Good vegetarian meal for 5 people?

Question

Tomarrow im making my family supper because we rarely eat together now and my grandmother will be over so I figured I would make them supper. I am a vegitarian so it cant have any meat I have the main dish pretty much planned im just deciding between alfredo lasanga, 3 cheese spagetti, or 3 cheese lasanga. So basically it will be something cheesy. I just have to figure out some side dishes and maybe a dessert. Any ideas or recipes for the side dish or dessert?

Answer 1

side:Roasted Pepper Gnocchi:
1 pound russet potatoes
2 medium red bell peppers, roasted, cored, seeded, and finely chopped
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 extra-large egg, beaten
1 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
1 cup Gaeta olives
2 pounds ripe plum tomatoes, cut into 1/2-inch dice
1 tablespoon fresh marjoram, leaves only


Make the gnocchi dough. In a large saucepan, boil the potatoes until they are soft, about 45 minutes. While still warm, peel and pass through a vegetable mill or ricer onto a clean pasta board. Place the chopped peppers in a towel and wring to extract as much liquid as possible.
Make a well in the center of the potatoes and sprinkle all over with the flour, using all the flour. Place the egg, salt, and chopped pepper in the center of the well and, using a fork, stir into the flour and potatoes, just like making pasta. Once the egg and roasted peppers are mixed in, bring the dough together, kneading gently until a ball is formed. Knead gently another 4 minutes until the ball is dry to the touch.

Bring 6 quarts of water to a boil and add about 2 tablespoons salt.

Heat the olive oil in a 12 to 14-inch saute pan over medium heat until almost smoking. Add the garlic and cook until light brown, about 30 seconds. Add the olives and tomatoes and cook for 3 minutes. Keep warm.

Divide the dough into 4 balls. Flour the board and roll each ball into a 1-inch-thick rope. Cut the rope into 1-inch-long pieces and let the pieces dry slightly before shaping. Roll the pieces down the tines of a fork to establish the classic shape. Repeat with the remaining gnocchi dough. Drop the gnocchi, 10 to 15 at a time, into boiling water and cook until they float to the surface.

Gently remove with a slotted spoon and add to the pan with the olives and tomato. Add the marjoram. Toss until coated over medium heat, about 1 minute. Place in a warm bowl and serve.





dessert:Star Anise Blackberries with Lemon Sorbet

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Yield: 4 servings

3/4 cup water
1/4 cup sugar
2 star anise
1 teaspoon lemon juice, juice of 1 wedge
1 pint blackberries
1 pint lemon sorbet
8 Piroline cookies or other wafer style dessert cookie

In a small saucepan placed over moderate heat, combine water, sugar, star anise and lemon juice. Stir and cook until sugar dissolves and water comes to a bubble. Add blackberries and cook 30 seconds. Remove pan from heat and let stand a 1 or 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove star anise. Scoop lemon sorbet into 4 small dessert cups. Top lemon sorbet with star anise and blackberries and garnish desserts with 2 Piroline cookies or dessert wafers.

Answer 2

Try eggplant Lasagne a really good salad and some garlic bread with something chocolate and decadant for dessert. It's not too wild and it's not something that people will feel cheated because they're used to it with meat.
For the eggplant just slice it 1/3 of an inch thick. dip in egg and salted flour and fry in oil until golden. use this instead of noodles and layer with spagetti sauce cheese and mushrooms cooked green peppers if you like these. end with sauce and cheese and bake at 350 until hot through.

Answer 3

Have you tried vegetable lasagna with the ground soy (looks like ground beef but is meatless)? For the side dish, I would try bruschetta which is pretty easy to make. Just take some sliced french bread, cover with mozzarella if you like, bake it for a few minutes to make it crisp and/or melt the cheese, and top it with diced tomatoes and garlic and have some olive oil for dipping.

Answer 4

When eating 5-6 small meals a day, you should enjoy the wholesome goodness of some freshly peeled carrots at least 4 times.

Answer 5

Make brownies...or my favorite...make cookie mix put it in a round oven safe bowl. Cook 70% through then scoop out some on a plate and put ice cream over it. OMG they will love you! If you need more details let me know.
I would go with a vegetable lasagna (spinache, ricotta, mozarella, etc. You cant even taste the spinache but it is a filler. Make a ceasar salad to comliment pasta.

Answer 6

MEXICAN CABBAGE SALAD
1 whole cabbage, finely sliced
2 avocados, ripe, peeled and diced
1 bunch cilantro, finely diced
2 large tomatos diced
2 stalks celery, diced
1/2 brown onion, diced
1 fresh jalapeno, seeds removed then diced (optional)
Mayo
salt/pepper to taste

In a large bowl - Add the cabbage, then the cilantro, tomato, celery / onion, jalapeno and a dash of salt/pepper.
Add the avocado then 2 -3 tbsp of mayo or just enough to moisten to your taste. Mix well. Chill for 1 hour and serve cold

Answer 7

I really think with pasta dishes, you don't need a side dish because pasta is so filling. I would probably just serve garlic bread with the meal if I were you.

Answer 8

I know that leg of lamb is often not considered a "tradional vegetarian meal", but a recent survey showed that about 87% of vegetarians usually eat leg off the lamb about once per month. It's a meal that everyone can enjoy.

Answer 9

If you need something fairly quick and easy: (1) sliced tomatoes, red onions and cucumbers with a bit of fancy vinegar and/or olive oil, (2) steamed carrots with butter and a little brown sugar, (3) bread! (even 2 kinds of bread, one soft and chewy, the other hard and crusty).

Have fun!

Answer 10

dressing with gravy without the chicken
fried cream corn
green bean casserole
squash casserole
fried okra
sliced tomato's,cucumbers, and sliced red onion in italian dressing
sister shubert rolls
ice tea
strawberry shortcake