Hubby's Mum is cooking for Boxing Day, but hubby and I will cook for Christmas Day dinner. I guess we have to figure out something nice and vegetarian. Hubby will prob want it to be traditional, but that doesn't leave much. We tried a nut loaf last year or the year before, and I've decided I just don't like nut loafs. Any suggestions?
I am definitely baking my medieval recipe shortbread--it's really good! And maybe my Grandmother's recipe cho chip cookies.
Delia's Christmas cookbook has quite a few recipes, as well as Nigella's Christmas book. I've got Delia sitting right here since the Book People left it here, so I can write down and send you a recipe if you need it, and Nigella's book is at home. Nigella does a big stuffed pumpkin for vegetarian Christmas, but I'm not sure what goes in - I think it's a mixture of wild rice, mushrooms, and other veg. I can look when I get home. Delia does a luxury vegetable pie without cheese (it does have double cream in the sauce, but you can skip the eggs and use milk to glaze the pastry and maybe sub something for the cream if you like), vegetarian sausage rolls, cheese and parsnip roulade with sage and onion stuffing, roasted red peppers stuffed with fennel, tomato tart with swiss cheese and rosemary, a cheese terrine with spiced pear confit (I know you don't normally eat cheese, but thought I might include these recipes in case you do at the holidays or something!), and pappardelle pie with wild mushrooms & taleggio. Let me know if any of those interest you and I will PM you a recipe!
