November 2, 2011

Fresh Vegetable Platter




1. Choose a large plate or serving tray as the base for your platter.

2. Choose a variety of fresh vegetables, such as carrots,red and yellow bell peppers, cauliflower, radish, cucumber, broccoli ,celery and tender snow peas.

3.Thoroughly wash all the vegetables with cold water. Remove the top sections from the zucchini, bell pepper,button mushrooms, radish and cucumber. Remove the leaves and stems of the cauliflower and broccoli. Cut into florets.
Chop the vegetables into uniform sticks length wise.

4. Place the vegetables on the tray around the central dip holder. Group the same vegetables .

5. Pour the dip into shallow cups. Place in the centre of the tray.

Dip options:
Choose varied types of dip for your platter. Consider ranch salad dressing, hummus, sour cream mixed with chopped fresh dill, garlic mayonnaise, Mexican salsa and guacamole.

Easy dip recipe:
Equal parts of cream cheese, yogurt,sour cream. Mix them till combined.
Add some minced garlic and dill. Salt if wanted.
Serve chilled.

stock photo : Colorful vegetable platter

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