Vegan dinner party menu suggestions, especially dessert?

acpgee
acpgee Posts: 8,015 Member
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I've got friends coming round for dinner at Easter and they are vegan. I was planning to start with roll your own Vietnamese summer rolls similar to this:

http://www.chow.com/recipes/10641-vietnamese-style-summer-rolls-with-peanut-sauce

Diners are provided with fillings and a big communal bowl of hot water to soften rice paper. Will include some fried tempeh and fried tofu for the vegans among the protein fillings. I normally use a 50-50 combination of bean vermicelli and grated carrots as the main filler in the rolls. Will also provide classic nuoc cham dipping sauce (based on anchovy) for non-vegans.

Second course will probably be some plain rice with stir fried broccoli and walnuts.

Am a bit stumped with dessert, as my normal go to recipes contain dairy or eggs. Would be grateful for suggestions or any suggestions for the other courses.

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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,015 Member
    Just saw a recipe online for nuoc cham where the fish sauce is replaced by soy. So I can do vegan nuoc cham as a starter. Still stumped by dessert.
  • Rocbola
    Rocbola Posts: 1,998 Member
    Something like this might work, though it's not terribly healthy.
    http://hellyeahitsvegan.com/vegan-apple-crisp/

    Or check out tons of recipes here:
    http://www.sweetlyraw.com/p/sweetly-raw-vegan-dessert-recipes.html
  • charming12u
    charming12u Posts: 49 Member
    Fan of fat free vegan' s blog. I haven't had a recipe not be good from her site.
  • yourfitnessenemy
    yourfitnessenemy Posts: 121 Member
    Post Punk Kitchen is a great vegan blog with recipes.
  • suncluster
    suncluster Posts: 539 Member
    I am a huge fan of grilled fruit kabobs. And I just had this and it was AWESOME. http://atouchofzest.com/raw-vegan-lime-cheesecake/
  • MaryJane_8810002
    MaryJane_8810002 Posts: 2,082 Member
    How about coconut bubble tea?
  • HoneydewLouu
    HoneydewLouu Posts: 18 Member
    Vegan apple crumble is delicious. Just get a normal recipe and replace the butter with vegan butter!
  • The_Raspberry
    The_Raspberry Posts: 84 Member
    You should look into raw food cakes if you have a food processor. Raw carrot cake is to die for!

    Another favourit of mine is avocado chocolate mousse, super yummie!

    Things like pies and crumbles are easy to make vegan. Most baked goods can be veganised, do a google search and you'll find loads! Good luck!
  • harribeau2012
    harribeau2012 Posts: 644 Member
    make a fresh fruit sorbet, water, fruit and sugar (yeah I know sugar), easy to make and totally vegan
  • supermysza
    supermysza Posts: 167 Member
    if you google vegan desserts you'll find lots of desserts, most of which are no bake so it's less hassle :wink:
    alternatively you could replace vegan unfriendly ingredients with other things, again you can google conversions.
    so you could replace 1 egg with 1 cup of apple sauce or banana, milk with soy milk etc
  • Flossiesdoll
    Flossiesdoll Posts: 48
    Raw avocado chocolate mousse can be delicious.

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