Southern food for vegetarians

Re: Southern food for vegetarians

• cwaggoner07 member

  

  June 2012

  I can't offer any advice, but I can tell you that your caterer is probably very familiar with some options. Any good caterer will have a way to plan a meal with vegetarians in mind. I wouldn't worry about it too much until you meet with them. It's a part of their everyday job.

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• random4180 member

  

  June 2012 edited June 2012

  I've been vegan/vegetarian for over ten years. Some options which can easily be adapted to such a diet include mac and cheese, corn on the cob, baked beans, greens, grilled veggie kabobs, cornbread, veggie chili, pasta salad- that's what I can think of from the top of my head but there are lots of options! 

  

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• rlavach member

  

  June 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_food-cakes_southern-food-for-vegetarians?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:23Discussion:67afb931-678a-4a05-9df0-5d40dfaa5fdfPost:fbb10d99-512b-434d-aa09-8be142c7820a">Re: Southern food for vegetarians</a>:
  [QUOTE]I've been vegan/vegetarian for over ten years. Some options which can easily be adapted to such a diet include mac and cheese, corn on the cob, baked beans, greens, grilled veggie kabobs, cornbread, veggie chili, pasta salad- that's what I can think of from the top of my head but there are lots of options! 
  Posted by random4180[/QUOTE]
  I've also been vegan/vegetarian for 10 years & agree on those options. Don't fret too much about it now. Once you meet with the caterer, let them know & they'll help you adapt dishes. I was starting to drive myself nuts trying to figure out whether or not my venue could make certain dishes vegan. That was such as waste of energy. How do I know!?! When I met with them & asked, everything was clarified. Considering 10% of the population is vegetarian, I'm sure you're caterers have an idea.

  

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• TurtlesAllTheWayDown member

  

  June 2012 edited June 2012

  I agree with everyone else. Are you doing a buffet or plated dinner? If it's a buffet, just make sure everything other than the main meat options are vegetarian. In southern cooking, it's very popular to use pork or beef as flavoring - putting hamhocks in the greens, using lard in cornbread. Have your catering make everything that can be vegetarian, vegetarian. If it's a buffet, label everything that's vegan or vegetarian as such. As a vegetarian, I'd be perfectly happy with things like mac and cheese, greens, cole slaw, corn bread and baked beans, even if everyone else has BBQ or fried chicken as well!
  
  For vegans, I think a veggie/tofu kabob with a nice rice pilaf and maybe some greens would be a good plated dish.

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• GoofyAssChick member

  

  July 2012 edited July 2012

  We're doing the same kind of southern style food at our wedding reception, which is also being held in a barn!!  :-)  And so far everyone we have told of our plans seems to be really excited.  (I also just noticed we have the same wedding date too!)
  
  Although we haven't officially booked a caterer, my fiance and I have written down exactly what we want to serve and have contacted different caterers in our local area to get bids on what we want.  In each of our menus we have asked for a vegetarian dish of some sort, but we've also asked for five side dishes.  Most of the vegetarian dishes they've come up with gear towards italian like vegetable lasgna or mosticholi.  Thankfully we have gotten a lot of reasonable bids!   
  
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• bridalbarbie25 member

  

  July 2012

  ive actually tasted tofu fried "chicken " and really enjoyed it

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