Cooking For Christmas

With Christmas coming upwardly this week, we're pulling a few seasonal recipes out of the archives. If you lot haven't planned your bill of fare for the 25th yet, perchance something hither volition induce got your fancy!

nut roast, seitan roast or tofurkey is a meat-free, gravy-friendly alternative.

pudding bites cater to a broader crowd - the recipe includes vegan too gluten-free adaptations. I've also tried gleeganising White Christmas slice, albeit amongst less success.

a pretty tasty cupcake, amongst pretzel antlers too a Jaffa nose.

All that said too linked, we're hardly Christmas traditionalists. When planning our contribution to the trouble solid unit of measurement meal, nosotros focus to a greater extent than on crowd-pleasers that tin live made inwards advance.

In 2006, nosotros fried upwardly spicy veg burgers too an uninspiring tater salad.

In 2007, I won a few fans for my non-sausage rolls.

In 2008 spanakopita was the star, too nosotros shared a half-dozen to a greater extent than favourite recipes amongst trouble solid unit of measurement over the break.

pizza too ice cream. (Meanwhile Lisa made our vegan sausage rolls!)

In 2010 I hosted again, too nosotros picnicked on salads too chocolate.

This twelvemonth we'll live guests inwards a trouble solid unit of measurement home, attempting to repose the stress past times contributing a veg dish or 2 piece non commandeering equally good much of the kitchen. We're leaning towards salads similar the eat-anywhere quinoa salad, green couscous, mango too kokosnoot rice salad, quinoa avocado salad, or the quinoa salad amongst Farsi dried lime, paired amongst a pan-fried poly peptide similar braised tofu, pomegranate tofu or soy bombs. Johanna GGG too Carla induce got also been discussing Christmas menus on their blogs.

Carla's conduct to surviving the trouble solid unit of measurement roast. Hopefully, though, you'll create far ameliorate than survive; sharing a fresh, tasty repast too the companionship of those you lot love.