{"id":7547,"date":"2013-08-11T19:46:33","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T00:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/?p=7547"},"modified":"2013-08-11T19:56:08","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T00:56:08","slug":"the-vegans-are-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/the-vegans-are-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vegans Are Coming!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dave, the organizer for the Madison <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/VegMadison\/\">Vegetarian Meetup Group<\/a>, proposed that we do some homey vegan dinners. The group had a dinner for 27 at <a href=\"http:\/\/schoolwoods.com\/\">School Woods<\/a> like 6 years ago, and has been over for <a href=\"http:\/\/debslunch.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/lunch-for-vegans.html\">lunches<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/2010\/02\/21\/vegan-cupcakes\/\">cupcakes<\/a> and games &amp; snacks more recently, but I can only seat about 30, and they are averaging 100 for their dinners currently. So the plan was to do three in a row, 30 per night. Since we are in the deeps of summer, prime vacation time, we ended up with <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><del>28<\/del><\/span> 30 the first night (Saturday), cancelling the Sunday for low enrollment, and <del>14<\/del> 17 on Monday. So I&#8217;m cooking for <del>42<\/del> 47 instead of 90 &#8211; and I&#8217;m kind of happy about that. Plus, because I now have Sunday off, I get to go to the State Fair.<\/p>\n<p>So anyways, they are having:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Roasted cherry tomato tartines to start; roasted tomatoes &amp; their juices over a slice of bread (I wanted to make <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epicurious.com\/recipes\/food\/views\/Honey-Roasted-Cherry-Tomatoes-51174600\">this<\/a> &#8211; but I learned that vegans do not eat honey; it is an animal product &#8211; so I am making the tomatoes with agave). I sprinkled fancy salt on each tartine, and granished with a basil leaf. For my own dinner when I got home, I had a tartine with just the juices from the tomatoes, drizzled over toasted bread smeared with goat cheese.<\/li>\n<li>Salad with raspberry-shallot vinaigrette<\/li>\n<li>This <a href=\"http:\/\/thevedge.org\/2013\/05\/eggplant-lasagna\/\">crazy vegan lasagna<\/a> &#8211; I <a href=\"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/2013\/07\/07\/long-weekend\/\">tried out<\/a> the roasted vegetable sauce at the beginning of July, and it&#8217;s delish. I made vats of the vegan bechamel &#8211; with cashews, almond milk, and brewers&#8217; yeast. Not sure why 6X the bechamel is so much more than 6X the tomato sauce, but go figure &#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theppk.com\/2009\/09\/mexican-hot-chocolate-snickerdoodles\/\">Mexican chocolate cookies<\/a> &#8211; like a chocolate snickerdoodle with a little cayenne. I made a double batch, about 60 cookies, and only 3 were\u00a0 left<\/li>\n<li>Heidi&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.101cookbooks.com\/archives\/000310.html\">chocolate mousse<\/a>, with whipped coconut milk topping. The coconut milk didn&#8217;t whip as easily as I thought it should&#8217;ve but it tasted great &#8211; especially scooped up with half a cookie.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All went well &#8211; Belinda helped and I paid her $25 plus dinner for Stephen. I put out a bucket for extra gratuity, but, since when the guests register via the meetup group, they&#8217;re told that the price includes the food, tax, tip <em>and<\/em> the fees for the meetup group itself, there was only $2 in the bucket at the end of the night. IMHO, I&#8217;ve had plenty of group meals at restaurants where we&#8217;re informed that the bill for our large party has a 15% gratuity built in, and I&#8217;ve still added a little extra on for the servers and the kitchen. But obviously not many in this crowd shared my opinion. Maybe on Monday I&#8217;ll have to add &#8220;additional&#8221; in front of the tips word.<\/p>\n<p>I only took pictures of the cookies &#8211; maybe I&#8217;ll be able to shoot more of the dishes when I cook the same menu for the Monday dinner.<\/p>\n<script>\/* <![CDATA[ *\/ portfolio_slideshow.slideshows[333] = {\"timeout\":\"\",\"autoplay\":\"false\",\"trans\":\"fade\",\"loop\":1,\"speed\":\"\",\"nowrap\":1}; \/* ]]> *\/<\/script><div id=\"slideshow-wrapper333\" class=\"slideshow-wrapper clearfix portfolio-slideshow-centered\">\n<div id=\"slideshow-nav333\" class=\"slideshow-nav\">\n\t<a class=\"pause\" style=\"display:none\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\">Pause<\/a>\n\t<a class=\"play\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\">Play<\/a>\n\t<a class=\"restart\" style=\"display:none\" href=\"javascript: void(0);\">Play<\/a>\n\t<a class=\"slideshow-prev\" href=\"javascript: void(0);\">Prev<\/a>\n\t<span class=\"sep\">|<\/span>\n\t<a class=\"slideshow-next\" href=\"javascript: void(0);\">Next<\/a>\n\t<span class=\"slideshow-info333 slideshow-info\"><\/span>\n<\/div><!-- .slideshow-nav -->\n<div class=\"pscarousel\">\n\t<div id=\"pager333\" class=\"pager items clearfix\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/veganchoccookies2tr-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/veganchoccookiestr-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"portfolio-slideshow333\" class=\"portfolio-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshow-next slideshow-content \">\n\t\t<a class=\"slideshow-next\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"psp-active\" data-img=\"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/veganchoccookies2tr-400x266.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/veganchoccookies2tr-400x266.jpg\" height=\"266\" width=\"400\" alt=\"Slide 1\"><\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshow-next slideshow-content not-first\">\n\t\t<a class=\"slideshow-next\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"psp-active\" data-img=\"https:\/\/debslunch.com\/debslunchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/veganchoccookiestr-400x266.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"266\" width=\"400\" alt=\"Slide 2\"><\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div><\/div><!--#slideshow-wrapper-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave, the organizer for the Madison Vegetarian Meetup Group, proposed that we do some homey vegan dinners. 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