Your best veggie dinner party starter please?

[Chewbecca]

Gotta be mostly prepare in advance.

Main course is mushrooms en croute (plus beef for meat eaters), celeriac and pot mash & green veg

Dessert is strawberry roulade &/or chocolate mousse

We will probably also graze on some cheese afterwards.

So I'm thinking something quite light & fresh is required to start, nothing creamy for sure.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Bruschetta

How about a couple of classy dips like homemade cannellini bean or chickpea and salmon/goats cheese for the non - veggies. With special bread sticks and or corn chips?

Second bruschetta: toast some bread (ciabatta), rub it with a cut clove of garlic. Chop some nice tomatoes, drizzle over some olive oil, sprinkling of salt and some torn fresh basil.

Ciabatta sliced with caramelised red onions and goats cheese.

Lay a bed of rocket salad on a plate, PPP re ciabatta slices on top and finish with some balsamic vinegar.

Oh and I toast the ciabatta with goats cheese in the grill so it's all melted and lovely

I hate Apple, they've ruined the iphone. I have no idea why it changed it to PPP. It's meant to say pop the*

The op wants something she can make a day or so before .

I know Siarie mine keeps doing ridiculous things like that !

You can do the recipe I've suggested before then just pop it in the oven or grill on the day.

Deconstructed lasagne. Very easy to do looks impressive and tastes yummy.

You cut fresh lasagne strips in three length ways, boil them for 3 mins and then drizzle with a tomato sauce and add veggie Parmesan curls. Can also add a small garlic bread too.

Delis has a great recipe forcheese fritters with red pepper marmalade. It's really easy and can all be done in advance except frying fritters.recipes on her web site

Sorry fatbottom That would make me vom! Poor veggies always get bleedin' peppers.

Broad bean and mint sounds nice though . DonnaLyman

Ok, this thread got going after I went shopping, just got back!

I went down the dip alley as many suggested anyway, with this goats cheese & pomegranate number. Fingers crossed! Also have olives & artichokes plus some Italian cold meats for DH the meat eaters who can't cope without

Thanks!

www.williams-sonoma.com/recipe/melon-balls-with-fresh-mint.html

I'd love to see this :)

If anyone is interested I would strongly recommend the goats cheese and pomegranate dip I linked to above, it was scrummy and went down vv well.

vegan frittata yummmmmmm :)
one truly impressive dish ;)

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Checking in.
I wanted to make something with feta and pomegranate, but pomegranates aren't in our shops yet.

Any wonderful feta ideas? I have fresh mint.

Watermelon and feta salad is lovely, I like the ottolenghi one from Plenty :)