Christmas Vegan Eggplant Roulade is a flavorful and elegant-looking dish. The strong flavors and presentation will win over meat lovers.
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Years ago I shared with our readers the story of how, for a time, I went from carnivorous to vegan sometime during my early 20s.
During that period, many a time I felt decidedly neglected at the Christmas or New Year’s Eve table. I don’t blame my hosts, the fact is that vegetarian or vegan dishes often lack the panache that a good-looking roast does. So I was just tired of being thrown a metaphorical bone and decided to create my own Christmas centerpiece dish with vegan ingredients. One that would not feel less next to a turkey or pork roast. After all, we also “eat” with our eyes.
In the post I linked above I refer to my mom’s joke about slaughtering an eggplant every time I went home for Christmas, based on the story of the prodigal son and the sacrifice of animals to celebrate his return. This time I decided to run with this idea. How about taking something humble, something simple and dressing it up?
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Since my mom is visiting us I decided to treat her to my version of Christmas eggplants. The verdict went like this: my mom was impressed and asked for the recipe, my daughter liked it, mostly the crust, my husband said it was very tasty and would go very well next to a steak (he was not joking), and I loved it.
If you’re having vegan or vegetarian guests over for New Year’s dinner I encourage you to serve this, you will surprise and impress them, instead of expecting them to be happy eating just side dishes or whatever it is left that you forgot to add meat to.
No, I’m not bitter. Not at all.
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