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Mushroom skewers with mojo sauce and flatbread

Mushroom skewers with mojo sauce and flatbread

Con Poulos

If you’re catering to those herbivore friends and family this season, just turn to these vegetarian canapés, snacks and starters. There’s fast and fresh dips, meat-free things on sticks, and if you fancy some fancy chips, those potato gaufrettes with summer-vegetable tartare will earn you accolades all over the ‘hood. Here’s how to keep things plant-friendly this party season.

Photo: William Meppem

Jacqui Challinor’s cannellini bean dip with cumin burnt butter

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Potato gaufrettes with summer-vegetable tartare

Zucchini and haloumi skewers with mint dressing
Photo: Will Horner

Zucchini and haloumi skewers with mint dressing

Photo: James Moffat

Whipped tofu and zucchini tart with fennel salad

Carrot and almond hummus
Photo: William Meppem

Carrot and almond hummus

Mushroom skewers with mojo sauce and flatbread
Photo: Con Poulos

Mushroom skewers with mojo sauce and flatbread

Photo: William Meppem

French onion dip with cheddar biscuits

Smoky eggplant and capsicum dip
Photo: Will Horner

Smoky eggplant and capsicum dip with pita bread

Photo: William Meppem

Andrew McConnell’s spring crudités with house-made curd

Over the top shot of a cream-coloured eggplant dip, drizzled generously with olive oil and garnished with bright-pink diced pickled turnips and coriander leaves.
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Smoky eggplant and walnut dip

White-bean dip with pita crisps
Photo: William Meppem

White-bean dip with pita crisps

Pea and mint dip with labne and radishes
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Pea and mint dip with labne and radishes

Cheese and mint kalitsounia
Photo: Chris Chen & Julian Kingma

Cheese and mint kalitsounia

Crackers with cheddar and pickles
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Crackers with cheddar and radish pickles

Fried tortillas with broad beans, feta and lime
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Fried tortillas with broad beans, feta and lime

Haloumi and radish skewers
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Haloumi and radish skewers with apple and pomegranate

Onion and potato fritters with raita
Photo: Chris Chen

Onion and potato fritters with raita

Mushroom sang choi bau by Lau's Family Kitchen
Photo: Mark Roper

Vegetarian sang choi bau by Lau’s Family Kitchen

Cauliflower fritters with lemon
Photo: John Paul Urizar

Cauliflower fritters with lemon

Carrot, pecorino and sage fritters
Photo: Chris Court

Carrot, pecorino and sage fritters

Esquites
Photo: Kara Rosenlund

La Casita’s esquites

Bird's eye view of a feast, with flatbread in the top-right corner, an open jar of pickled chillies, a green bowl holding fried, oval-shaped falafel, and a white bowl holding a bowl of green herbs.
Photo: Chris Chen

Falafel with yoghurt-tahini sauce

Zucchini and haloumi skewers with mint dressing
Photo: Will Horner

Zucchini and haloumi skewers with mint dressing

Guacamole with jalapeño and totopos
Photo: Kara Rosenlund

La Casita’s guacamole with jalapeño and totopos

Char-grilled asparagus and haloumi with mint and lemon
Photo: William Meppem

Char-grilled asparagus and haloumi with mint and lemon

Zucchini and haloumi fritters with lemon mayonnaise
Photo: John Laurie

Zucchini and haloumi fritters with lemon mayonnaise

Photo: William Meppem

Scorched corn, Manchego and jalapeno croquettes with green Tabasco aioli

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Onion rings with salt and vinegar

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Fried potato skins with fonduta sauce

Photo: John Paul Urizar

Restaurant Hubert’s le grand aioli

Spiced potato and pea fritters with sweet and sour chutney
Photo: William Meppem

Spiced potato and pea fritters with sweet and sour chutney

Photo: William Meppem

Red lentil fritters with green yoghurt

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