Although I’m not vegetarian, I have quite a few friends who are and I’m constantly scrambling to make last minute dishes for potluck parties. Here’s a collection of a few recipes. Some of them will include meat, but they can easily be removed or replaced with something else. I’ve put substitutions in brackets below.
Appetizers/Snacks
Sides/Salads
- Roast Pumpkin
- Miso Sesame Green Beans
- Stuffing!!! (can replace chicken stock with vegetable stock)
- Cheesy Cauliflower Mash (low carb)
- Roasted Mushroom, Tomato & Cashew Salad
- Sweet Chilli Eggplant “Steak”
- Jee’s Coconut (pol) Sambol
- Blueberry Salad with Honey Balsamic Dressing
- ‘Montana’s’ Apple Harvest Salad\
- Tabbouleh – quinoa salad
- Sesame Smoked Salmon Salad
Mains
- Easy Pizza Dough
- Avocado Egg Bake (depends on whether you consider eggs veggo)
- Vegetable Dumplings
- Falafel
- Meatless Meatballs (veg)
- Oma’s “Pumble and Knockle”
- Jap Chae
- Sri Lankan Pumpkin Curry (Wattaka Kalu Pol)
- Jee’s Potato Curry
- Mushroom Sausage Risotto (omit sausage)
- Soy Sauce Butter Pasta (with Shrimp & Mushrooms) (omit shrimp)
- Curry Quinoa/Couscous with Craisins (replace chicken stock with vegetable stock)
- Balsamic Blueberry Grilled Cheese
- Apple and Sriracha Butter Grilled Cheese
- Vietnamese Salad Rolls (omit the shrimp)
- Taiwanese Cold Noodles (涼麵)
- Pesto
- Taiwanese Cheese Dan Bing 蛋餅 (Egg Crepe)
Soups
- Mulligatawny Soup (omit the chicken)
- Roasted Pumpkin & Spinach Soup
Sauces/Dips
Breads
Dessert
- Mung/Green Bean Soup
- Flan aka Crème Caramel
- Reese’s Chewy Chocolate Cookies
- Banana Muffins
- Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes
- Chocolate Espresso Baileys Spritz Cookies
- Earl Grey Shortbread Cookies
- Rosemary Cheese Spritz Cookies
- (Mint) Chocolate Cookies
- No Bake Triple Chocolate Cheesecake
- Chocolate Bailey’s “Nice Cream”
Abby Approved 