Bridal Shower Food : Vegetable And Fruit Trays

Vegetable Tray

Raw vegetables or salad ingredients arranged on trays or platters, often called crudites; and fruit trays are healthy, easy to prepare and sure to please your vegetarian guests.

The vegetables or fruit selected may depend on the season but when choosing take into consideration their colors and arrange so that they contrast well with each other.

A raw vegetable tray could include, thinly sliced carrots, celery, green onions, crisp lettuce, bell peppers, sliced or diced cucumber, cherry tomatoes, radishes and fennel. These could be served with a dip.

Fruit Tray

A fruit tray might include, seedless grapes, cherries, melon balls, sliced peaches, the flesh of mango, pineapple and kiwis cut into bite size pieces, blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, whitecurrants, orange or mandarin segments, gooseberries, sliced star fruits and cumquats. Alternatively strawberries arranged on a dish in rows and layered to form a pyramid shape look very effective. Arrange with the stalks pointing downwards so that only the red part of the fruit is visible when the pyramid is complete.

If the stalks are long they will help to support the strawberries and keep them upright. Save the best of the strawberries for the top of the pyramid.