Help me tweak ‘drinks and nibbles’ food

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In a group of lovely neighbours, who take it in turn to host ‘drinks and nibbles’ every few weeks. It’s not intended to be a proper meal - people usually have something light before they come.
We’ve fallen into a habit of serving a couple of dips, shop bought or home made, cheese and crackers, crisps. Maybe a fruit platter or a cake.
It’s all lovely, and the most important thing is that we have the social time together However I’d like to change it up a bit (there are only so many varieties of cheese, dips and dippers). At the same time I don’t want to appear pretentious or competitive. So talking one or two small changes that can sit alongside the regular dishes. The last host felt the same and made vegetarian sausage rolls which went down really well.
My turn to host tomorrow and just doing my shopping list. Any ideas gratefully received.
Tow vegetarian guests (who eats all cheeses) so would like to make all things vegetarian only .

Thank you

Not really the right season (just because I always think they’re quite autumnal/wintry, you could of course source the stuff and make them now!) but I sometimes make squash, chestnut and sage rolls, like sausage rolls, or pesto twists - just pesto spread on puff pastry with a load of parmesan, pastry on top, cut into thin strips and twisted and baked in the oven.
or cheese and paprika scones, very nice warm out of the oven.
Or feta and spinach filo triangles, absolutely delicious and minimum effort.

Spring rolls, samosas and bhajis with dips?

I’m veggie and I love chips & dips!

Maybe do samosas and bhajis? Dolmades, feta/cherry tom/black olives on sticks? Pita fingers, tsatsiki and taramasalta - Go Greek

Mini quiches made in a cupcake/tart tin (or buy a couple of large ones and slice them up)

Aah we used to do this with our lovely neighbours when we lived in our previous house & it was always a great night!

These cheese crackers are amazing - I add crushed, dried chilis & cut them out as normal with a little biscuit cutter.

Also crustless quiches used to go down very well, cheese, caramelised onions, spinach, broccoli - whatever fridge gravel you have that need using up. Cook them in mini muffin tins. They don’t stick to the silicon ones.
https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/homemade-cheese-crackers/

I often do cheese and onion puff pastry pinwheels, hummus or a roasted red pepper dip with pitta carrots and cucumber for dipping, Whipped feta with hot honey is nice too and we like butterbean and lemon for a change.

We do this very thing with our neighbours. The last time it was my turn to cater, and so I did:

2 x crostini; one with a rocket and walnut pesto topping and one with a mushroom pâté topping
Spicy sausage rolls (pork mince plus sobrasada which we'd just brought home from holiday!) - ordinary sausage rolls would have been just perfect
Cherry tomato and mozzarella balls on toothpicks
Tortillas with sour cream and chive dip and a spicy tomato dip.

You can upgrade the platters slightly without making a fuss? Mini mozzarella balls wrapped in parma ham?cCrostini with a mild goats cheese and some grilled figs and honey?

Something we like doing is roasting a whole garlic on a tray which also includes wrapped asparagus with parma ham and some cherry tomatoes on the vine. Then stick a piece of asparagus (cut in half if necessary) on a crostini with some cream cheese blended with the garlic and a roasted tomato or two.

I've made veggie sausage rolls with a filling of boursin and sundried tomatoes, really yummy! Onion bhajis or any vegetable pakoras are easy to make and lovely served with a yogurt and mint raita and a sweet chilli dip. Mini quiches are nice but a bit fiddly, you could do one big one and cut into slices. Brie and cranberry filo parcels would make a nice change from a cheeseboard. Little caprese skewers with cherry tomato, mini mozzarella ball, basil leaf and a drizzle of balsamic glaze? For the meat eaters, chicken satay skewers or little spiced lamb koftas?

Get some fresh figs and peaches with mozzarella

Parma ham and cantaloupe melon

yummmm

Some lovely ideas here, thank you all so much

Grapes and cheese on little cocktail sticks
Cheese twists
Foccacia slices

We do mini mozzarella balls on a cocktail stick with half a cherry tomato and a basil leaf, with a little bowl of balsamic in the middle for dipping (a caprese on a stick) and they disappear at lightening speed. Very easy to put together and lovely bright colours too.

I did the same, but sandwiched the mozzarella ball between a red cherry tomato and a yellow one. Looked lovely.

Spanish omelette/tortilla - Unearthed do a decent one and is often on offer. Ime. it's best to gently dry fry it, let it cool and then cut into small wedges or cubes

Patas Bravas - BBC Food has an easy version

Padron peppers!

And yy to cocktail sticks

Savoury Gipfili? We had them in Switzerland - like mini croissants with cheese, ham, herbs etc in them. You could leave out the ham. Lots of recipes online for the filling.

Oh, just seen I'm late to the party - so to speak 😅

Hope it went well!

Nigellas Nuts?

https://www.nigella.com/recipes/bar-nuts