Even though the percentage of vegetarians in the American population hasn’t grown much above the 3% it was a decade ago, the appeal of meatless menus has. The healthy initiative to eat more wholesome meals is really taking off.

Coventry serves a two or three vegetarian lasagnas, with a meat sauce on the side so as to appeal to all. By far the most popular is a mushroom lasagna with Cremini and Portabella mushrooms and a Bechamel sauce. Some of these dishes also do away with the pasta and rely on the robust nature of the Portabella or winter squashes to build substance.

Stuffed vegetables are very well received and lend themselves to all kinds of innovative experimentation; peppers, jalapenos, eggplant, mushrooms and squash are delicious when stuffed with wild rice and fruits, cheeses, sausage, bacon and even artichokes – who knows what else?

And then there is our very popular vegetarian chili with onions and cheese to dress and accompanied by a delicious twice baked potato!

For caterers the variety of diets out there is a constant challenge and choices seem severely limited when one removes any dairy, or gluten, or sugar etc., etc., etc. Yet our experience has proved that many of the dishes prepared meet these challenges become popular to all dietary tastes.

All in all, meat really isn’t king as it once was, vegetables have become royalty in their own right!