Vegetarians, I Need a Soup Recipe that Carnivores Will Enjoy.

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We celebrate Christmas Eve with our extended family. Adult DS is the only vegetarian. He said he was fine with not eating, but I'm a Mom. I want to make sure he has something to eat. It would break my heart for him to feel excluded in the meal.

The menu is soup & appetizers. For lack of a better option, I'm planning to make spinach & artichoke dip for the app. I really need a soup idea that everyone will enjoy. I'm also open to other vegetarian appetizer suggestions.
 
We celebrate Christmas Eve with our extended family. Adult DS is the only vegetarian. He said he was fine with not eating, but I'm a Mom. I want to make sure he has something to eat. It would break my heart for him to feel excluded in the meal.

The menu is soup & appetizers. For lack of a better option, I'm planning to make spinach & artichoke dip for the app. I really need a soup idea that everyone will enjoy. I'm also open to other vegetarian appetizer suggestions.
Here is a list of vegetarian soup recipes: https://smittenkitchen.com/?format=photo&s=vegetarian soup
Every recipe I've tried from SK has turned out well.

This recipe from Marcella Hazan is wonderful -- simple and delicious: https://food52.com/recipes/51809-marcella-hazan-s-white-bean-soup-with-garlic-and-parsley
I've used canned beans with good results, but if you can make it with dried beans (Rancho Gordo's Marcella Beans = YUM!), all the better.
 
Baked potato soup made with vegetable broth & cream cheese. Garnish with shredded cheese, green onions, & sour cream.

Veggie Chili. So many different variations of this.

Veggie appetizers: Southern Pimento Cheese Dip served with pretzels and veggies, dates stuffed with blue cheese, 7 layer taco dip with vegetarian beans, caprese salad, onion dip, deviled eggs, etc.
 
I really need a soup idea that everyone will enjoy.

you can take any traditional soup recipie that calls for ground beef and substitute 'crumbles' meat substitute (I like the morningstar farms brand). just make sure to also substitute any broth a recipie calls for with vegetable broth. it works really well and even die hard carnivores are hard pressed to realize the substitution. my kids went k-8th to a vegetarian school and I had to do allot of potlucks as well as provide a hot lunch for about 30 kids and staff a few times a year (parents took turns). I used crumbles in chili, spaghetti with 'meatless sauce', shepherds pie....allot of the kids were not vegetarian and they enjoyed it allot as well.

I like taco soup for a crowd. so easy to make and you can provide toppings like sour cream, cheese, salsa, guac and tortilla strips. the Yummly website has both a lasagna and a stuffed pepper soup that are easy and very tasty.
 
Make Olive Garden's pasta e fagioli using crumbles and veggie broth. That's DD's annual request for either Christmas eve or Christmas day dinner!
Corn chowder? Pea soup or 10-bean soup (not quite the same when you don't make it with a ham bone, but still good)? These can both be made with veggie broth.
I think the more veggies and beans you put in the soup, the less the carnivores will notice that you used crumbles and not real meat/
 
Broccoli and Cheddar is always a hit. That would be the one my family would want if we were not eating meat.
 













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