Easy vegetarian canapés that don't involve cheese

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A friend is hosting a drinks event for a group of close friends. Not a meal/buffet.
I said I'd take a tray of canapés.
As we have several friends who are vegetarian, I would like to make them all vegetarian (especially as someone is taking a meat platter).

Most of my favourite crudités involve cheese (cream, feta, manchego etc) but someone is taking a cheese board, and the host almost always makes smoked salmon and cream cheese rolls, so I want to avoid cheese as much as possible.

I want them to be bite sized, not eg dips and crudités, although could do humus on cucumber slices. Any suggestions please?

Has to be bhajis, samosas and pakoras!

Muhummara! sorry it is a dip but can easily be made into finger food. Cut pita bread into triangles, brush with oil, bake in oven for 5-10 mins til hard. Make muhummara (Google for simplest recipe) and put a spoonful on each triangle. Really delicious, and more colourful than hummus.

Also, if you can cook look at Vada Pav.

I had some really nice feta and mint empanadas from M&S the other day - they would be easy to make but do involve cheese.

Bring back voluvents? I had this cold curried mushroom thing recently which I think was essentially raw mushroom in mayonnaise mixed with curry powder - surprisingly delicious and probably a great filling.

Vegan canapes might give you some ideas too. They are cheese free!

Vegan canapé recipes | BBC Good Food

They’re probably bigger than bite size but I love Samarinda Ghayour’s pea rolls - recipe is also on this website.

https://twochubbycubs.com/2018/04/23/proper-sausage-rolls-with-a-veggie-alternative/

Also like a fresh Thai style peanut on spinach canapé

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/thai-spinach-bites

As above, plus
thai/vietnamese spring rolls
mushroom vol au vents
Various hummus-type options (red pepper, butter bean, etc) served in radicchio or little gem leaves.

Wow, so many lovely suggestions already! I am really looking for bite sized and not overly substantial as there will be so many other things. But the more substantial and yummy suggestions have been added to the list I'm keeping for other entertaining opportunities, thank you

Yes, thank you! In a similar position and these look delish.
enjoy the party op.

Just noticed the weird autocorrect above and it is too late to edit - Sabrina Ghayour is the author of the fab pea pastries!

You want these: Mini Croustade Cups 24 per Pack 50g https://amzn.eu/d/9Vpfs5D Crustades they’re in Waitrose too I think. Dab of hummus, thinly sliced bits of spring onion and sliced olives.

Cocktail sticks with half a cherry tomato, an olive and a basil leaf.

Don’t know what’s up with that link, apologies.

Veggie samosas, mini spring rolls, bruschetta with garlic oil, olive tapenade and sun dried tor fresh tomato.

Gyoza, veggie sushi, falafels, samosas, puff pastry pinwheels with pesto or tapenade,

Mini potato pancakes with a garlic and canelinni bean pate, topped with an olive

These are easy, cheap and yummy! https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/roasted-gnocchi-sundried-tomato-olive-stacks

Croustade cups would be perfect - struggled to find them last year, will take a look in Waitrose. Several suggestions on here would make great fillings.

Bhajis and pakoras, use one of these to easily make them a tidy regulation size
https://www.nisbets.co.uk/vogue-stainless-steel-oval-portioner-size-30/j084

If you are catering over the Christmas period a pack of these pastry shells make life easy https://foodangles.com/pidy-veggie-cups-assortment-4-varieties-pack-size-1x96

Red lentil kofte are lovely, there's loads of recipes online