Cold Vegan Starter for Christmas Day Lunch

[Morethantimeandmorethanlove]

Does anyone have any suggestions for a vegan starter. ?? The others will be having smoked salmon and salad.

Thank you @Letmegohome , took me straight to the recipe page

Cambodian Wedding Day dip is a bit more unusual, delicious and thick enough to spread on Bruschetta. It's a River Cottage recipe. I've used it as a veggie starter alongside homemade mackerel pate at Christmas before, and it went down well with both the veggies and meat eaters. It isn't the prettiest however, so will need some presentation skills!

@OMGitsnotgood hope you like it , first time I had it I was "polite" about it! But with a few adjustments have it fairly regularly. I often check that site for recipes

Mushroom pate.

Mixed citrus fruits vinaigrette on salad leaves, looks very pretty if you choose three different types of fruit, and add some pomegranate seeds.

Avocado vinaigrette, a classic.

Roasted aubergine dip, with flatbread.

Get a vegan salmon substitute? Aldi used to do one, I imagine somewhere must.

Not all vegans eat meat/fish subs , I don't they are usually weird and very processed too. Nor do I eat Quorn (vegan version or regular when I was vegetarian as it's the grimmest "product" not sure how it's classed as a food tbh )

Going to save all these ideas for future use thanks . We have 2 vegans in the family now.

@Morethantimeandmorethanlove sainsburys & waitrose both do own brand firm tofu which imo are the nicest available I also often freeze/ or drain ( you can buy little pressure boxes eBay have loads and these no difference between the £6ish & £20ish boxes) to change the texture .
Black salt will become your friend :) as it's used in loads of recipes you can often by quite small amounts from independent health shops
Pot stickers/gyoza/ dumplings are also easy to "vegan-ise"

Carrot lox, it looks a lot like smoked salmon.

I've just made this. It's delicious! Thank you.

Glad you liked it.

That looks lovely! Definitely next on my list to make! Thank you!

Salad

I hope you enjoy.

Beetroot, rocket and rocket salad with a drizzle of balsamic vinegar

Beetroot, rocket, feta and walnut salad