Thread: Work Christmas Meal - eek!

I am having a Christmas meal with work colleagues tomorrow night and I'm not sure how to count the syns - please help!

It's a set menu and I am veggie so there really is only one option for me for each course:

Starter: Sundried tomato and basil tartlet with red chard
Main: Wild mushroom risotto
Dessert: Cheese selection

Any suggestions on how to calculate the syns? I love cheese but I'll try to go easy on it and I'm thinking I have some of it as my HexA?

I wouldnt know the syns but a mushroom risotto will often have parmesan in which is what will make the syns high, or you could count some of that as your HEX A but still syn the rest. As for cheese board a HEX A portion of cheddar is about the size of a matchbox, so a bit depressing when faced with a whole board!
I'd try and flexi syn it, It'll be hard without knowing the pastry on the tart but remember on oil alone thats around 5 syns x

Originally Posted by VeggieBev

I am having a Christmas meal with work colleagues tomorrow night and I'm not sure how to count the syns - please help!

It's a set menu and I am veggie so there really is only one option for me for each course:

Starter: Sundried tomato and basil tartlet with red chard
Main: Wild mushroom risotto
Dessert: Cheese selection

Any suggestions on how to calculate the syns? I love cheese but I'll try to go easy on it and I'm thinking I have some of it as my HexA?

Just a quick observation if you are Quite a strict veggie most hard cheeses are made using animal rennet which would make them not suitable for a veggie diet xxx

Originally Posted by cat yoyo greaves

Just a quick observation if you are Quite a strict veggie most hard cheeses are made using animal rennet which would make them not suitable for a veggie diet xxx

Not so much these days - most of the deli counter cheeses in Sainsburys for example are veggie now and made using non-animal rennet. The only problem cheese (so to speak!) is Parmesan - it's so hard to get veggie Parmesan! The only one I have ever found is the Sainsburys basics hard Italian cheese (fakey Parmesan haha!).

I had risotto on both of my work nights out as it was the only veggie choice but I'm fairly sure that the cheese would not have been vegetarian. :/ It's such a pain when you only have one menu choice, I kinda had to accept that I was being a bad vegetarian for one night only

Originally Posted by cat yoyo greaves

Just a quick observation if you are Quite a strict veggie most hard cheeses are made using animal rennet which would make them not suitable for a veggie diet xxx

Hi Catherine

Thanks for the observation but I am actually an ovo-lacto vegetarian so I happily eat eggs, cheese and other dairy products.

x

Originally Posted by VeggieBev

Hi Catherine

Thanks for the observation but I am actually an ovo-lacto vegetarian so I happily eat eggs, cheese and other dairy products.

x

Same as me - I am considering veganism but for now I'm happy being a strict veggie. It's still worth keeping an eye on the cheeses though as you do get the odd one which is not veggie suitable.

Originally Posted by missy1978

Same as me - I am considering veganism but for now I'm happy being a strict veggie. It's still worth keeping an eye on the cheeses though as you do get the odd one which is not veggie suitable.

Hi, thanks for the tip but I am perfectly happy eating cheese which is not veggie friendly. While I understand that this would be an issue for some/most vegetarians, it is not for me. People seem to have jumped to the conclusion that I don't eat meat for ethical reasons which is actually not the case.

xx

Originally Posted by VeggieBev

Hi, thanks for the tip but I am perfectly happy eating cheese which is not veggie friendly. While I understand that this would be an issue for some/most vegetarians, it is not for me. People seem to have jumped to the conclusion that I don't eat meat for ethical reasons which is actually not the case.

xx

Not jumping to any conclusions at all, just trying to help.

I must admit I didn't used to worry about cheese when I was a veggie, even if it has got bits of a cow's stomach in it, lol. Nowadays I steer clear of it because of the calories! xx

No worries just thought id point it out as Alot dont realise about the rennet