Altering your menu for certain guests

buy a bag of salad and give it to her

I agree, it's a PITA when a guest suddenly adopts a restricted diet and wants the whole world to accommodate him/her. But in the interest of family harmony, it's not too hard to make a big tossed salad and a loaf of nice bread; she can share in the meal & have something on her place without your needing to alter any of your other menu items.

If you have an Asian market near you make Japchae leave out the beef and egg to make it vegan. What they don't eat serve for lunch tomorrow.

My reaction to things like this is directly related to how I feel about them. It's usually somewhere between "F that, tell them to bring their own good," and, "absolutely, no problem. Let me look up a fun and interesting recipe that works and see if I can pull it off."

Grab her a six inch veggie sub from Subway.

Except that putting butter on anything renders it non-vegan. Try olive oil instead.

We had relatives coming from out of town and had a meal planned for about 20 people or maybe a few more. Found out somewhat last minute that two were vegan. We were already having a variety of vegetables like roasted asparagus, roasted white and sweet potatoes and several salads. We added an eggplant dish that wasn't hard and was sort of like an entree to them. We put out guacamole for them and one of them ended up splurging on the deviled eggs. They both shared a dessert even though it wasn't vegan. We had some sort of vegan dessert, but I can't recall what it was.

It's pretty easy to roast a bunch of different vegetables and throw a salad together. Portabella mushrooms are like meat to vegans and can be roasted, grilled, sauteed etc...with little effort.

Quick,easy and good vegan meals include falafel....you can buy falafel mix at whole foods, add water, form balls and fry....serve with pita, hummus, lettuce, pickles and tomatoes. Kimchi fried rice is another good meal.....buy kimchi, saute with onion, add cooked rice to the skillet and cook for 5 minutes. I usually roast brussels sprouts to serve on top of it.

Veggie pizza. No cheese. Heavy on the veggies.