Vegan recipe help

[statlerwaldorf]

I am throwing a birthday party for DD and we are serving baked ziti.  I was wondering if anyone could help me come up with a good alternative to serve for our vegan guests.  Are there any good vegan bottled salad dressings?

[udscoobychick]

Silken tofu can be pureed with fresh basil, garlic, and thinned out with some oil and/or soy milk (salt and pepper to taste, of course), and it makes a pretty passable cream sauce for pasta. Some pasta is vegan. If not, layering roasted veggie slices (eggplant, zucchini, yellow squash) with the tofu cream sauce makes a yummy veggie lasagna. The firm tofu can be crumbled up to resemble feta texturally (though not taste-wise).

ETA: Oh She Glows has an avocado cream sauce that I have heard many raves about!  ohsheglows.com/2011/01/31/15-minute-creamy-avocado-pasta/

[Deleted]

How much effort are you wanting to put into it? You could convert this recipe into a ziti recipe instead, so you'd have regular ziti and vegan ziti.

www.vegetariantimes.com/recipe/ultimate-vegan-lasagna/

The most common vegan salad dressing in my stores around here are Annie's Naturals and Newman's Own, I don't think they're all vegan but a lot of them are. You can do a google search, I think there's actually a list of them out there somewhere.

[magdala]

If you are looking for a good vegan recipe, here are some vegan recipes that we like.. We are vegetarian rather than vegan, but vegan suits our needs, too.

www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/VEGETARIAN-NEW-ENGLAND-CLAM-CHOWDER-1214260. This can be made soy milk and tofutti sour cream or the dairy options. The dairy options aren't vegan.
www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Miso-Glazed-Eggplant-109748
www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Olive-Oil-Roasted-Tomatoes-and-Fennel-with-White-Beans-360271 This would pair well with your lasagna.
www.thejeyofcooking.com/moroccan-stuffed-tomatoes/

Have your considered a vinaigrette for a vegan salad dressing?

[stever]

You could make a vegan version of your ziti andmake your own salad dressing(3:1 olive oil to vinegar ratio with a bit of salt and pepper, a bit of dijon if you want it creamier). Or you could roast 2 bell peppers, an eggplant and a red onion with some olive oil then toss with a pound of pasta and and some of the aforementioned vinagrette.

I love roasted veggies

[lara]

If you want to make a vegan pasta, this one is very good (penne a la vodka):
kriscarr.com/best-of-kris-carr/how-to-make-vegan-penne-a-la-vodka/

I'm vegan, and I would be very happy to see a hearty salad option at a party.  Something like this:
www.kalynskitchen.com/2012/04/recipe-for-southwestern-quinoa-salad.html

or 

www.vegangela.com/2011/11/11/mexican-chickpea-salad/

I have both of those pinned to try, but haven't yet, so I don't know how they are.

It's so nice of you to consider the dietary needs of your guests.  I've regularly been in the situation where I have to rely on my emergency Larabar to get me through an afternoon.