My family are finally coming around!
Posted by Catski on Aug 03, 2007 · Member since Jun 2007 · 1431 posts
So, in addtion to my parents and my younger brother, my grandmother's up at our house for a couple of weeks, and we've two family friends coming for dinner tomorrow.
And I've been entrusted with cooking the family meal! I'm planning on doing it totally vegan, just because I can and it'd be amazing to come up with something great that didn't contain any animal products whatsoever.
I'm thinking the Moroccan Tagine from Vegan With A Vengeance, with olives, some kind of flatbread and a green salad on the side. Anyone have any tips or suggestions for me? Feels great that they're going to let me cook when we've got guests over. I think this summer has been a learning experience for them, ha ha.
I always do Indian food for my omni friends. And the funny thing is, they never know they have eaten vegan.
make sure you know its something that you cant mess up. i've made seitan steaks many times on my own, but then when i made them for my family, i got nervous and messed it up!! so find something that is fool proof. that is my suggestion!! have fun!
something that you have made before and you know is delicious. and simple!! what impressed my family the most about my cooking was the ease with which i made delicious things
Whenever I have guests, I always choose dishes that a) I know I prepare well--no surprises and b) will sit happily and wait until we want them. That way if the premeal talk is good, nothing is going to burn or dry up. I always make things I can prepare before hand and warm up or serve as is. I never do any food prep once my guests come, unless it's a "let's cook together" thing. I think it's rude to make your guests wait for their food, and I can't cook with strangers all over my kitchen unless we're doing something simple.
I have a friend who (not the best cook in the world) ALWAYS cooks the food after we've arrived, or has to dash into the kitchen to finish the prep. I either feel like I'm in the way even (especially?) if I offer to help, or feel rude if I stay talking with our husbands in another room. And of course she is "cumbered with much serving" and gets cross--and things sometimes go wrong.