Vegan meze ideas?

[Bood]

I'm having a few girlfriends over for dinner this weekend and I was thinking about a meze themed dinner. Two of them are vegans. Falafel is the only thing I have on the menu so far. Anyone have any other ideas?

[soupkitten]

hummus, tabbouli, baba g-- the usual suspects, & always great with falafel! ;)

also could try grape leaves stuffed with rice, pine nuts and currants/raisins, grilled veggies of any description, tapenade, fruit salad scented with rosewater and mint (as a side, or a dessert), cucumber-vinegar salad. if you wanted a main-type dish you could put out a vegan curry (maybe with mushrooms or cashews) over rice or couscous.

[pikawicca]

The Lebanese lentil/rice/caramelized onion dish, mujadarra, would be a great addition.

[galleygirl]

Oh yes!!!

[Ida Red]

Farinatta aka socca. It's simply a thin chickpea flour batter fried in olive oil. It gets wonderfully crispy. You can embellish the batter with onions, capers, sundried tomatoes, have a nutty and lemony pesto type spread for that and other things like bread and crudite.