Ideas for an easy-peasy start (not soup) to go with a roast

[GColdtimer]

I am doing on roast for the family on Sunday (6 adults, 3 children). What can I do that is really, really easy as a starter.

Not soup!

does it have to be sit down? Can you do a few dips, olives and bread? For family, I'd be tempted to skip full starter!

Otherwise any kind of tart using pre-rolled pastry?

prawn cocktail
Melon
Pate
smoked salmon
avocado and prawn

I made a really easy smoked salmon pate at christmas - it was lovely with some thin toast.

Can get the recipe if you need it.

I could just skip the starter but my brother set the bar when we went to his last month!

Thanks for the ideas - I do a really easy smoked mackeral pate whcih I had completely forgotten about. I might do that but make it quite informal by serving it as a dip, iykwim.

that sounds like a great idea