Hey ho!
I am working on a menu for my kid’s prom night dinner. We have 5-6 prom couples come over for prom dinner and make food/juice pairings (they are 17/18.)
Two guests are vegetarian, but eat egg/dairy, just no flesh. So, I am going for a meat and non-meat fiesta that makes the vegetarians feel like they were considered and not an afterthought. (Having cheese and egg options is a life saver, for me.)
I am looking for further suggestions.
Tentative plan:
Appetizers:
Cheese
What else?
Would deviled eggs be a good pick?
Musubi
Mains:
(Small plates of several dishes)
Fettuccine Alfredo (I will make the sauce) and butter poached colossal shrimp that can be added on top of the pasta and keep the pasta ‘flesh free.’ Accompanied by carbonated blood Orange juice?
Stir fried chopped vegetable medley with ginger, rice wine vinegar, spicy sesame oil, lemon grass, touch of soy sauce. On the side, thin sliced beef, quickly wok cooked with ginger, lemon grass. Accompanied by 3 small tastes of different Bruce Cost brand ginger ales.
Chickpea, pea, carrot, apricot, date, parsley, herbs from tagine (lots of saffron.) Would tangerine juice match well?
From Flannery’s perfectly timed sale…New York steak from sous vide at 128 degrees. For the vegetarians, big ol’ portabello cap sauteed in butter. What juice?
If anybody has fun ideas, I am flexible. I want it to be special and make a nice juice pairing! Is there enough for the vegetarians to feel engaged?