Help! Meat-eating toddler coming for lunch!

[Molly]

Hi, can I pick people's brains, please? I have 2 adults, a young teenager and a toddler coming for lunch soon (all omnivores). The adults will be fine with whatever I serve and, although I know the teenager is a typically picky stick-thin waif, I think she'll manage to cope with veggie food! However, I'm a little concerned about what to give the toddler. I thought of making a cheese quiche, as it won't send them screaming over the horizon in shock. I usually make Sosmix rolls for us as buffet snacks but I wonder whether they might be a little too far out of the meat-eaters' comfort zone. Can anyone suggest anything else? I don't want to resort to putting out bowls of crisps/nuts/processed snacks.
I will be baking a cake and offering salad and fresh fruit, by the way.

[veganwitch]

How about vegan sausage rolls? Or Fry's fake chicken dippers? or the Redwood 'fish' sticks? That with some chips and peas or baked beans? I know it's not gourmet but what kid wants anything more than that? I doubt that a toddler would notice the difference between a real chicken nugget and a vegan one. Is that any help to you?

[Molly]

Thanks, veganwitch, yes I think he has probably been brought up on indeterminate-bits-of-flesh-in-breadcrumbs and he probably wouldn't notice anything different at all if I put tomato ketchup on it! I hadn't even thought of that (long time since I had a child to feed). Thanks again.

[TofuMan]

I think breadcrumbed dippers of some type in ketchup or bbq sauce will be good - espeiclly if he gets to do the dipping

Redwood do chicken style nuggets:
http://www.redwoodfoods.co.uk/products/ ... oductid=40

And they also do scampi style ones too.

Viana also do chicken nuggets
http://www.veggiestuff.com/acatalog/via ... ggets.html


If they are not fussed about veggie rather than vegan then Quorn do some dippers that are easy to get at supermarkets
http://www.quorn.co.uk/products/Chicken ... ppers.aspx

Also, Grassingtons in ASDA that I saw lately.
http://www.grassingtons.co.uk/

I think that things that look familiar like nuggets, burgers, sausages are very easy to offer people. The minute you start making elaborate 'exotic' meals people get nervous and assume there will be something scary in it

[Molly]

If they are not fussed about veggie rather than vegan then Quorn do some dippers

Heck, wouldn't be fussed if the meat was killed in the woods by Uncle Seth with a wire noose! Don't imagine I am kidding.
The Viana nuggets look great. If I can't get those I'll be off to Sainsburys for some Quorn. Thanks!