Spring is the perfect time to host an outdoor gathering and impress your guests with a visually stunning and healthy Crudité Platter. In this blog post, we'll cover everything you need to know to create a delicious vegan-friendly spring crudité platter that will have your guests asking for the recipe.
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🤔 What is a Crudité Platter?
Crudité platter is French, meaning "raw vegetables." It is a popular appetizer or snack that consists of (as the name indicated) various raw vegetables, such as carrots, cucumbers, celery, and radishes, arranged on a platter. The platter is usually accompanied by a dip, such as hummus, ranch, or cream cheese, and sometimes includes nuts, olives, and fruits.
👩🏽🍳 How to Make a Spring-Themed Crudité Platter
To create a visually stunning crudité platter, you'll need a mix of colorful and fresh vegetables. You can choose any vegetables that are in season, but for a spring-themed platter, we recommend using carrots with tops, asparagus, cauliflower, radishes, peas, celery, and such. You can also add strawberries or berries for a pop of color.
- Wash, cut, and prepare all vegetables in advance.
- Prepare dips, antipasti, and anything that needs to be cooked in advance.
- Add the dips, olives, and nuts to separate small bowls and place them in the center or on the side of the board to anchor them.
- Add the biggest pieces such as celery, carrots, and carrot greens on the bottom. Followed by smaller pieces working from the center out and around.
- Garnish with edible flowers or herbs. Garnish the dips with olive oil, fresh herbs, or green onion as desired.
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They are gluten-free, non-GMO, and contain no artificial preservatives, colors, or flavors. Plus, they are incredibly versatile and complement a spring-themed Crudité platter well. Whether you're a vegetarian, vegan, or simply looking to reduce your meat consumption, Cutting Vedge's Sausages are a great choice that won't compromise on taste or texture.
💡 Tips for the best Crudité
We have a few tips for you, so you create the most stunning Crudité platter first try!
- Choose a mix of colorful and fresh vegetables for visual appeal. (Make sure they look fresh and appealing when purchasing and store them properly until usage.)
- Use dips, antipasti, olives, nuts, or crackers to add flavor and texture.
- Use a charcuterie board set. It will make your crudité look attractive, it's convenient to use, easy to clean, and adds an extra touch of elegance to your presentation.
- Arrange the vegetables in a circular pattern, working from the center out and around.
- Use edible flowers, carrots and/or celery greens, fresh herbs, and rainbow cauliflower to add a pop of color and freshness.
💭 Common questions
- What vegetables can I use in a crudité platter? You can use any vegetables that are in season, but some popular choices include carrots, cucumbers, celery, radishes, cherry tomatoes, bell peppers, and cauliflower.
- What dips go well with a crudité platter? Some popular dips include hummus, ranch, cream cheese, and guacamole. You can also try other dips like salsa, tzatziki, or artichoke spinach dip.
- Can I make a crudité platter in advance? Yes, you can wash and cut the vegetables a day or two in advance. However, be sure to store them properly. Same with any dips you are preparing in advance: store them in separate air-tight containers in the fridge and wait with the garnish until shortly before serving.
📖 Recipe
Spring Crudité Platter
Equipment
- anything to prepare vegetables, dips, and such (eg sieve, knife, food processor etc)
- round charcuterie board set, or wooden board
- small bowls, forks and spoons if using a wooden board
Ingredients
- 1-2 packs of Cutting Vedge Sausage Slices
- Carrots with tops
- Rainbow Cauliflower, cut into florets and steamed or blanched
- Radish, sliced
- Cucumber, sliced in sticks
- Colorful Cherry Tomatoes
- Mini Bell Peppers, halved and deseeded
- Mini rainbow carrots (snack carrots)
- Celery, with celery tops as decoration
- Strawberries (or berries, cherries, apples, grapes)
On the side
- Olives (seasoned, or marinated)
- Nuts of choice (pistachio, walnuts, almonds)
Dips
- Hummus
- Vegan ranch
- Herbed vegan cream cheese dip
- Other dips of choice
Garnish
- Edible flowers
- fresh herbs of choice (dill, cilantro, parsley, etc)
Instructions
- Wash, cut, and prepare all vegetables in advance. Following the package instructions, fry or bake Cutting Vedge Sausage Slices.
- Add the dips, olives, and nuts to separate small bowls and place them in the center or on the side of your board to anchor them. Add the celery, carrots, and carrot greens on the bottom.
- Followed by cucumber, radish, bell pepper, snack carrots, cherry tomato, and cauliflower working from the center out and around. Top with cutting vedge sausage slices, and garnish such as edible flowers, or herbs.
- Garnish the dips with olive oil, fresh herbs, or green onion as desired.
The provided nutritional information is an estimate per serving. Accuracy is not guaranteed.
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Conclusion
A spring-themed crudité platter is a colorful and healthy option for your next gathering. With a mix of fresh vegetables, delicious dips, and garnishes like edible flowers and fresh herbs, it's sure to impress your guests. Follow the simple instructions and tips above to create a visually stunning platter that everyone will enjoy.
Make sure to also check out our vegan Charcuterie Board guide!
Incredibly gorgeous and almost too beautiful to eat, but I still would! I can't wait to try Cutting Vedge!
I love all these flavors together and your presentation including fresh flowers is perfect! I pinned this to come back to for Mother's Day weekend!
This spring crudite platter looks so good and your photos are gorgeous! I am so inspired to make this for my next get-together with friends!
Visually stunning? You've got it. This has to be the prettiest crudité platter I've ever seen. Thanks for the great tips too as well as the inspiration. Dips and veggies here I come.
I recently had the pleasure of indulging in the Spring Crudité Platter at a friend's gathering, and I can confidently say that it was an absolute masterpiece! This vibrant and wholesome platter exceeded all my expectations and proved to be a crowdpleaser like no other.
The presentation was nothing short of spectacular; it was as if Mother Nature herself had arranged a colorful bouquet of fresh and crunchy vegetables. The variety of hues and textures on the platter was a visual feast that immediately drew everyone's attention.
Not only is this beautiful, but it is delicious! So many good items on here. Such a great party snack! Thanks for the recipe!
Oh this is sooo beautiful! Can't wait to try and recreate it!