How to share the joy of smoking with vegetarians??

[Hal]

Greetings! With the holidays upon us, and friends/family coming in, am trying to figure out what I can smoke for vegetarians. Are there veggies that are particularly good on a smoker? What about anything that is more meal-worthy (after writing this, I realized that my bias came through)? Suggestions appreciated!

Hal

[Bbqmikeg]

Here’s a chunk of sadness that might work.

[ofelles]

I had to run to the bathroom after seeing that!

[texastweeter]

There is a joke about smoking with vegetarians. For an honest answer, jackfruit supposedly can be a vegetarian pulled pork.

[Washblue]

It’s a trick question…

There is no joy with vegetarians…

[captainlee]

We smoke tomatoes in season, really good. We have also smoked asparagus and potatoes. I'm sure there are many more if you search online.

[Washblue]

Pit roasted tomatoes make great tomato sauce!

[captainlee]

We too have made sauce with the smoked tomatoes, most excellent.

[acorgihouse]

I also smoke tomatoes, they are great in tomato sauce, and also in salads, salad dressings and bruschetta.

[Hal]

Thanks for the suggestions! Think that the celebration roast may be difficult to come by where we live - Italy - but jackfruit may be available and tomatoes certainly are.

[Michael_in_TX]

Steven Raichlen has an entire recently published book, How to Grill Vegetables: https://www.amazon.com/How-Grill-Veg.../dp/1523509848

His Season 3 of Project Fire features a few of these recipes. The recipes are here: https://www.stevenraichlen.com/progr...fire/season-3/ and the videos are here: https://video.mpt.tv/show/steven-rai...-project-fire/ (You'll need to choose season 3 and then use the arrow to get to the beginning of the season.)

[mrteddyprincess]

This is just good food and one of my standards whatever the occasion is.

I roast bell peppers and mushrooms sprinkled with kosher salt until they start to blacken. Then I add onions to the mix and smoke that for an hour or so.

Then I sprinkle with balsamic vinegar reduction and fresh parmesan cheese. No one makes a distinction about whether they are vegetarian or not. That combo gets eaten every time I make it.

[Uncle Bob]

Portobellos, eggplant, some squashes...........firm, sliceable, and grillable.......augment with appropriate sauces. Enjoy.....

[Jim White]

My grilled eggplant sliders are always a hit. Cauliflower steaks work really well.

Several folks here have reported that tofu burnt ends are great. I want to cook some soon.

And finally, jalapeño poppers can be made without bacon.

[WayneT]

+1 on the cauliflower steaks. Cut them about 1-1.5 inches thick in the middle, put your favorite rub on them, smoke them about 90 minutes, and add sauce if you wish.

[RustyHaines]

Cheese. Smoked cheese of all varities. Cuts out the vegans, but that's an entire different topic.

[DogFaced PonySoldier]

On a side note, I heard that the 'Beyond' meat company is in trouble, financially. I guess either they expanded well beyond their market, anticipating widespread adoption, or they made some other poor decisions. Dunno.

[Washblue]

They anticipated forced submission… a little too soon…

[acorgihouse]

At least some people are realizing they may be non-meat, but they are certainly not natural by any means. Highly processed, and full of chemicals it is hard to pronounce.

[BBQandLove]

Happy to see them collapse. One can hope.

[texastweeter]

If grilling counts, zucchini, eggplant, romaine (for salad) cabbage, asparagus, portobello, sweet potatoes, and, eggplant.

[JCBBQ]

I was a vegetarian for 10 years and we still have some in the family. This was my “go to” holiday recipe. It’s from the Greens cookbook (don’t know if that restaurant still exists). It’s absolutely delicious. I still like eating it. I’d bet this would be even better cooked in the smoker. Let me know if you try it.

As you can see it’s well worn.

[Murdy]

Raichlen has some recipes for smoke stuffed whole heads of cabbage, you'd have to modify the stuffings, as many involve meat. I've done one with bacon in it and it was fantastic.

Will they eat cheese? Never quite sure where vegetarians draw the line.

[barelfly]

A big portobello cap! But, that may be more of a grilling option although I usually do the 2 zone cook for veggies on my Weber.

[ItsAllGoneToTheDogs]

we smoke 'em all the time, even better than grilled IMO