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For my birthday I wanted to celebrate with my family and involve food in the celebrations. I wanted to use vegan food for the day for my non-vegan guests.
Safe to say it was a hit as there was not much food left over at the end!
I ended up getting a variety of foods from different shops including Tesco, Asda, Iceland and Holland & Barrett until I found the perfect mix.
What I used for party food
It’s not the best time of year for vegan party food so it did take looking around some shops to find a variety. I do find the best time of year for vegan party food is December/January as brands prepare for veganuary. Unfortunately the variety in vegan party food dwindles down after these months. However, after searching around several shops I did manage to get a good variety of tasty food.
Here’s what I found and cooked up for the buffet:
- Fry’s popcorn chicken
- Fry’s Plant-Based Nuggets
- Oumph Crispy Buffalo Tenders
- Vegan mac n no cheese
- No Meat – Southern Fried No Chick Strips
- plant chef no prawn tempuras
- Higgidy -Spinach, Sweet Red Pepper & Basil Mini Muffins
- Higgidy – Vegetable Samosa Rolls
- Violife – Cheddarton Extra Mature with Pineapple sticks
- Curly Fries
- Hashbrown potato pops
- Plant Chef Margherita pizza
- Samosas
- Onion Bhaji
- Vegetable spring rolls
- A variety of crisps including; onion rings, salt and vinegar twirls, bacon flavoured rashers and ready salted sticks
Vegan food has come a long way and finally starting to taste nice which is great! My favourite out of the selection was the vegan Mac n no cheese from Iceland, surprisingly cheesy and delicious.
Onto The Sweetness
Finding vegan sweet treats is a lot more limited compared to the savoury options and unfortunately more expensive. I managed to get the majority from Asda and Tesco, however, I did get the Daisy & Doms and Vego Vegolino treats from Holland & Barrett (thankfully on offer).
Here’s what I got for the selection of sweet treats:
- OMV! Mini Pink & White Mallows
- Free From Chocolate buttons
- Oggs – Mini Chocolate Cupcakes and Mini Vanilla Cupcakes
- Vego Vegolino – Hazlenut Chocolate Pralines
- Daisy & Doms – Dark Chocolate Drops
- Jammie Dodgers
- Sweet & Salted Popcorn
- Strawberries
- Strawberry Jelly Pots
- Pink wafers
Typically the two sweet treats I purchased from Holland & Barrett were my favourite. The hazelnut pralines were delicious and again with the Daisy & Doms!
I thoroughly enjoyed planning and preparing this vegan buffet. It was nice to see my non-vegan family enjoying the food as well and showing that vegans don’t only eat grass.
What would you bring to a vegan buffet? Any tips for next time?
