Meals

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Meal Suggestions

Here are some meals that have worked well.

Vegan Tacos

This meal is inexpensive and almost everyone can eat the same things.

  • Corn chips – 2 oz per person
  • Vegan taco crumbles (1/4 cup dried TVP from co-op reconstituted with 1/4 cup hot water and taco seasonings, fried with onion per person). [For 18 people, I purchased 1 pound/4.5 cups of TVP at a cost of $4.50.]
  • Bean/corn/avocado salad (1/4 cup black beans, 1/4 cup corn, plus some tomato, onion, avocado and lime juice per serving). For 18 servings, I cooked 1 cup dry black beans in the instant pot, plus frozen corn, tomatoes from the garden, 2 avocados and lime juice.
  • Grated cheese – 1 oz per person
  • Sour cream – 1/3 oz per person
  • Salsa – <1 jar total
  • Lettuce
  • Cookies – 2-3 each (check ingredients – vegan preferred)
  • Fruit – 1-2 oz per person of grapes

Gluten-free: All GF except dessert. Make sure there’s a GF cookie or a fruit option.
Vegetarian/vegan: All vegan except dessert. Make sure there’s a vegan cookie or a fruit option.
No peanut/tree nuts: Check the cookies.
Lactose intolerant: Cheese and sour cream are optional – the meal is complete without. Check dessert.
Carb counting: We will count the carbs in a serving of bean salad and chips.

Hot Dogs/NotDogs

This meal is kind of boring, but pretty easy. The hot dogs were cooked at home in a slow cooker, then brought and plugged in again until dinner. The vegi dogs were cooked in a separate slow cooker.

  • 2 simple hot dogs per meat eater [24 bun length hot dogs at Aldi for $3]
  • 1-2 hot dog alternatives (Target has several choices. Aldi sometimes has vegan dogs but not in September, 2021]
  • 2 hot dog buns per person
  • 1 serving of gluten-free bread
  • Ketchup
  • Mustard
  • Relish
  • Carrots/celery or other vegetable
  • Chips
  • Cookies: 2-3 each (check ingredients – vegan preferred)
  • Gluten-free cookies: 1 serving

Gluten-free: Provide one serving of GF bread/bun. Make sure there’s a GF cookie or a fruit option.
Vegetarian/vegan: Check the buns – some have dairy. The simple inexpensive ones are most likely to be OK. Make sure there’s a vegan cookie or a fruit option.
No peanut/tree nuts: Check the cookies.
Lactose intolerant: Simple buns are usually OK – check ingredients. Check cookies.
Carb Counting: We will count the carbs in the bus, chips, and cookies.

Baked Potatoes

A whole oven full of potatoes will take longer to cook that you expect. Once hot, transfer them to a cooler and they’ll stay hot several hours.

  • 1 medium/6 oz potato per person
  • Toppings:
    • Diced ham: 2 oz per meat eater
    • Meal alternative like fake bacon bits or TVP crumbles
    • Cheese – 1 oz per person
    • Sour cream – 1/2 oz per person
    • Butter (and vegan butter)
    • Salt
    • Broccali
    • Sauteed mushrooms
    • Other things!
  • Cookies/fruit

Gluten-free: Make sure there’s a GF cookie or a fruit option.
Vegetarian/vegan: Make sure the vegan toppings are sufficient, and consider bringing a serving (Toby can provide) of vegan butter. Make sure there’s a vegan cookie or a fruit option.
No peanut/tree nuts: Check the cookies.
Lactose intolerant: Cheese, butter, and sour cream are optional – the meal is complete without. Check dessert.
Carb Counting: We will calculate carbs in the potato and cookies.

Spaghetti

Vegan Chili

Updated 9/16/2025