastry. You can make little individual crackers if you are feeling really artistic. Or you can mess with people's heads a la Heston Blumenthal and do a savoury Christmas pudding with a creamy mustard sauce for main course - serve alight with flaming brandy.
Most of the rest is vegan anyway - sprouts, cabbage, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, roast potatoes - it's easy to make stuffing with sosmix instead of sausage meat and even Bisto is vegan!
We would love to hear your tips and advice on dealing with partners? Friends? The Office Xmas party?
Take your own mince pies, Stollen, German biscuits, marzipan and chocolates to work - a great opportunity to prove you are "normal" and get your colleagues switched on to ethical, healthier, more environmentally friendly alternatives.
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