{"schemaVersion":"1.0","guide":{"id":"vegetarian-grill-night-mixed-group","title":"A vegetable-focused grill night for a mixed group","published":true,"publishedOn":"2026-10-10","collection":"food","label":"Cooking & sharing a meal","setting":"anywhere","description":"Choose a vegetable-centered menu that everyone has agreed sounds good, with enough substantial food for dinner. Keep the grill operator's job manageable through a short cooking order.","tags":["food","food","vegetarian","grill","night","mixed","group"],"answer":"Choose a vegetable-centered menu that everyone has agreed sounds good, with enough substantial food for dinner. Keep the grill operator's job manageable through a short cooking order. Avoid making guests defend preferences or treating one person's meal as an afterthought.","duration":"Suggested: About 90 minutes","budget":"Agree on portions and contributions before purchasing ingredients.","budgetDetail":"Agree on portions and contributions before purchasing ingredients. Agree the total before purchases or bookings. This is a planning suggestion, not a live price or availability quote.","goodFor":"Menus and formats that give the host time at the table.","considerInstead":"An indoor tray-bake supper. 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Durations and budgets are suggested choices. Not live inventory, a booking or a completed outing.","access":"Anyone can read. Creating a room follows existing organizer-access requirements."}}