Vegetable Plate

Vegetable plate, just like a fruit platter can be very appetizing, healthy and fun to eat item. It will practically go with any kind of gathering or party. You can have this healthy treat at most times at home with family as well. Considering that vegetable eating is very less these days especially with so much of meat products and junk that our children eat, a beautifully done up vegetable plate with a yummy dip in the center can be a great way for you to make your family love vegetables.

This can be a very good substitute to salad as well. You can select a myriad of fresh, vegetables for the platter like-

Asparagus [steamed]
Cucumbers
Bell peppers [all colors]
Cauliflower [steamed]
Broccoli
Radishes
Tomatoes
Mushrooms
Carrots
Fennel
Jicama
Celery
Snow peas
Green onions


To make it colorful is what needs to be kept in mind too as it is important that the plate looks palatable too. Other things that need to be looked into while making a great veg plate is that you cut the vegetables in small pieces and they are all evenly cut. You also need to rinse them thoroughly before and after chopping them. Try placing them in alternate colors like don’t place tomatoes and carrots together, you may have some broccoli or asparagus or even pea pods in between to highlight every color in those vegetables.

The dip is a very important item for any vegetable plate, as that adds as a garnish and needless to say it also makes the raw vegetables amazingly tasty. So it is important that you serve a large bowl/s of one or more different dips. You get a lot of variety of dips in a local store near you, or even better you make different dips like those at home too. All of the dips will have sour cream or sweet cream, cheese, mayonnaise, butter and milk as base. And then they can be mixed with other flavors, herbs, onions, eggs etc to give each dip a distinct and a perfectly blended taste. A few dips that go very well with a vegetables plate are-


Creamy red pepper dip
Zucchini dip
Herb Vegetable Dip
Creamy Spinach Dip
Caesar Dressing
Olive Dip
Sour Cream dip
Cucumber Dip/Sauce



You can additionally garnish your plate with lemon, orange, lime or tomato wedges, minced parsley, black pepper and/or paprika. To make the dish look a superb savory. In case of time constraints and short notice get together, browse for such tempting treats online and you can order for lot of variety absolutely to your hearts fill. A great tasty and healthy way to treat your friends, loved ones and yourself too.