We always run into the same basic problem at holiday time. Because we
always spend Thanksgiving and Christmas with family who live out of
state, we need to plan for food that is able to be made in advance.
Alternatively, something that can be made quickly and transported is
good. For Thanksgiving this year, we enjoyed a lovely vegetable stew
with a miso-based broth and puff pastry topping - cooked the stew in
advance and froze it right in the little pots, and brought along the
(vegan) puff pastry. That worked very well, but next time I use puff
pastry I need to remember NOT to have it laid directly on the stew. The
pastry sank into the broth and did not get flaky and - well - baked.
Ideas for Christmas so far:
Crispy chipotle potato tian
http://ohmyveggies.com/recipe-crispy-chipotle-potato-tian/
Easy, omni-friendly, undoubtedly delicious!
"Christmas tree salad" with pomegranites, grapes, apples, and chard
http://tinyurl.com/dxou6kw
This not only sounds delicious, it would give us some great greens while we're out of town - often a problem.
Asparagus tart on puff pastry
http://veganyumyum.com/2008/09/asparagus-and-white-bean-pesto-tart/
We had this last year and it was a real hit. With a bean pesto base, there's our protein with a bit of crunch. Also very easy - best assembled and baked last minute, though. I think what I did before was to assemble the dish ahead of time so it wouldn't be in the way of all that turkey and such, and it was fine, but the pastry base didn't puff up much because of the moisture in the beans. This would work equally well with a pesto base and some heirloom tomatoes - more colorful, too.
or
Stromboli
http://justthefood.blogspot.com/2011/10/hello-mofo.html
or similar: http://herbivoracious.com/2010/12/vegetarian-gravy-guess-the-secret-ingredient-recipe.html
Basically a pizza dough crust (make-ahead is fine here) braided round our filling of choice, which can also be made ahead of time. We could use the same wonderful miso-gravied stew as a filling that we had at Thanksgiving - tofu or soy curls, veggies of choice, rich gravy. Makes me drool just thinking about it!
Ideas for Christmas so far:
Crispy chipotle potato tian
http://ohmyveggies.com/recipe-crispy-chipotle-potato-tian/
Easy, omni-friendly, undoubtedly delicious!
"Christmas tree salad" with pomegranites, grapes, apples, and chard
http://tinyurl.com/dxou6kw
This not only sounds delicious, it would give us some great greens while we're out of town - often a problem.
Asparagus tart on puff pastry
http://veganyumyum.com/2008/09/asparagus-and-white-bean-pesto-tart/
We had this last year and it was a real hit. With a bean pesto base, there's our protein with a bit of crunch. Also very easy - best assembled and baked last minute, though. I think what I did before was to assemble the dish ahead of time so it wouldn't be in the way of all that turkey and such, and it was fine, but the pastry base didn't puff up much because of the moisture in the beans. This would work equally well with a pesto base and some heirloom tomatoes - more colorful, too.
or
Stromboli
http://justthefood.blogspot.com/2011/10/hello-mofo.html
or similar: http://herbivoracious.com/2010/12/vegetarian-gravy-guess-the-secret-ingredient-recipe.html
Basically a pizza dough crust (make-ahead is fine here) braided round our filling of choice, which can also be made ahead of time. We could use the same wonderful miso-gravied stew as a filling that we had at Thanksgiving - tofu or soy curls, veggies of choice, rich gravy. Makes me drool just thinking about it!
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