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Veganism is a popular lifestyle that comes with a long list of mental and physical benefits. If you’re a practicing vegan, or need to party plan for an upcoming vegan event, you’ll appreciate these vegan catering tips! Read on to learn how you can cater your party with a vegan spread.
What is veganism?
To better understand how to cater to vegans, it helps to learn what veganism is all about. A vegan is a person who follows a diet free of meat and animal by-products. This includes all dairy products, such as milk, cream, cheese, and butter. It also includes all meats and animal by-products, including poultry, beef, pork, lamb, eggs, and shellfish. Some orthodox vegans also avoid wearing or wearing anything made from animals, such as leather, feathers, hides, fur, and more.
Drinks and Cocktails
There are endless options for vegan drinks, alcoholic cocktails, and even mocktails. As long as you don’t use any mixer that contains dairy, you’re clean. Stick with lemonades, wines, beers, iced teas, hot tea, coffee, sodas, juices, and spirits. Avoid milk-based products or substitute coconut, cashew, or almond milk products.
Appetizers
Appetizers that are vegan are easy to come by. Summer is the time for fresh produce, so pick up an assortment of fruits and vegetables, both raw and prepared. Cherry and grape tomatoes, zucchini, squash, broccoli, carrots, radishes, cauliflower, bell peppers, and more are fantastic choices for color and flavor. Try them in salads, on sticks, in a marinade, or dipped. Your vegan guests will love them all! You can also include vegetable and vegetable dips, such as hummus, chickpea, falafel, eggplant, onion and more! Just make sure they don’t contain sour cream or dairy.
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Whether it’s for dinner or lunch, your main course is easy to plan for a vegan guest list. Choose hearty vegetables, such as eggplant and portobello mushrooms, to replace meat entrees. Tofu is also a great option. When done right, these vegan dishes are just as hearty and delicious as meat. Consider pasta dishes for evening soirees, such as eggplant Parmigiana or risotto. Pair these dishes with delicious vegan-style salads and sides, like vegan pasta salad, couscous, tabouli, rice, potatoes, corn on the cob, grilled asparagus, and more.
Dessert
Desserts are sometimes a challenge for vegans because most contain some form of dairy. However, there are some great vegan-friendly dessert options out there, as long as you choose them carefully. Any type of cake, pudding, or cream pie is likely not suitable for vegans, so you may need to specially make them with dairy substitutes, such as almond milk, applesauce, and nut butters. Fruit smoothies are another great option, as long as you use non-dairy milk, such as almond, cashew, or coconut.