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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Anna Berrill

Veg-based centrepieces that go well with (or without) meat

No flesh in sight: Anna Jones' Golden beetroot borani is a colourful centrepiece or side dish.
No flesh in sight: Anna Jones' golden beetroot borani makes for a colourful centrepiece or side dish. Photograph: Issy Croker/The Guardian. Food & prop styling: Anna Jones

I’m vegetarian but my friends aren’t. What meat-free dinner party mains sit well alongside meat or fish?
Amy, London SW9

“I try to make one big dish that’s complete in itself, like a turbo-charged potato salad,” says Joe Woodhouse, whose debut cookbook Your Daily Veg is out this month. You could add capers, chopped cornichons, “double up on onion” with chopped red and spring onion, lemon zest and juice, parsley, and dill, then finish with green goddess dressing (soft herbs blitzed with yoghurt, vinegar and lemon juice). Don’t be beholden to rules, though: “If you like something, go big on it.” Spoon some harissa over it, top with grilled, seasonal veg, and pop a pork chop on the side for meat eaters.

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